Health of Animals Regulations-Regulations Amending

Vol. 137, No. 27 — December 31, 2003

RegistrationSOR/2003-409 11 December, 2003

HEALTH OF ANIMALS ACT

Regulations Amending the Health of Animals RegulationsP.C. 2003-1980 11 December, 2003

##HREF-#b-REFa">Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, pursuant to subsection 64(1) (see footnote a) of the Health of Animals Act Regulations Amending the Health of Animals Regulations.

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE HEALTH OF ANIMALS REGULATIONS

AMENDMENTS

1. (1) The definitions "animal" and "farm or ranch" in section 172 of the Health of Animals Regulations   are replaced by the following:

"animal" means a bison, a bovine and an ovine. (animal)

"farm or ranch" includes a feed lot, a breeding herd, an artificial insemination unit or any other place where an animal has been since leaving its farm of origin. (ferme ou ranch)

(2) Section 172 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

"bison" means an animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the subspecies Bison bison bison, Bison bison athabascae or Bison bison bonasus. (bison)

"bovine" means an animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the species Bos taurus or Bos indicus. (bovin)

"ovine" means an animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the genus Ovis. (ovin)

2. Section 175 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) Every person who applies, or causes the application of, an approved tag to an animal, or the carcass of an animal, shall ensure that the tag is for the species of that animal and is applied to the animal, or th...

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