Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Health of Animals Act.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2. (1) In this Act,

  “analyst”

  « analyste »

  “analyst” means a person designated as an analyst pursuant to section 32;

  “animal”

  « animal »

  “animal” includes an embryo and a fertilized egg or ovum;

  “animal by-product”

  « sous-produit animal »

  “animal by-product” includes blood or any of its components, bones, bristles, feathers, flesh, hair, hides, hoofs, horns, offal, skins and wool, and any thing containing any of those things;

  “animal deadyard”

  « atelier d’équarrissage »

  “animal deadyard” means a place where animal carcasses, animal by-products or disabled or diseased animals are brought when they are not to be prepared for human consumption;

  “animal food”

  « aliments pour animaux »

  “animal food” means any thing that is capable of being a nutriment for animals and includes any of the constituent elements of an animal ration;

  “animal product”

  « produit animal »

  “animal product” includes cream, eggs, milk, non-fertilized ova and semen;

  “Assessor”

  « évaluateur »

  “Assessor” means the Assessor or any Deputy Assessor appointed under Part II of the Pesticide Residue Compensation Act;

  “conveyance”

  « véhicule »

  “conveyance” means any aircraft, carriage, motor vehicle, trailer, railway car, vessel, cargo container or other contrivance used to move persons, animals or things;

  “customs officer”

  « agent des douanes »

  “customs officer” means a person employed in the administration and enforcement of the Customs Act and includes any member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;

  “disease”

  « maladie »

  “disease” includes

  • (a) a reportable disease and any other disease that may affect an animal or that may be transmitted by an animal to a person, and

  • (b) the causative agent of any such disease;

  “dispose”

  Version anglaise seulement

  “dispose” includes slaughter or otherwise destroy, bury or render;

  “hatchery”

  « couvoir »

  “hatchery” means, subject to any regulations made under subsection (2), a place where eggs are incubated or chicks are hatched;

  “infected place”

  « lieu contaminé »

  “infected place” means a place that is constituted to be an infected place under section 22 or 23 or under the regulations;

  “inspector”

  « inspecteur »

  “inspector” means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 32;

  “justice”

  « juge de paix »

  “justice” means a justice as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code;

  “Minister”

  « ministre »

  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;

  “officer”

  « agent d’exécution »

  “officer” means a person designated as an officer pursuant to section 32, but does not include an analyst;

  “peace officer”

  « agent de la paix »

  “peace officer” means a peace officer as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code;

  “penalty”

  « sanction »

  “penalty” means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for a violation;

  “place”

  « lieu »

  “place” includes a conveyance;

  “prescribed”

  Version anglaise seulement

  “prescribed” means prescribed by regulation;

  “rendering plant”

  « usine de traitement »

  “rendering plant” means a place

  • (a) where animal by-products are prepared or treated for use in, or converted into, fertilizers, animal food, fats or oils, other than fats or oils used for human consumption,

  • (b) where a substance resulting from a process mentioned in paragraph (a) is stored, packed or marked, or

  • (c) from which a substance resulting from a process mentioned in paragraph (a) is shipped;

  “reportable”

  « déclarable »

  “reportable” means prescribed as reportable by the Minister;

  “toxic substance”

  « substance toxique »

  “toxic substance” means a substance prescribed as toxic by the Minister;

  “Tribunal”

  « Commission »

  “Tribunal” means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 4.1(1) of the Canada Agricultural Products Act;

  “vector”

  « vecteur »

  “vector” means an animal that has the potential to transmit a disease, directly or indirectly, from one animal or its excreta to another animal;

  “veterinary biologic”

  « produit vétérinaire biologique »

  “veterinary biologic” means

  • (a) a helminth, protozoa or micro-organism,

  • (b) a substance or mixture of substances derived from animals, helminths, protozoa or micro-organisms, or

  • (c) a substance of synthetic origin

  that is manufactured, sold or represented for use in restoring, correcting or modifying organic functions in animals or for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state, or the symptoms thereof, in animals;

  “veterinary inspector”

  « vétérinaire-inspecteur »

  “veterinary inspector” means a veterinarian designated as an inspector pursuant to section 32;

  “violation”

  « violation »

  “violation” means

  • (a) any contravention of any provision of this Act or of a regulation made under this Act, or

  • (b) any refusal or neglect to perform any duty imposed by or under this Act,

  that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act.

• Marginal note:Ministerial regulations

  (2) The Minister may make regulations excluding places from the definition “hatchery” and prescribing reportable diseases and toxic substances.

• Marginal note:Incorporation by reference

  (3) Toxic substances may be prescribed

  • (a) in terms of the quantity or concentration in which substances are contained in other substances; and

  • (b) by reference to substances specified in any published document, as amended from time to time.