Plant Quarantine Act, 2008 (No. 7 of 2008)
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
This Act makes provision with respect to the prevention and control of pests affecting plants and in particular introduces quarantine control measures and places restrictions on the importation of plant and plant material. The Minister may appoint plant protection officers for purposes of this Act and may declare areas or pests for purposes of quarantine control.
The Ministry, or such other authority as the Minister by Notice in the Gazette may designate, has the authority and responsibility to function as the official national plant protection organization of Namibia for the purposes of the International Plant Protection Convention.
The Ministry, or such other authority as the Minister by Notice in the Gazette may designate, has the authority and responsibility to function as the official national plant protection organization of Namibia for the purposes of the International Plant Protection Convention.
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Long title of text
An Act to provide for the preventing, monitoring, controlling and eradication of plant pests; to facilitate the movement of plants, plant products and other regulated articles within and into or out of Namibia; to provide for the certification of the phytosanitary standards of plants and plant products exported from Namibia; and to provide for incidental matters.
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Notes
This Act repeals also the Locusts Suppression Proclamation, 1923 (Proclamation No. 34 of 1923) and the Agricultural Pests Ordinance, 1927 (Ordinance No. 11 of 1927).
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Government Gazette No. 4149, 27 October 2008, pp. 1-15.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Implemented by
Repeals