Plant Protection and Quarantine (Pink Mealy Bug/Hibiscus Mealy Bug Control) Order, 1996 (S.R.O. No. 18 of 1996)
Made 1996-04-23 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Country
- Dominica
- Subjects
- Cultivated plants
- Keywords
- plant production, pests/diseases, international trade, offences/penalties, plant protection
- Categories
- *, agriculture
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.'LANT .'l{UT]<;CTION ANDQUARANTINE S.I<.O.18 COMMONWEALTH OFDOMINICA STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS No. 18 OF 1996 ORDER MADE by the Minister under sections 7 and 8 of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Act, Chap 58:40. (Gazetted 2nd May, 1996.) 1. This Order may be cited as the PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE (PINK MEALY BUG/HIBISCUS MEALY BUG CONTROL) ORDER 1996. 2. In this Order "specified States" means Grenada, SL. Kitts and Trinidad and Tobago. Short nue. Imcrpretanon. 3. This Order is made in order to prevent the introduction of Purpose ofOrder the PINK MEALY BUGIHIBISCUS MEALY BUG MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS into the State. 4. The importation ofany plant, the part ofany plant, any plant product or the fruit and vegetables of any plant from any specified State is prohibited. 5. Any officer of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Service shall authorise and direct the seizure and destruction of any article imported into the Stale contrary 10 section 4. No Importauon from specified SI:lICS. Power of rbc Plaut Pl"!'>(CCtiOIl ruul Quarantine Service. I'LANT I'I{UTECTIUN ANI) QUARANTINE S.R.O.18 Penalty. 6. Any person who obstructs any officer in the performance of his functions under section 4 commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and seven days imprisonment. Made this 23rd day of April. 1996. PETER CARBON Ministerfor Agriculture and Environment, DOMINICA Printed by the Government Printer at the Government Printery, Roseau. (Price 40 cents)