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Plant Pests and Diseases (Nursery) Regulations (Cap. 233).

Country/Territory
Zambia
Document type
Regulation
Date
1961 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Zambia, Revised Edition 2006, Chapter 233.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant protection Plant production Pests/diseases Planting material/seeds Registration Post-harvest treatment
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

These Regulations require every nurseryman to apply each year for registration of his/her premises. No person shall, without special written authority from the Minister, sell or expose for sale nursery stock grown or cultivated in Zambia unless: (a) it has been grown or cultivated in a registered nursery; (b) it is labelled in accordance with the provisions of regulation 10 (reg. 3). Regulation 4 provides for removal of plants, etc., from infested nurseries and regulation 6 for the destruction of infested plants. No person shall remove or cause or permit the removal of nursery stock from a nursery unless such stock has been fumigated in accordance with regulations 7 to 9.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Plant Pests and Diseases Act (Cap. 233).

Legislation | Zambia | 1959 (2006)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant protection, Plant production, Pests/diseases, Planting material/seeds, Post-harvest treatment, Tobacco, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX