Section 3: Veterinary certificates
consolidated text (as at 1991, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
3. Veterinary certificates
(1) (a) All animals to be imported into Mauritius shall be accompanied by
a certificate, in the form specified in the First Schedule, duly signed by a
veterinary surgeon.
(b) Where the veterinary surgeon is not in the employ of Government, the certificate shall be indorsed by a responsible officer of a Government department of agriculture or by a consular officer.
(c) Where no veterinary surgeon is available, the certificate shall be
given by a qualified medical officer, and in the absence of a medical officer,
by the responsible civil authority.
(d) The certificate shall be produced by the master or person in
charge of the vessel arriving with the animals on board.
(2) The master or person in charge of the vessel shall also produce a bill
of health, in the form specified in the Second Schedule, duly signed by a
qualified veterinary surgeon, or by the medical officer of the port, or by the
responsible civil authority.
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(3) Where the certificates under this section are not produced, the animals shall not be landed.
(4) Animals imported from Great Britain shall be accompanied by an Official Export Certificate under the seal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and from Northern Ireland by an Official Export Certificate under the
seal of the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland in place of the veterinary certificate and bill of health specified in the First and Second Schedules.