Fumigation of Plants Act (No. 5 of 1905)

OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fumigation of Plants (CAP. 186 1 CHAPTER 186 THE FUMIGATION O F PLANTS ACT Arrangement of Sections Section 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3 . Port of entry. 4. All imported plants may be fumigated. All imported plants to be delivered to Comptroller Customs. 6. Place of landing. 7. Fumigating apparatus. Process of fumigation. 9. Removal of plants after fumigation. 10. Disposal of plants after fumigation. 11. Expenses of removal. 12. Penalty of forfeiture. 13. Regulations. Procedure and penalty. LAWS 5. of 8. 14. LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fumigation of Plants (CAP. 186 3 FUMIGATION O F PLANTS May, 1905.) 511905. 1511961. 1811989. S.I. 3911989. This Act may be cited as the Fumigation of Plants title Act. 2. In this Interpretation. "Agricultural Authority" includes the Director of Agriculture and any person acting in his aid or under his direction; "Comptroller of Customs" includes any officer of the department of Customs, Excise and Port; "imported" means brought into Antigua and Barbuda by any channel whatsoever, including the "parcel post" ; "importer" includes the owner and his agents and servants; "packages" includes boxes, coverings, wrappers or anything whatever in which plants are imported; "plants" includes growing plants, cuttings, buds, and grafts, bulbs, roots and seeds, and also fruit and vegetables intended for propagation and not for con sumption as food; "port of entry" means the port of St. John's and any other port or place in Antigua and Barbuda appointed by the Minister for the importation of plants. 3. The Minister may by order appoint one or more places (besides the Port of St. John's) as ports of entry for the importation of plants. (31st 1. Short Act Port of entry. LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CAP. 186) Fumigation o f Plants All imported plants may be fumigated. All imported plants to be delivered to Comptroller of Customs. Place of landing. Fumigating apparatus. Process of fumigation. Removal of plants after fumigation. Disposal of ants after Expenses of removal. 4. All plants imported into Antigua and Barbuda, together with the packages in which they are contained shall, subject to the discretion of the Agricultural Authority, be fumigated. 5 . All plants so imported shall be delivered up by the importer to the Comptroller of Customs who shall cause them to be conveyed to the place of fumigation there to be dealt with by the Agricultural Authority. 6. No imported plants shall be landed elsewhere than at a port of entry. 7. Suitable apparatus for the fumigation of plants shall be provided by the Government at such place or places as may from time to time be appointed by the Minister for use at the Port of St. John's; and also at any other port of entry appointed by the Minister for the importation of-plants; and such apparatus shall be under the care, control and manage ment of the Agricultural Authority. 8. The of fumigation shall be carried out in " such manner and under such conditions as the Agricultural Authority may consider adequate for the destruction of any vegetable or insect pests which may possibly be on such plants, subject to any regulations made by the Minister in that behalf. 9. All plants shall be removed by the owner from the fumigation place after disinfection immediately upon his be ing required to do so by the Agricultural Authority. The Agricultural Authority may require the im porter to keep him informed as to the disposal of any plants after fumigation, and may visit and examine them at any time, if necessary. The expenses of removal to the place of fumiga tion (except it be in large quantities) and of the fumigation of plants shall be at the expense of the Government, but the Government shall incur no liability in respect of any risk attending fumigation. process f~igation. 10. 11. LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Fumigation of Plants (CAP. 186 5 Any plants imported contrary to the provisions of this Act shall be forfeited. forfeiture. 13. The Minister shall have power to make regula tions for more effectually carrying out the provisions and intentions of this Act. 14. Any person accused of having committed any penalty. offence against the provisions of this Act may, notwithstand ing any other law to the contrary, be prosecuted on com plaint before a Magistrate in the manner prescribed by the Magistrate's Code of Procedure Act, and shall upon convic be liable to pay a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding six months. 12. Penalty of Regulations. Procedure and Cap. 255. tion