Prevention, Control and Eradication of Diseases (Coconut and other Palms) Regulation No. 01 of 2008.

These Regulations provide for areas situated within the Administrative Districts specified in Column I of the Schedule, falling within the Divisional Secretary’s Divisions specified in Column II are declared to be infested areas with the diseases specified in Column III of Schedule 1. These regulations shall apply in relation to Coconut and other Palms found on any land situated within any infested area. The Director-General or any authorized officer shall take such measures as are necessary and issue guidelines as are required for the prevention, control and eradication of the Coconut and other Palms diseases within the infested areas, are infested with. The Director-General shall cause to be published in a daily newspaper informing the public of the prevalence of the “Coconut Leaf Rot Disease” and the “Weligama Coconut Leaf wilt Disease” in the areas aforesaid and that measure in terms of these regulations must be taken to prevent, control and eradicate such diseases within the declared areas. Till such time that a Notification in terms of regulation 11 is published, no person shall plant or transport any infested sampling; or transport any infested plant or plant part (excluding husked Coconut and Arecanut).