Health of Animals Act (S.C. 1990, c. 21)

• 19. (1) No person shall export an animal from Canada by vessel or aircraft unless

  • (a) prior notice of the export of the animal has been given to a customs officer in charge of the place where the animal is to board the vessel or aircraft and the animal has been presented to a veterinary inspector in accordance with subsection (2) at that place; and

  • (b) a certificate of the veterinary inspector has been received by the person certifying that all the prescribed requirements respecting the health, protection and transportation of the animal have been complied with.

• (2) An animal that is required to be inspected shall be presented in such manner and under such conditions as the veterinary inspector considers necessary to carry out the inspection.

• (3) A copy of the certificate referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall be delivered to

  • (a) the master or agent of the vessel or the pilot in command or operator of the aircraft; and

  • (b) the chief officer of customs of the port or airport from which the vessel or aircraft is to depart.

• (4) Where a vessel or aircraft that is to depart from Canada has an animal on board,

  • (a) no person shall send the vessel to sea or the aircraft on its flight, and

  • (b) no person in charge of the vessel or aircraft shall take the vessel to sea or the aircraft on its flight,

  unless a copy of a certificate in respect of the animal has been delivered in accordance with subsection (3).

• (5) The chief officer of customs referred to in paragraph (3)(b) shall detain animals until a copy of the certificate referred to in paragraph (1)(b) has been delivered to that officer.

• (6) The Minister may make regulations exempting animals or categories of animals and shipments and categories of shipments from the application of this section.

20. Nothing in this Act affects

• (a) the provisions of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 respecting inspections authorized under paragraph 11(2)(e) of that Act to be carried out,

• (b) chapter 33 of the Statutes of Canada, 1871, entitled An Act to provide for the appointment of a Port Warden for the Harbor of Quebec,

• (c) chapter 11 of the Statutes of Canada, 1873, entitled An Act to amend the Acts relating to Port Wardens at Montreal and Quebec, or

• (d) chapter 45 of the Statutes of Canada, 1882, entitled An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to the office of Port Warden for the Harbour of Montreal,

and this Act shall, with respect to the ports to which the Acts referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) apply, be construed as having been enacted in addition to and not in derogation from those Acts.