PLANT (IMPORTATION AND PEST CONTROL) ORDINANCE

PLANT (IMPORTATION AND PEST CONTROL) ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

PLANT (IMPORTATION AND PEST CONTROL) ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 207





CHAPTER 207

PLANT (IMPORTATION AND PEST CONTROL) ORDINANCE

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section Page

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1 Short title .................................. ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
2. Interpretation .............................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3

3. Appointment of authorized officers .......... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4

PART II

CONTROL OF IMPORTATION OF
PLANTS

4..........................Prohibition of importation of certain plants ... ... ... ... ... ... 4

5.............Exempted plants ................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5

6........................Plant import licences and certificates, etc . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5

7......................Prohibition on importing plant pests ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5

8....................Prohibition on importing soil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5

9...............................Exemptions for plants, plant pests and soil in transit ... ... ... ... 5

10...................................Declarations concerning examination of prohibited plants etc . ... ... 6

PART III

CONTROL OF PLANT
PESTS

11..............Search for plant pests ........ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
12..............Control of plant pests ........ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7

13...................Non-compliance with notice ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... 7

PARTIV

QUARANTINE

14...................Declaration of quarantine area ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8

is........................Prohibition of entry into quarantine area ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8

16...............................Certain plants to be grown only in quarantine area ... ... ... ... 8

17. Conditions under which a plant or soil may be removed from a quarantine

area ....................................... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9

18..........................................The Crown, etc. not liable for damage etc. to plant in quarantine area 9

PART V

POWERS OF AUTHORIZED






OFFICERS

19........................General powers of authorized officers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9

20. Seizure and disposal of illegally imported plants etc . ... ... ... ... ... 10





Section Page
PART VI

DECISIONS AND APPEALS
21. Director and authorized officers to be subject to the Governor's directions 11
22. Appeals to the Governor... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11

PART VII
MISCELLANEOU
S

23........Offences ............................ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11

24......................Obstruction of authorized officers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11

25.................Amendment of Schedules ..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12
26.................Power to make regulations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12

First Schedule. Prohibited plants .............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12

Second Schedule. Plants requiring no plant import licence ... ... ... ... ... 14

Third Schedule....Forms......................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14





CHAPTER 207

PLANT (IMPORTATION AND PEST CONTROL)

To provide for the control of the importation of plants, plant pests and Originally
soil, for the prevention of the spread of plant pests and for matters 6 of 1976.

incidental to and connected therewith. L.N. 226176.
[1st May, 1976.1L.N. 98176.

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Plant (Importation and Short title. Pest
Control) Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation.

,,authorized officer- means a public officer authorized by the Director
under section 3;

'Director' means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries;

'import', in relation to a plant, plant pest or soil, means to bring, or
cause to be brought, into Hong Kong any plant, plant pest or soil
by land, air or water or through the post;

'in transit-, in relation to a plant, plant pest or soil, means a plant, plant
pest or soil which is brought into Hong Kong solely for the
purpose of taking it or causing it to be taken out of Hong Kong;

'phytosanitary certificate' means a phytosanitary certificate referred to
in section 6(2);

'plant' includes

(a) timber, trees and shrubs; and

(b)leaves, roots, flowers, fruit, tubers, bulbs, corms, stocks,
cuttings, layers, slips, suckers, seeds, and any part of a plant,
whether or not intended for growing, planting or propagation
or from which further plants may be grown, planted or
propagated;

'plant import licence' means a licence referred to in section 6(1);

'plant pest' means any bacterium, fungus, virus, mycoplasma, alga or
other plant or any invertebrate animal which is capable of being
injurious or destructive to plants;

'premises' includes any vehicle, vessel or aircraft;

'prohibited', in relation to a plant, plant pest or soil, means any plant,
plant pest or soil the importation of which is not permitted except in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of a plant
import licence or a written authorization of the Director;





'quarantine area' means an area declared under section 14 to be a
quarantine area;

'soil' includes earth, sand, clay and peat.

3. The Director may authorize in writing any public officer to
exercise any of the powers and perform any of the duties conferred or
imposed on an authorized officer by this Ordinance.

PART II

CONTROL OF IMPORTATION OF PLANTS

4. (1) No person shall import any plaint specified in the first column
of Part I of the First Schedule from any country specified opposite
thereto in the second column of that Part, unless

(a)it is imported subject to the conditions (if any) of a plant
import licence issued in respect thereof;

(b)it has been fumigated or disinfected in the country of its
origin;

(c)it is accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate which
certifies that the plant is free from the plant pest specified in
relation to such plant in the last part of the second column of
the relevant item in Part I of the First Schedule; and

(d)it is imported subject to the condition that every such plant
shall be grown in quarantine until the Director is satisfied
either that it is free from plant pests or that it is diseased and
must be destroyed.

(2) No person shall import any plant specified in the first column of
Part 11 of the First Schedule from any country specified opposite
thereto in the second column of that Part, unless

(a)it is imported subject to the conditions (if any) of a plant
import licence issued in respect thereof;

(b) it is accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate; and

(c)it is imported subject to the conditions specified opposite
thereto in the third column of that Part and such conditions
relating to quarantine as may be specified by the Director.

(3) Subject to section 5, no person shall import any plant other than
a plant specified in the First Schedule unless

(a)it is imported subject to the conditions of a plant import
licence issued in respect thereof; and

(b) it is accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate.





5. Section 4(3) shall not apply to-

(a) any plant specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule; and

(b)any plant specified in Part II of the Second Schedule if it is
accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate.

6. (1) A plant import licence shall be in Form 1 set out in the Third
Schedule and may be issued by the Director upon application made to
him and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

(2) A phytosanitary certificate accompanying any plant to be
imported shall not be valid for the purposes of this Ordinance unless it
is

(a) similar in substance to Form 2 set out in the Third 1 Schedule;

(b)completed in English or in Chinese characters, or accompanied
by a translation in English or in Chinese characters; and

(c)signed, not more than 14 days prior to the date of the export of
the plant from the country in which it was grown, by or on
behalf of an authorized officer of the Plant Protection Service
of that country.

(3) The Director may, upon application made to him in such form as
he may determine and upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed,
examine any plant and may issue in respect of such plant a
phytosanitary certificate in the form set out in Form 2 in the Third
Schedule.

(4) Phytosanitary examination of plants may be made at the
premises of the applicant subject to payment of such fee as may be
prescribed.

7. No person shall import any plant pest or any plant infected by or
infested with a plant pest, save in accordance with the terms of an
authorization in writing issued to him by the Director.

8. (1) No person shall import any soil save in accordance with the
terms of an authorization in writing issued to him by the Director.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to soil imported from China.

9. (1) This Ordinance shall not apply to any plant, plant pest or soil
which is in transit, if the conditions set out in subsection (2) are
complied with in respect of the plant, plant pest or soil.

(2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are-

(a)that the plant, plant pest or soil is packed, and remains
packed, in a container which is sealed, closed or wrapped in
such a manner that no plant pest may escape from the
container; and





(b)that the container in which the plant, plant pest or soil is
contained and the cargo or baggage in which the container
is included-
(i) remain at all times on the vehicle, vessel or aircraft
in which they were brought into Hong Kong; or
(ii) if taken from such vehicle, vessel or aircraft are not
removed from the place where they are brought into Hong
Kong other than for the purpose of being taken out of Hong
Kong.

(3) If any condition set out in subsection (2) is not complied
with, the Director may, unless the plant, plant pest or soil which is
in transit is exported immediately or otherwise disposed of in such
manner as the Director may determine, cause it to be destroyed.

(4) The Director may recover the cost of any action taken under
subsection (3) as a debt due to the Crown from the person who
brought or caused to be brought the plant, plant pest or soil into
Hong Kong.

10. (1) The Director may require-
(a) any person importing anything into Hong Kong; or
(b) any person arriving in Hong Kong,

to declare to an authorized officer any prohibited plant, or any soil
or anything which may be infected by or infested with a plant pest
which that person is importing or has in his possession or under his
charge.

(2) The importer or the person in possession or in charge of any
plant or any soil, or anything which may be infected by or infested
with a plant pest referred to in subsection (1) shall, if required by
the Director or an authorized officer, produce it for inspection to the
Director or to an authorized officer.

(3) An authorized officer may detain any container, package or
other article, not being personal luggage, accompanying any person
arriving in Hong Kong, which he has reason to believe contains any
prohibited plant, a plant pest or any soil.

(4) For the purposes of examining any container, package or
other article detained under subsection (3) an authorized officer
may-
(a) require the person in possession or in charge to open it; or
(b) open it if such person refuses to do so.

(5) If the container, package or other article is unclaimed, or
if there is no person apparently in possession or in charge thereof,
it may be opened on the authority of the Director.

(6) Where a container, package or other article is opened in
accordance with subsection (5) it shall-





(a)if it contains no plant, plant pest or soil or if it contains
plant, plant pest or soil which has been imported in accord-
ance with this Ordinance, be returned to the custody of the
airline company or shipping company which brought it
into Hong Kong; and
(b)if it contains any plant, plant pest or soil which has been
imported in contravention of any provision of this
Ordinance, be dealt with in accordance with section 20.

PART III

CONTROL OF PLANT PESTS

11. (1) If it is made to appear by information on oath before
a magistrate that there is reasonable cause to believe that any person
has in his possession or charge or on his land or premises any plant
pest, the magistrate may grant a warrant to the Director or an
authorized officer to enter and search for and seize any plant pest or
any plant or soil believed to be infected by or infested with a plant
pest.

(2) Where under subsection (1) a person is authorized to search
land or premises for any plant pest, he may-
(a)enter at any reasonable time and search the land or premises
accordingly; and
(b)without further notice treat or destroy any plant pest or
any plant or soil he believes to be infected by or infested
with a plant pest in such manner as the Director may direct.

(3) The Director may recover the cost of any action taken under
subsection (2)(b) as a debt due to the Crown from the person in
possession or in charge of the plant pest, plant or soil.

12. (1) If the Director is satisfied that a plant pest exists in or
has been introduced into Hong Kong, he may by notice direct any
person who is the owner or in possession or custody of any plant
or soil infected by or infested with such plant pest-

(a)to surrender the plant or soil to him without compensa-
tion; or

(b)to destroy the plant pest or take such other action as is
necessary to prevent its spread.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be in such form as may
be specified by the Director and shall be deemed to be served on any
person if it is delivered to him personally or left for him at his last
known place of residence or business or sent by post in a letter
addressed to him there.

13. (1) Where a notice served under section 12 is not complied
with within 4 days after the day on which it was served the Director





may take such steps as he thinks fit to destroy the plant pest or pre-
vent its spread.

(2) The Director may recover the cost of any action taken under
subsection (1) as a debt due to the Crown from the person served
with the notice.

PART IV

QUARANTINE

14. The Director may, by order published in the Gazette,
declare any area to be a quarantine area.

15. (1) No person shall enter a quarantine area except in
accordance with a permit issued by the Director or an authorized
officer.

(2) Subject to section 16(3), no person shall move any plant,
plant pest or soil into or away from a quarantine area except in
accordance with a permit issued by the Director or an authorized
officer.

16. (1) The Director may, by order published in the Gazette,
declare that such plants as he may specify shall, after importation,
be grown or propagated only in a quarantine area.
1

(2) Any plant specified under subsection (1) which is imported
shall be kept in a quarantine area until such time as the Director is
satisfied that it is free from plant pests.

(3) Any person who has in his possession or charge or on his
land or premises any plant specified under subsection (1), shall within
4 days of the date of the publication of the order referred to in that
subsection take the plant to a quarantine area and deliver it to the
officer in charge thereof.

(4) If any person who has in his possession or charge or on his
land or premises any plant specified under subsection (1) contravenes
subsection (3), the Director or an authorized officer may-
(a)at any reasonable time enter, without a warrant, the land or
premises; and
(b) without further notice, seize the plant and cause it-
(i) to be removed and destroyed; or
(ii) to be removed and grown or propagated in a
quarantine area.

(5) The Director may recover the cost of any action taken
under subsection (4)(b) as a debt due to the Crown from the person
in possession or in charge of the plant.

(6) The Director may charge such fees as may be prescribed in
respect of the maintenance and treatment of plants which are grown
or propagated in a quarantine area.





17. (1) Any plant or soil which has undergone quarantine and
treatment and which, after examination by an authorized officer, is
certified by him to be free from disease and plant pest may, when all
fees and incidental expenses have been duly paid, be removed from
the quarantine area on the issue by the Director or an authorized
officer of a permit to remove the same.

(2)(a) Any plant or soil which is in a quarantine area and in
respect of which a permit to remove the same has been
issued shall be removed by the owner within 7 days from
the day on which the permit to remove was issued.

(b)If such plant or soil is not removed or remains unclaimed
after a period of 7 days from the day on which the permit
to remove was issued, the Director or an authorized officer
may direct that the plant or soil shall be destroyed or
otherwise disposed of in such manner as he thinks fit with-
out liability for compensation.

(3)(a) Where the Director or an authorized officer is satisfied
that a plant or soil is diseased and cannot be successfully
treated he shall serve a notice on the owner thereof inform-
ing him of his intention to destroy such plant or soil.
(b)The Director or an authorized officer may after 7 days of
the service of the notice under paragraph (a) direct that the
plant or soil shall be destroyed without liability for
compensation.
(c)A notice under paragraph (a) shall be in such form as may
be specified by the Director and shall be deemed to be
served on the owner if it is delivered to him personally or
left for him at his last known place of residence or business
or sent by post in a letter addressed to him there.

18. The Crown, the Director and public officers shall not be
liable-

(a) for any damage caused to any plant; or
(b) for the loss of any plant,

while the plant is being kept in, or being taken to or from, a
quarantine area in accordance with this Part.

PART V

POWERS OF AUTHORIZED OFFICERS

19. (1) An authorized officer may, for the purposes of this
Ordinance-
(a)require a plant import licence or any document which re-
lates to the origin of any plant, plant pest or soil to be
produced to him;





(b)examine and take copies of a plant import licence or any
document referred to in paragraph (a);

(c)take without payment but subject to the issue of an official
receipt, such sample of any plant or soil in respect of which
any plant import licence has been issued as may be required
by the Director for the purpose of examination and
investigation;

(d)examine any plant or soil if he considers it necessary to do so
to ascertain whether or not the provisions of this Ordinance
are being, or have been, complied with by any person in
respect of that plant or soil.

(2) An authorized officer may require-

(a)any person to whom a plant import licence has been issued;
and

(b)any servant, employee or agent of any person referred to in
paragraph (a),

to furnish such information or take such action as may be necessary to
enable the authorized officer to exercise the powers conferred on him
under this Ordinance.

(3) When a sample of any plant or soil has been taken by an
authorized officer under subsection (1)(c), the Director may, after
examination and investigation, direct that the sample be returned to the
owner or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Director thinks fit.

20. (1) An authorized officer may seize, remove and cause to be
destroyed without liability for compensation, any plant imported in
contravention of section 4(1).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), an authorized officer may seize
without liability for compensation and remove any plant, plant pest or
soil which is imported in contravention of

(a) any provision of this Ordinance other than section 4(1);

(b) any condition of a plant import licence; or

(c)any authorization issued by the Director under section 7 or
8(1).

(3) An authorized officer who seizes and removes any plant, plant
pest or soil under subsection (2) may either

(a)cause it to be treated in such manner as he thinks fit and
thereafter, on payment to the Director of the appropriate
prescribed fee, return it to the person from whom he seized it;
or

(b)without liability for compensation, destroy it or otherwise
dispose of it in such manner as he thinks fit.





PART VI

DECISIONS AND APPEALS

21. (1) The Governor may give such directions as he thinks fit, either
generally or in any particular case, with respect to the exercise or
performance by the Director or an authorized officer, of any powers or
duties under this Ordinance.

(2) The Director and every authorized officer shall, in the exercise or
performance of any powers or duties under this Ordinance, comply with
any directions given by the Governor under subsection (1).

22. (1) Any person aggrieved by a decision, act or omission of the
Director or of any authorized officer, taken, done or made in the exercise
of any powers or the performance of any duties under this Ordinance
may, within 14 days from the date when he was informed of the decision,
act or omission or when the decision, act or omission became known to
him (whichever is the later) or within such further period as the Governor
may allow in any particular case, by notice in writing lodge an objection
to the decision, act or omission with the Chief Secretary. (Amended, L.N.
226176)

(2) On consideration of an objection lodged in accordance with
subsection (1), the Governor may confirm, vary or reverse the decision,
act or omission of the Director or authorized officer, or substitute
therefor such other decision or make such other order as he thinks fit.

PART VII

MISCELLANEOUS

23. Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes-

(a) any provision of section 4, 7, 8(1), 15 or 16(3);

(b)any requirement made under section 10(1), (2) or (4)(a) or
section 19(1)(a) or (2);

(c)any condition imposed by virtue of section 4(1)(d), (2)(c) or
section 6(1);

(d) any direction given under section 12(1),

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of
$10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

24. Any person who obstructs an authorized officer in the exercise
of any power or the performance of any duty conferred or imposed on
him by this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $ 10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.





25. The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette amend
the First, Second or Third Schedule.

26. The Governor in Council may make regulations for all or any of
the following purposes

(a) prescribing the fees payable under this Ordinance;

(b)providing generally for the better carrying out of the
provisions and purposes of this Ordinance.

FIRST SCHEDULE [ss. 4 & 25.]

PROHIBITED PLANTS

PART I

Importation prohibited unless all the conditions specified in section 4(1) are
complied with.

Plant Country

1. Rubber and any other plant Bolivia
belonging to the genus Hevea Brazil
Columbia
Costa Rica
EI Salvador
French Guiana
Guatamala
Guyana
Honduras, Republic
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Surinam, Republic
Trinidad & Tobago
Venezuela
and any other country in which South
American Leaf Blight (Dothidelia ulei)
is present.
2. Any plant belonging to the Cameroun
family Sterculiaceae or to the Dahomey
family Bombacaceae Gambia
Ghana
Guinea, Republic
Guinea, Portugese
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Upper Volta
and any other country in which the
Swollen Shoot Virus Complex of
Cacao is present.





Plant Country

3.Cacao and any other plant Bolivia belonging
to the genus Brazil

Theobroma Columbia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Grenada
Guyana
Peru
Surinam, Republic
Trinidad & Tobago
Venezuela
and any other country in which Witches'
Broom Disease (Marasmius per-
niciosus) is present.

4. Maize and any other plant Canada
belonging to the genus Zea- Italy
vegetative material, excluding Mexico
seeds Peru
Poland
Puerto Rico
Romania
Yugoslavia
U.S.A.
U.S.S.R.
and any other country in which
Xanthotnonas stewarti is present.
5. Tea (Camellia sinensis) vegeta- Japan
tive material SriLanka
and any other country in which either
Exobasidium reticulatum or Phloem
Necrosis Virus, is present.

PART II

Importation prohibited unless all the conditions specified in section 4(2) are
complied with.

Plant Country Conditions

1. Any plant of the Any country, other Every such plant shall be
following genera: than China.grown in quarantine until
Ananas the Director is satisfied that
Citrus it is free from plant pests
Ipomoea and may be released or that
Musa it is diseased and must be
destroyed.
2. Cotton, and any Any country in North Every plant shall be
other plant of the and South America. fumigated in the country of
genus Gossypium origin by a method ac-
cepted by the Director as
being effective against Boil
Weevils (Anthonomus spp.))
3. Groundnut and Any country, other May only be imported as
any other plant than China.decorticated seeds.
of the genus
Arachis





Plant Country Conditions

4. Rice and any other Belize Every consignment shall on

plant of the genus Columbia importation be immediately
Oryza intended for Costa Rica handed to the Director who
propagation. Cuba shall cause the plant to be
Guatamala grown in quarantine for
India one generation.
Japan
Mexico
Panama
Salvador
SriLanka
Surinam, Republic
United States of America
Venezuela
and any other country
in which White Tip
Nematode
(Aphelenchoies oryzae)
or Hoja Blanca disease
is present.

SECOND SCHEDULE [ss. 5 & 25.]

PLANTS REQUIRING NO PLANT IMPORT LICENCE

PART I

1 . Cut Flowers.

2. Fruit for consumption:
(a) fresh, or
(b) preserved, dried or canned.


industrial use.

5. Timber and timber products including rattan and bamboo.

6. Dried tobacco and manufactured articles incorporating dried leaves.

7. Plants produced in and imported from China.

PART II

consumption or for industrial use.

THIRD SCHEDULE [ss. 6 & 25.1

FORMS

FORM 1

PLANT (IMPORTATION AND PEST CONTROL) ORDINANCE

(Chapter 207)
PLANT IMPORT LICENCE
Permission is hereby given to
Mr./Mrs./Miss ....................(name)
of







......................... (address)





to import the following plants/plant products/seeds provided that they are
accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate.

Species of Plant ................................................................................... Quantity
............................................................................................ Source/Origin
...................................................................................... Period of Validity of the
Licence ............................................................ Other conditions:

.........Director . . of Agriculture . . . . an . and .
Fish . Fisheries

Date ...........................................................

FORM 2 [ss. 6 & 25.]

PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE

PLANT PROTECTION SERVICE No . ..........................................
OF: ..........................................

This is to certify-

that the plants or plant products described below or representative samples of
them were thoroughly examined on (date) ................................................

by (name) ....................an
authorized officer of the (service) : .

............................. and were found to the best of his

knowledge to be substantially free from injurious diseases and pests; and that
the consignment is believed to conform with the current phytosanitary regula-
tions of the importing country both as stated in the additional declaration
hereon and otherwise.

Identity and Description of Consignment.

Name and address of exporter: .........................................................
Name and address of consignee: ......................................................
Number and description of packages: ................................................
Distinguishing marks: .....................................................................
Origin: .......................................................................................
Means of conveyance: ....................................................................
Point of entry: ..............................................................................
Quantity (or weight) and name of produce: .........................................
Botanical name: ...........................................................................
Fumigation or disinfection treatment (if any)

Date: ...............Treatment:
Duration and Temperature: Chemical:
Additional Information: Concentration:

Additional Declaration

--- ...........19

................

(Signature)

(Stamp of the Service) ......................................................

(Rank)
Originally 6 of 1976. L.N. 226/76. L.N. 98/76. Short title. Interpretation. Appointment of authorized officers. Prohibition of importation of certain plant. First Schedule. Exempted plants. Second Schedule. Plant import licences and certificates, etc. Third Schedule, Form 1. Third Schedule, Form 2. Prohibition on importing plant pests. Prohibition on importing soil. Exemptions for plants, plant pests and soil in transit. Declarations concerning examination of prohibited plants etc. Search for plant pests. Control of plant pests. Non-compliance with notice. Declaration of quarantine area. Prohibition of entry into quarantine area. Certain plants to be grown only in quarantine area. Conditions under which a plant or soil may be removed from a quarantine area. The Crown etc. not liable for damage etc. to plant in quarantine area. General powers of authorized officers. Seizure and disposal of illegally imported plants etc. Director and authorized officers to be subject to the Governor's directions. Appeals to the Governor. Offences. Obstruction of authorized officers. Amendment of Schedules. Power to make regulations.

Originally 6 of 1976. L.N. 226/76. L.N. 98/76. Short title. Interpretation. Appointment of authorized officers. Prohibition of importation of certain plant. First Schedule. Exempted plants. Second Schedule. Plant import licences and certificates, etc. Third Schedule, Form 1. Third Schedule, Form 2. Prohibition on importing plant pests. Prohibition on importing soil. Exemptions for plants, plant pests and soil in transit. Declarations concerning examination of prohibited plants etc. Search for plant pests. Control of plant pests. Non-compliance with notice. Declaration of quarantine area. Prohibition of entry into quarantine area. Certain plants to be grown only in quarantine area. Conditions under which a plant or soil may be removed from a quarantine area. The Crown etc. not liable for damage etc. to plant in quarantine area. General powers of authorized officers. Seizure and disposal of illegally imported plants etc. Director and authorized officers to be subject to the Governor's directions. Appeals to the Governor. Offences. Obstruction of authorized officers. Amendment of Schedules. Power to make regulations.

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