Plant Protection (Control of Quarantine Pest) Order, 2011 (S.I. No. 28 of 2011)

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TIIE PLANI' PROI'ECOON (CONTROL OF QUARANTINE PFS1) ORDER, 2011 SfAlUl'ORY INSI'RUMENT 800---5.11 2011, No. 28 [ Printed in the Official Gazette Vol. XXXI No. 25 dated 12th May, 2011.] Printed at the Government Printing Office, Antigua and Barbuda, by Paget Terry, Acting Government Printer By Authority, 2011. [ Price $2. 60 J The Plant Protection (Control of Quarantine Pest) Order; 2011. 2 2011, No.28 2011,No. 28 3 The Plant Protection (Control of Quarantine Pest) Order, 2011. TIIE PLANT PROTECDON (CONfROL OF QUARANTINE PEST) ORDER, 2011 ·ARRANGEMENT Order 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation 3. Movement of plant material, goods and conveyances 4. Offences 5. Controlled area SCHEDULE The Plant Protection (Control of Quarantine Pest) Order, 2011. ANI1GUA AND BARBUDA 4 111E PLANT PROTECTTON (CONTROL OF QUARANflNE PFSf) ORDER, 2011 2011, No. 28 2011,No.28 THE PLANT PROTECTION (CONTROL OFQUARANTINE P~T) ORDER,made in exercise of the powers contained in section 4 of the Plant protection Act, Cap. 329. 1. Short title This Order may be cited as the Plant Protection (Control of Quarantine 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 Gin nt Afri­ can Land Snail; "Conveyance" includes any item, including vehicles and containers, used or capable of being used for carrying materials; "Goods" means any kind of moveable property; "Plant material" means any goods that are wholly or partly derived from a member of the plant kingdom and includes soil; "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 official controlled. 3. Movement of plant material, goods and conveyances ( 1) A person shall not move any plant material, goods or conveyance suspected of carrying the quarantine pest Achatina fulica out of the controlled area. (2) Any movement of plant material, goods or conveyance from the controlled area shall be authorized in writing by an officer of Plant Protection in the Department of Agriculture. 2011,No.28 4. Offences 5 The Plant Protection (Control of Quarantine Pest) Order, 2011. Any person who moves or causes to move any plant material, goods, or conveyance from the con­ trolled area in contravention of Section 2 of this Order is in breach of this Order and will have committed an offence under section 13( c) of the Plant Protection Act Cap 329. S. Controlled area The areas listed in the Schedule to this Order comprise the controlled area( s ). SCHEDUlE The Controlled areas regulated by this Quarantine Order are as follows­ Barnes Hill up to Barnes Hill Main Road Blubber Valley Bolans Bolans New Extension Burma (to incl. Burma Road, Burma Quarry) Carlisle Cassada Gardens Main Road and the Cassada Gardens Race Track Christian Valley Cooks Cooks Estate Cook Extension Coolidge Donovans Dunnings Ebenezer The Plant Protection ( Control of Quarantine Pest) Order. 2011. Fitches Creek Five Islands Grays Fann Greenbay Hatton Jennings Jennings Extension Jolly Beach Resort Jolly Harbour Jolly Hill 6 2011,No.28 Paynters (all areas bounded by the Sir Sidney Walling Highway and the Sir George Walter Highway) Pearns Pensioner's Comer Seafort Side Hill Weirs Estate Winthrope Fann (Geotech Quarry) Yorks Estate Made the 19th day of April, 2011.