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If a prescribed animal is temporarily removed from Namibia, it is considered imported when brought back and must keep its imported status. Owners of imported animals must ensure the animal is identified with an approved device within seven (7) days or before it leaves its initial location. The Chief Veterinary Officer can grant exemptions under certain conditions, such as when the animal is destined for immediate slaughter or will leave Namibia within 14 days.

Identification of imported prescribed animals 22.

(1) For the purposes of this regulation, a prescribed animal -

(a) that is temporarily removed from Namibia for any reason is considered as imported into Namibia when it is brought back to Namibia; and

(b) which is identified as an imported animal under this regulation and which is temporarily removed from Namibia for any reason must retain its identification as an imported animal when it is brought back into Namibia.

(2) An owner of a prescribed animal who imports a prescribed animal into Namibia must ensure that the prescribed animal is identified with an approved device as an imported prescribed animal under the supervision of the veterinary official -

(a) within seven days of the date on which the animal is released from entry point through which it is imported; or [The article “the” should appear before the term “entry point”.]

(b) before the animal leaves the place to which it is moved to from the entry point, whichever comes first.

(3) The Chief Veterinary Officer may, on application by a person referred to in subregulation (2), exempt that person from the provisions of that subregulation, if the Chief Veterinary Officer is satisfied that the imported prescribed animal is -

(a) imported direct to a non-export abattoir for slaughter and the import permit indicates the non-export abattoir as the place of final destination; or

(b) temporarily imported into Namibia and is to leave Namibia within 14 days of being released from the entry point into Namibia.

(4) The Chief Veterinary Officer may impose conditions on the exemption granted under subregulation (3).

(5) An imported prescribed animal that is imported into Namibia to be slaughtered must be slaughtered within five days from the date of entry under the supervision of a veterinary official.

(6) If the place of slaughter of imported prescribed animal referred to in subregulation (5) changes for any reason, the imported prescribed animal must be moved to another abattoir under a red cross movement permit and slaughtered within 72 hours after arrival. [The article “an” should appear before the first use of the term “imported prescribed animal”.]

(7) For purposes of subregulation(6) “red cross movement permit” means a movement permit with special conditions attached to the permit that accompanies a prescribed animal when it is moved from a place to any other place because of any risk associated with that prescribed animal.