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Plant Protection Act (No. 35 of 1999) - Sect 12

Regulations

12.
(1) The Minister may make regulations with respect to any matter required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are required or authorised to be made.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1). the Minister may make regulations :
(a) for the prevention of introduction into Sri Lanka, or for the eradication, or for the prevention of spreading therein of, pests, and for the export of plants, plant products or organisms from Sri Lanka ;
(b) for restricting or prohibiting the importation into Sri Lanka of any plants, plants products and organisms and for restricting or prohibiting the entry points at which they may be landed;
(c) for restricting or prohibiting the landing in Sri Lanka of plants, plant products and organisms, either absolutely or conditionally;
(d) for providing for the importation of organisms under special licence and conditions;
(e) for inspecting and or testing plants, plans products and organisms at, before, or after, the time of landing;
(f) for testing, cleaning, fumigating, or disinfecting, at the expense of the importer and or the owner and if expedient, destroying at, before, or after, landing and without compensation, all plants, plant products and organisms, or the packages, cases, pots, or coverings in which they may be packed, and which are found to be infected with any pest or pests and for the recovery of prescribed fees for such destruction from the importer and or owner;
(g) for requiring the quarantine of plants, plant products and organisms imported or to he imported, in special areas, and for fixing the conditions of such quarantine and the fees to be charged therefor;
(h) for preventing the outbreak or dissemination of any pest within Sri Lanka;
(i) for declaring any area to be an infested area, and for the proper quarantine of an specified area declared as being infested with any pest;
(j) for testing, treatment, destruction and proper disposal, of plants or plant products affected or likely to be affected with any pest;
(k) for restricting or prohibiting the cultivation of any plant or plants for a specified period or periods within any specified area or areas in Sri Lanka;
(l) for regulating the transfer of plants, plant products or organisms from one locality in Sri Lanka to another:
(m) for the constitution of committees to advise the Director-General and the authorised officers, and to take such other action as may be necessary to ensure the effective administration of the provisions of this Act:
(n) for ensuring the phytosanitary status of the plants, plant products or organisms exported from Sri Lanka ; and
(o) for charging fees for implementing the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder.
(3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of publication or on such later date, as may be specified in the regulation.
(4) Every regulation made under this Act shall have the same force and effect as if they were contained in this Act.
(5) Every regulation made by the Minister shall as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette be brought before Parliament for approval. Any such regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of its disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.
(6) Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is so deemed to be rescinded shall he published in the Gazette.

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