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Plant Quarantine Act, B.E. 2507 (1964).

Country
Thailand
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Keywords
Abstract
This Act makes provision for the control of external trade of plants and planting material with a view to controlling plant pests and diseases, and introduces measures to prevent or eradicate such pests and diseases.
The Act provides for the establishment of the Plant Quarantine Committee which shall have the authority to determine the name of plants, plant pests or carriers to be prohibited or restricted materials that shall be controlled, and of the controlled plants; determine the plant quarantine stations and post-entry quarantine stations; etc. No one shall import or bring in transit any plants, prohibited or any restricted material, or germplasms unless otherwise permitted by the Director-General, and they shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. The Director-General shall also have the power to determine plant pests control areas. The Act also contains penal provisions.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/tha70877.pdf
Web site
http://www.thailaws.com
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force ninety days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.
Notes
The Plant Diseases and Plant Pests Prevention Act, B.E. 2495 shall be repealed.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Implemented by
Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plants from certain sources as prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (1964) (No. 10) B.E. 2553 (2010).
Notification of Department of Agriculture Re : Criteria, procedures and conditions for the importation or bringing in transit of prohibited, restricted and unprohibited articles B.E. 2551.
Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plant pests as prohibited articles under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 7) B.E. 2550.
Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plants and carriers from certain sources as prohibited articles, of exceptions and conditions under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 5) B.E. 2550.
Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Re : Specification of plant pests as prohibited articles under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (No. 6) B.E. 2550.
Ministerial Regulation No. 2 issued under the Plant Quarantine Act, B.E. 2507.
Ministerial Regulation No. 3 issued under the Plant Quarantine Act, B.E. 2507.
Notification of the Ministry of Agriculture No. 1 on the specification of plants, plant pests or carriers from certain sources to be prohibited materials and of exceptions and conditions.
Notification of the Ministry of Agriculture No. 2 on the specification of plants or carriers as restricted materials and of exceptions and conditions.