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Plant Quarantine Act (Cap. 433) Control Of The Red Palm Weevil (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 (L.N. 21 Of 2011 )

PLANT QUARANTINE ACT (CAP. 433)Control of the Red Palm Weevil (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Plant Quarantine Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs, has made the following regulations:-

2. In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, for the words “and amendments” there shall be substituted the words “and Commission Decision 2010/467/EU as regards susceptible plants and the measures to be taken in cases where Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) is detected”.

(a)  the definition “the Department” shall be deleted;

(b)  immediately after the definition “the Director”, 

there shall be added the following new definition: 

“ “ t h e D i r e c t o r a t e ” m e a n s t h e P l a n t H e a l t h

Directorate;”, and

for the words “the Department” wherever they o c c u r i n t h e p r i n c i p a l r e g u l a t i o n s t h e r e s h a l l b e substituted the words “the Directorate”; and

(c)  for the definition “susceptible plants” there shall be 

substituted the following definition:

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11 of the principal regulations.

“ “susceptible plants” means plants, other than fruit and seeds, having a diameter of the stem at the base of over 5 cm of Areca catechu, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, Arenga pinnata, Borassus flabellifer, Brahea armata, Butia capitata, Calamus merillii, Caryota maxima, Caryota cumingii, Chamaerops humilis, Cocos nucifera, Corypha gebanga, Corypha elata, Elaeis guineensis, Howea forsteriana, Jubea chilensis, Livistona australis, Livistona decipiens, Metroxylon sagu, Oreodoxa regia, Phoenix canariensis, Phoenix dactylifera, Phoenix theophrasti, Phoenix sylvestris, Sabal umbraculifera, Trachycarpus fortunei and Washingtonia spp.”.

(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof for the words “and its amendments” there shall be substituted the words “and Commission Decision 2010/467/EU as regards the susceptible plants and the measures to be taken in cases
where Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) is detected”; and 
(b) in sub-regulation (2) thereof for the words “and its” there shall be substituted the words “and Commission Decision 2010/467/EU as regards the susceptible plants and the measures to be taken in cases where Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) is detected and their”.
6. In sub-regulation (3) of regulation 11 of the principal regulations immediately after the words “[Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)]” there shall be added the words “and Commission Decision 2010/467/EU as regards the susceptible plants and the measures to be taken in cases where Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) is detected”.