Quarantine Act (Cap. 106). Country/Territory Solomon Islands Document type Legislation Date 1931 (1968) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act relating to quarantine. Subject Livestock, Cultivated plants, General Keyword Hygiene/sanitary procedures Inspection Public health Pests/diseases Quarantine Animal health Plant protection Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Act lays down measures for the prevention of the introduction or spread of diseases or pests affecting humans. The scope of quarantine covers the inspection, exclusion, detention, observation, segregation, isolation, protection, treatment, sanitary regulation and disinfection of vessels, persons, goods and things. The Minister of Health and Medical Services shall be charged with the administration of this Act and the enforcement of any rules made thereunder. Quarantinable disease is defined as smallpox, plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever or leprosy or any disease declared by the Minister by order to be a quarantinable disease. The Minister may appoint quarantine officers and other officers for carrying out this Act. Full text English Website pafpnet.spc.int References - Legislation Implemented by Order for the declaration of quarantinable diseases (L. N. No. 224). Legislation | Solomon Islands | 2022 Keyword: Public health, Pests/diseases, Quarantine, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX