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Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983)

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Control Measures relating to the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer

4. Prohibition relating to the removal, keeping, planting or cultivation of infested plants

 

(1) No user of land shall remove any infested or suspected infested plant specified in table 2 and 3—
(a) from any area within the Republic demarcated by the authority where a notifiable insect listed in table 1 occurs;
(b) unless the movement is authorized by means of a permit or the plant or plant product is certified by the authority as free from the insect or unless such plant or plant product does not act as a pathway or vector to transmit or spread a prohibited insect in Table 1.

 

(2) No user of land shall keep, plant or cultivate any infested plant listed in table 2 and infested with the notifiable insect in table 1 in any land within the Republic.