Miscellaneous Amendments Act, 2020 (No. 10 of 2020). Country/Territory Trinidad and Tobago Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Legal Supplement Part A to the “Trinidad and Tobago Gazette”, Vol. 59, No. 62, 8th May, 2020 Long titleAN ACT to amend the Summary Courts Act, Chap. 4:20; the Oaths Act, Chap. 7:01; the Limitation of Certain Actions Act, Chap. 7:09; the Summary Offences Act, Chap. 11:02; the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25; the Mental Health Act, Chap. 28:02; the Children Act, Chap. 46:01; the Shipping Act, Chap. 50:10; the Plant Protection Act, Chap. 63:56; the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago Act, Chap. 72:01; the Income Tax Act, Chap. 75:01; the Central Bank Act, Chap. 79:02; the Financial Institutions Act, Chap. 79:09; the Companies Act, Chap 81:01; the Securities Act, Chap. 83:02; the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute Act, Chap. 85:52; and the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017); and to repeal the Magistrates Protection Act, Chap. 6:03. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant protection Pests/diseases Inspection Quarantine Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract The Act amends the Plant Protection Act, 1975 in section 4A which grants power to the Minister responsible for plant protection to issue an Order declaring notifiable diseases, prohibiting cultivation or harvesting or otherwise directing measures for the prevention or control of spreading of plant pests and diseases. It amends that section by inserting after paragraph (i), the following paragraph: “(j) exempt any article from the application of section 3 where the Minister has determined that the article does not pose a phytosanitary risk; and”. Full text English Website news.gov.tt References - Legislation Amends Plant Protection Act (Cap. 63:56). Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 1975 (2001) Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Institution, Inspection, Biosafety, Biosecurity, Quarantine, International trade, Data collection/reporting, Authorization/permit, Offences/penalties, Planting material/seeds, Basic legislation, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX