Plant Protection (Notifiable Pest) Order, 2011 (S.I. No. 29 of 2011)

800-----5 .11 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE PLANT PROTECTION (NOTIFIABLE PFST) ORDER, 2011 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2011, No. 29 [ Printed in the Official Gazette Vol. XXXI No. 25 dated 12th May, 2011. J Printed at the Government Printing Office, Antigua and Barbuda, by Paget Terry, Acting Government Printer By Authority, 2011. [ Price $1.90 J The Plant Protection (Notifiable Pest) Order, 2011. 2 2011,No.29 2011 , No. 29 Order 1. Short title. 3 The Plant Protection (Notifiable Pest) Order. 2011. TIIE PLANT PROTECTION (NOTIFIABLE PEST) ORDER, 2011 ARRANGEMENf 2. Interpretation 3. Notifiable pest The Plant Protection (Notifiable Pest) Order, 2011. 4 2011,No.29 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE PLANT PROTECTION (NOTIFIABLE PEST)ORDER, 2011 2011, No. 29 THE PLANT PROTECTION (NOTIFIABLE PEST) ORDER made in exercise of the powers con­ tained in section 4 of the Plant Protection Act, Cap 329. 1. Short title This Order may be cited as the Plant Protection (Notifiable Pest) Order, 2011 . 2. Interpretation In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires "Achatina fulica" means the quarantine pest which is commonly known as the Giant Afri­ can Snail. "Quarantine pest" means a pest of potential economic importance to the area endangered thereby and not yet present there, or present but not widely distributed and being rficially controlled. 3. Notifiable pest ( 1) Achatina fulica is hereby declared as a notifiable pest. (2) Subject to Section 5( 1) of the Plant Protection Act [Cap. 329[, the occupier of any land on which Achatinafulica occurs, is obligated as soon as practicable to notify Plant Protection of this presence. (3) Further, under Sections 5(2) and 5(3) of the Plant Protection Act [Cap. 329], an occupier who fails to give such notice would be guilty of an offence and should note that it shall not be a defence that the occupier was not aware of the presence of the pest unless it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Court that he or persons employed by him took all reasonable steps to discover the presence of the pest. Made the 19th day of April, 2011.