Bees Control Act

BEES CONTROL I THE BEES CONTROL ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SIXTIONS 1. Short title. PRELIMINARY 2. Interpretation. PART I. Importation 3. Permits for importation required. 4. Permit regulations. 5. Punishment of offenders. PART 11. Protection from Direare 6. Minister may prescribe. measures, etc., for preventing introduction 7. Governor-General may appoint persons to cany out provisions 8. Appointed person may enter upon land and examine apiary. 9. Duties of owner, etc., of apiary. and spread of disease. of this Part, etc. Presumption against owner. etc., of apiary charged with offence against this Part. 10. Acts which constitute offences against this Part. 11. Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions necessary for pro 12. Rules. 13. Decision of Chief Plant Protection Officer final secution. PART III. Transportation of Bees 14. Rules to be made by Minister. Punishment for breach. me inclusion of this page is authorized by LN. 480/19731 NNN BEES CONTROL 3 Cap. 38. Ad 6 Of 1% THE BEES CONTROL ACT [loth May, 1918.1 1. This Act may be cited as the Bees Control Act. Short title. Preliminary “beekeepers’ stock” includes combs, hives that have been in use and other products of and things used h con nection with bee-keeping; “disease” means the diseases known as “foul brood” and “Isle of Wight disease of bees,” and any other disease which the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette. may declare to be a disease for the purposes of this Act. 2. In this Act- Intcrprc tation. PART I. Importation 3. No bees, honey or beekeeper’s stock shall be brought Permitsfor writing of the Chief Plant Protection Officer first had and S,3(2)and obtained, and any bees, honey, or beekeepers’ stock brought Sch within the limits of this Island without such permission may be seized and destroyed at any time by any Customs Officer or by any officer or sub-officer of the Jamaica Con stabulary Force. within the limits of this Island save with the permission in Z 2 - n 4.-(1) The Chief Plant Protection Officer may grant to Permit any person leave to bring within the limits of this Island or 6,,968 to land in this Island any bees, honey or beekeepers’ stock in &;@)and accordance with such regulations as the Minister may make and regulations may be made accordingly. regulations. . me inclusion of this rage is auihorized by LN. 480/1973] 4 BEES CONTROL 611968 S. 3(2) and Sch. Punishment of offenders. 611968 S. 3(2) and Sch. Minister prescribe measure% etc., for prevmtiq introducimo and spread of dscase. may (2) On the breach of any term or condition prescribed by such regulations the Chief Plant Protection Officer may, with the approval of the Minister, destroy or cause to be destroyed any bees, honey or beekeepers’ stock so brought within the limits of this Island or landed in this Island. 5. Any person bringing within the limits of this Island or landing in this Island any bees, honey or beekeepers’ stock without the leave of the Chief Plant Protection Officer first had and obtained and any person failing to observe or carry out such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by or under the regulations in the last preceding section men tioned shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars and in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months. PART 11. Protection from Disease 6. It shall be lawful for the Minister from time to time, by orders to be published in the Gazette, tc fa) prescribe the measures to be taken for the treat ment of any disease by the owner or person having the charge or management of any apiary; (b) regulate the duty of persons appointed to carry out the provisions of any orders issued under this Part; (c) direct the destruction of any apiary infected or suspected of being infected with disease; (d) generally make provisions for the purpose of preventing the introduction and spread of disease or of any particular disease named in the order. [The inclusion of this p g e IS authorized by L.N. 480/19731 BEES CONTROL 5 7. It shall be lawful for the Governor-General to appoint Govemor General may persons to carry out the provisions of this Part and of any orders issued thereunder, and the Minister may by warrant direct payment out of the Treasury of the remuneration opy$'!~~ and expenses of all such persons and of any other expendi- Part.etc. ture that the Minister may deem necessary for the purposes of this Act, including such compensation to the owner of any apiary destroyed under the provisions of this Act as the Minister may in his absolute discretion approve. 8. . by person appointed under the provisions of section Appointed persons may 7 may with such assistance as may be necessary enter upon any land and there examine any apiary in order to ascertain whether the said apiary is infected with disease. apiary. %-(I) Every owner or person having the charge or Dutiesof omer, ctc I management of an apiary who knows of or suspects the ofaplary. existence of any disease in such apiary shall with all prac- !/\Emd ticable speed give notice in writing to the Chief Plant Pro- Sch. tection Officer of the fact of the apiary being so infected or suspected, and shall in such notice give all information in his power as to the extent and nature of such disease. The said notice shall be served personally on the Chief Plant Protection Officer or shall be addressed to him by registered post. management of an apiary is charged with an offence under owner,etc., tence of the disease, unless and until he shows to the satis faction of the Court that he had not knowledge thereof, Part. and could not with reasonable diligence have obtained that knowledge. proof whereof shall lie on him, does any of the following offences things he shall be guilty of an offence against this Part- part. (2) Where the owner or person having the charge or Presumption apiost of aplary this Part, he shall be presumed to have known of the exis- charged with 10. If any person without lawful authority or excuse, A cts which ConSDtute against this [The inclusion of this page iy authonzed by L N. 480/ lY731 6 BEES CONTROL (a) if he does anything in contravention of this Part or of any order issued under this Act or of any rule made under this Part or fails to carry out any measures required to be carried out by him under any such order or rule; Ib) if he fails to give any notice which by this Part he is required to give; (c) if he refuses to any person acting in execution of this Part or of any order issued thereunder, admk sion to any land or place which the said person is entitled to enter, or obstructs or impedes such person in so entering or in examining any apiary or otherwise in any respect obstructs or impedes any person in the execution of his duty under this Part or assists in any such obstructing or impeding; and he shall on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding thee months, and on a further conviction withim a period of twelve months for a second or subsequent offence against this Part he shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour, in lieu of a fine to which he is liable. Consentof Prosecutions ncccssary of Public Prosecutions. Rule%. 11. No prosecution for an offence against thii Part shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the Director Director of Public for prosecution, 12.41) The Minister may make rules for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the provisions and objects of this Part. (2) Rules made under this section shall have the same effect as if they were contained in this Act and shall be judicially noticed. [The inclusion of this p g e is authorized by L.N. 480119731 BEES CONTROL 'I 13. For the purposes of this Part the decision of the Decisionof Chief Plant Chief Plant Protection Officer as to the presence of any f i d . disease shall be final. 611968 S. 3(L) and Sch. PART 111. Transportation of Bees 1 4 4 1 ) It shall be lawful for the Minister to make rules 2;:gk regulating the transportation of bees along any main road Minister. or any parochial road. (2) A breach of any rule made under this section may on summary conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding forty dollars and in default of payment by imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months. Punishment for brcach. [The inclusion of this page is authorized by L.N. 480119731