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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 title
An 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.

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