Act containing new rules for the prevention and fighting of organisms that damage cultivation (Plant Diseases Act).
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Type of law
Legislation
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Abstract
This Act creates a general framework for the regulation of the protection of plants against diseases and pests and provides for measures of enforcement and prescribes offences and penalties. The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries is empowered to regulate by Decree: Importation and exportation of plants, plant products or parts of plants and their quarantine (art. 2); treatment of cultivation, disinfection of premises, means of transportation, etc. (art. 3); and the functioning of institutions which are charged with the carrying out of tasks as foreseen in article 3. The farmers who cultivate on commercial scale varieties of plants to be indicated by the Minister, shall report yearly on such cultivation in accordance with directives to be issued by the Minister by Decree (art. 3a). The remaining provisions deal with compensation of costs for reporting, measures of control and enforcement, and offences and penalties. Offences and penalties are prescribed by the Economic Offences Act (1950, K 258). (20 articles)
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Notes
Consolidated version of the Act, as last amended by the Act of 3 March 2021, published in the State Gazette no. 135 of 2021.
Repealed
Yes
Serial Imprint
Staatsblad No. 29, 28 January 1992, pp. 1-7 (.pdf document).
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Wet houdende nieuwe bepalingen tot wering en bestrijding van organismen, schadelijk voor de landbouw (Plantenziektenwet).
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Repealed by