Insiza Rural District Council (Public Health) By-Laws, 2025

Made under section 90 of the Rural District Councils Act, these by-laws cover nuisance, buildings, sanitation, waste, pests and the keeping of animals in the Insiza Rural District Council area.

They regulate the use of toilets, overcrowding, breeding of pests, accumulation of organic and non-organic matter, cleaning of stands, trade waste, refuse bin storage, burning of refuse, rats and vermin, rodent proofing, mosquito breeding and spitting in public.

Animal keeping is licensed. No more than 100 head of poultry, pigeons or rabbits may be kept at premises in business centres and urban settlements outside land designated for agriculture without council permission, poultry must be kept in a properly constructed house or run, and no poultry may be kept on a stand smaller than 200 square metres. Bees require the council's written permission on its stated terms. No animal, including a pet, may be tethered on a leash longer than two metres in a street or public place, and an animal found at large may be seized by a police officer or authorised person and sent to the nearest pound.

The owner of an animal with an infectious disease must notify the council and Veterinary Services immediately, prevent the animal being at large, and take all necessary measures to stop the disease spreading.

The fee schedule prints US$0,00 against every permit — to keep animals, to move pigs, to keep bees, and their renewals. The penalty schedule sets US$200 for depositing improper articles in a public sanitary convenience, US$50 for erecting unsanitary or dangerous structures, US$20 for nuisance and for failing to clean premises, and US$10 for burning refuse; the remaining entries, including keeping animals without a permit and failing to report an infectious disease, are printed as US$0,00. Fees and penalties are payable in local currency at the prevailing interbank rate.