PLANT PROTECTION
11 of 1969
An Act to provide for the eradication of pests and diseases
destructive to plants to prevent the introduction and spread of
pests and diseases destructive to plants, and for matters connected
therewith and incidental thereto
Short title and
Commencement
1. This Act may be cited as the Plant Protection Act.
Interpretation
2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires--“board of inquiry” means a board of inquiry appointed under section
7;
“container” means any case, package, pot, sack or other thing used as
a container and includes any covering, wrapping or packing material;
“disease” means any abnormal condition of a plant, communicable or
believed to be communicable by the transfer of a causative agent or by
the propagation of an affected plant;
“growing medium” means a medium, including soil, capable of being
used for the propagation or culture of plants;
“host plant” means a plant capable of being the host of a pest;
“infested area” means any area or place in which a pest exists;
“injurious organism” means any organism or like agent including a
virus which is ----(a) inimical to the growth or existence of living plants;
(b) injurious to plants or plant products; or
(c) capable of producing a disease;
“inspector” means a person authorized in writing by the Minister to
exercise the powers or perform the duties of an inspector under this
Act;
“invertebrate’’ means a living invertebrate animal organism in
whatever stage of development it may be;
“nursery” means land or premises where nursery stock is grown or
cultivated;
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