Plant Pests and Diseases (Potato and Tobacco Growing) Regulations (Cap. 233)

SECTION 29-THE PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES (POTATO AND TOBACCO GROWING) REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister Federal Government Notice 199 of 1963 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Pests and Diseases (Potato and Tobacco Growing) Regulations. Title 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation "farm" means a continuous area of land (a) under the ownership of the same person or group of persons; and (b) on which potatoes or tobacco or both are cultivated; "field potatoes" means potatoes (a) in active growth so that growing parts of the plants are visible above the ground; and (b) growing on a farm or part of a farm in an area greater than one-quarter of an acre; "field tobacco" means tobacco which is growing on a farm, but does not include tobacco which has been sown in seed-beds from which it has not been transplanted into fields. 3. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (2), no person shall grow field potatoes and field tobacco at the same time on a farm between the 1st October and the 31st March in any growing season. Growing of potatoes and tobacco (2) The Minister may, upon receipt of a written application, exempt, subject to such conditions as he may specify, any person or class of persons from complying with the provisions of sub-regulation (1). 4. Any person who knows or suspects that the disease known as tobacco vein-browing virus is present on his farm shall inform the Duty to furnish information Minister without delay. SECTION 29-THE PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES (TOBACCO) REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister Federal Government Notices 328 of 1958 354 of 1960 114 of 1962 Government Notices 90 of 1964 497 of 1964 Statutory Instrument 91 of 1979 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Pests and Disease (Tobacco) Regulations. Title 2. In these Regulations- Interpretation "tobacco premises licence" means a licence issued in terms of subsection (1) of section thirteen of the Act authorising the handling or storing in and the removal to or from premises of cured tobacco. 3. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (2), an owner of land shall Tobacco lands to be cleared annually (a) on or before the 31st May in each year destroy, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 4, all tobacco plants of a type other than Turkish, including stalks and roots thereof, which are growing on any of his land cultivated for the production of tobacco; (b) on or before the 15th August in each year destroy, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 4, all tobacco plants of the Turkish type, including stalks and roots thereof, which are growing on any of his land cultivated for the production of tobacco; (c) at all times keep his land, other than that cultivated for the production of tobacco for the current season's crop, free from living tobacco plants; and (d) destroy all living tobacco plants in his seed-beds as soon as such plants are no longer required for transplanting into lands for the