Legal Position of the Animal Quarantine Act in the Imported Cattle Trade

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10.2991/978-2-38476-024-4_37How to use a DOI?

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Abstract

Lack of public understanding and awareness of the role of animal quarantine can cause various obstacles in the implementation of supervision of the export and import of animals and their products within the territory of Indonesia, including the many violations of quarantine measures by the community, the lack of support from various policymakers both at the centre and in the regions, the emergence of negative news. Against quarantine in both print and social media, all of these things are more dominated by the lack of public knowledge and related parties to the role and function of quarantine in the community. Legal arrangements for the export and import of animals from the area of origin that the community must know, the role of PPNS investigators in law enforcement for violations of animal export and import from the area of origin and the obstacles experienced by officers in handling cases of animal export and import violations due to not being equipped with required documents using descriptive research methods with normative juridical nature. The research data comes from secondary data from literature studies and reports on the actions of the Agricultural Quarantine Agency, which were analyzed qualitatively. From the analysis of research data, it can be concluded that the legal regulation of the export and import of animals from the area of origin in Indonesia is regulated in Article 5, Article 6 and Article 7 of Law No. 16 of 1992 concerning Quarantine of Animals, Fish and Plants. The role of Civil Servant Investigators in Quarantine is still low in handling cases of quarantine violations, and there are juridical obstacles in the form of weak sanctions for perpetrators of quarantine violations contained in Law No. 16 of 1992 concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine. and the lack of supporting facilities and infrastructure for law enforcement. Meanwhile, non-juridical obstacles are the lack of public knowledge about quarantine, the work culture of quarantine personnel that is not optimal and the follow-up actions of law enforcement are not optimal from policymakers. Therefore, it is recommended to revise the quarantine law and increase the number of personnel, facilities, and infrastructure for quarantine measures. Weak law enforcement personnel (PPNS Quarantine) and lack of supporting facilities and infrastructure for law enforcement. Meanwhile, non-juridical obstacles are the lack of public knowledge about quarantine, the work culture of quarantine personnel that is not optimal and the follow-up actions of law enforcement are not optimal from policymakers. Therefore, it is recommended to revise the quarantine law and increase personnel and facilities and infrastructure for quarantine measures. Weak law enforcement personnel (PPNS Quarantine) and lack of supporting facilities and infrastructure for law enforcement. Meanwhile, non-juridical obstacles are the lack of public knowledge about quarantine, the work culture of quarantine personnel that is not optimal and the follow-up actions of law enforcement are not optimal from policymakers. Therefore, it is recommended to revise the quarantine law and increase the number of personnel, facilities, and infrastructure for quarantine measures.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dwi Tatak Subagiyo
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/19
TI  - Legal Position of the Animal Quarantine Act in the Imported Cattle Trade
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference On Law, Economics, and Health (ICLEH 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 363
EP  - 384
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-024-4_37
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-024-4_37
ID  - Subagiyo2023
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