Apiaries Act 1978. Pays/Territoire Australie Sous-division territoriale Tasmania Type du document Législation Date 1978 (1999) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act for the eradication of diseases in bees and to regulate and control the keeping of bees and the sale and export of honey. Sujet Bétail Mot clé Santé des animaux Apiculture/sériciculture Certification Quarantaine Autorisation/permis Enregistrement Production animale Aire géographique Asie et Pacifique, Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande, Océan Indien, Océanie, Pacifique Sud Résumé No person shall keep bees, unless he is registered as a beekeeper under this Act (sect. 3). No person shall keep bees or cause or allow bees to be kept except in a frame hive that complies with the requirements of regulations under this Act (sect. 6). An inspector may by notice require the beekeeper, within such time as he shall specify in the notice, to transfer the bees to a hive that does comply with those requirements. A bee-keeper shall ensure that at all times at least one hive in each apiary and, if the apiary contains more than 10 hives, at least one tenth of the hives in the apiary are clearly and conspicuously marked as prescribed with his name and the address of his usual place of residence or business (sect. 7). An inspector may seize any abandoned hives, bees, honey, beeswax, or articles used in connection with beekeeping (sect. 8). The Governor may by order declare that no bees other than those of a kind specified in the order shall be kept in, or brought into a specified area (sect. 9). Section 15 outlines powers of inspectors. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.austlii.edu.au