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ANTHRAX PREVENTION ACT 1919

ANTHRAX PREVENTION ACT 1919 - LONG TITLE

An Act to control the importation of goods infected or likely to
be infected with Anthrax, and to provide for the disinfection of
any such goods.
[22nd July 1919]
Power to prohibit the importation of goods infected with anthrax.

ANTHRAX PREVENTION ACT 1919 - SECT 1

1.(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for
preventing the importation into the United Kingdom, either absolutely
or except at any specified ports and subject to any specified
conditions as to disinfection and otherwise, of goods infected, or
likely to be infected, with anthrax (in this Act referred to as
"infected goods").

(2) An Order under this section may contain a declaration that
goods of any specified class which are of any specified origin, or
are exported from or through any specified country or place, are
goods likely to be infected with anthrax, and any such declaration
shall be conclusive for all purposes.

(3) Any Order made under this section may be revoked or varied by
any subsequent Order.

Subs.(4) rep. by 1952 c.44 s.320 sch.12 Pt.I

(5) In this section the expression "specified" means specified in an
Order made under this section.

ANTHRAX PREVENTION ACT 1919 - SECT 2
Provision as to disinfection of infected goods.

2.(1) A Secretary of State may provide, maintain, and carry on, or
arrange for the provision, maintenance or carrying on, at such ports
or other places in the United Kingdom as he thinks proper, the
necessary works for the disinfection of infected goods, and may make
rules providing for the payment by importers of infected goods of
fees in respect of the disinfection thereof, and in respect of
services rendered in connection with such disinfection, and for the
recovery of such payments.

(2) Any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in carrying
this Act into effect, up to such an amount as the Treasury may
appprove, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

ANTHRAX PREVENTION ACT 1919 - SECT 3
Short title.

3. This Act may be cited as the Anthrax Prevention Act, 1919.