Import of Plants Act (Cap. 34). Country/Territory Vanuatu Document type Legislation Date 1964 (1988) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu Revised Edition 1988. Long titleAn Act to provide for plant quarantine. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant protection Quarantine Inspection Fertilizers/nutrients International trade Plant production Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract The Act prescribes requirements for the importation of plants and other specified organic material into Vanuatu. No person shall, without applying to the Director of Agriculture for an import license in the form set out in the Schedule, order for the purposes of importation into Vanuatu live plants, dry plants including straw, hay or fodder or any other matter capable of containing any organism dangerous to cultivation including soil, compost and manure. The Minister may prohibit importation of plants under section 2. Entry ports and the duty of declaration of goods are prescribed. Imported goods shall be subject to phytosanitary inspection. The Director of Agriculture shall be responsible for plant protection. Full text English