This Act makes provision for the protection of animals and plants by defining quarantine measures and other measures in relation with control of diseases affecting animals and plants. The Act applies to any living or dead member of the animal kingdom and to the egg or semen or larva or embryo or the carcase of or tissue derived from an animal and to any plant and plant material.
The Act provides for the appointment of Quarantine Officers and defines their functions and powers. The Cabinet may establish quarantine stations, which shall be under the control of the Director of Agriculture. The Act further, among other things, defines restrictions on the importation or introduction of any animal, animal product, plant, plant material or organism or biological product or goods or packing material, provides for enforcement and defines measures of disease control such as notification, declaration of infected places and designation of disease control areas.