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Plants Act - Prohibition of Importation of Plants Order

LAWS OF TUVALU
2008 Revised Edition


PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION OF PLANTS ORDER


CAP. 44.30.1


MADE UNDER SECTION 4(1) OF THE PLANTS ACT1


1 Citation


This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of Importation of Plants Order.


2 Prohibition of importation of certain plants from certain countries


Subject to the provisions of this Order the importation is prohibited of —


(a) Any plant known as or belonging to the species of any of the following families: —


American Samoa
New Hebrides
Caribbean (W. Indies)
Niue
Cook Islands
Papua New Guinea
Florida
Philippines Republic
French Polynesia
Solomon Islands
Ghana
South India
Gilbert Islands
Sri Lanka
Guam
Togoland
Guyana
Tokelau Islands
Home Island
Tonga
(Futuna - Alofi)

Indonesia
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Malagasay Republic
Venezuela
Malaysia
Wallis Island
Marquesas Islands
Western Samoa
Nauru


3 Exemptions from prohibition


The prohibition of the importation of plants shall not apply to any goods of the following descriptions —


Tinned fruits and vegetables

Dried fruit

Frozen vegetables

Rice (dehusked)

Flour, cereals, biscuits

Nuts (for consumption)

Tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar (for consumption)

The leaf of the pandanus when woven into a mat

Cooked plant material (for consumption)

Goods imported by or with the authority of an Agricultural Officer for purposes of plant research and development under the Ministry.


4 Restrictions on importation of plants


Any plant not specified herein other than a plant whose importation is prohibited by or under this Order which any quarantine officer believes capable of carrying plant pest or disease may be seized at the port of importation by a quarantine officer and retained by him until the Agricultural Officer has determined that the said plant shall be fumigated, destroyed or returned to the person to whom it is consigned or by whom it is imported.


ENDNOTES
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1 LN 7/1977, 9/1979


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