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appendix A act and regulation

1 In this Regulation,

(a) “composting”, in respect of a dead animal, means decomposing the dead animal or a part of it through a controlled bio-oxidation process that results in a stable humus-like material;

(b) “dead animal” means

(i) a domestic mammal or bird, or part of a domestic mammal or bird, that has died from a cause other than having been slaughtered for human consumption, and

(ii) inedible offal or condemned material from animals slaughtered for human consumption;

(c) “licensed”, in respect of a rendering plant, means licensed under the Health of Animals Act

(Canada);

(d) “natural disposal”, in respect of a dead animal, means disposing of the dead animal in order to allow scavenging;

(e) “owner ”, in respect of a dead animal, means the owner of the dead animal or a person who is in possession or control of it;

(f) “rendering plant” means a rendering plant as defined in the Health of Animals Act (Canada);

(g) “reportable disease” means

(i) a disease designed as a reportable disease under the Health of Animals Act (Canada), or

(ii) a communicable disease referred to in section 1 of the Designated Communicable Diseases Regulation (AR 8/98).

Methods of Disposal

2 (1) The owner of a dead animal shall dispose of the animal within 48 hours of its death in accordance with this section.

(2) When an animal is known or suspected to have died from an infectious disease or from a reportable disease, the owner of the animal shall dispose of it in accordance with the directions of an inspector appointed under the Health of Animals Act (Canada) or a chief provincial veterinarian or an inspector appointed under section 6(2) of the Animal Health Act , but in no case may the animal be disposed of by natural disposal.