Bee Act (RSA 2000, c. B-2). Pays/Territoire Canada Sous-division territoriale Alberta Type du document Législation Date 1995 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Bétail Mot clé Apiculture/sériciculture Santé des animaux Parasites/maladies Commerce international Quarantaine Autorisation/permis Enregistrement Production animale Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Entry into force notes The present Act enters into force on on 18 February 1997. Résumé An Act to regulate the keeping of bees, to provide for the registration of beekeepers and to prevent the spreading of diseases affecting bees. The Minister may designate individuals as apiculture inspectors for the purposes of this Act (sec 2). Powers of inspectors are outlined in sections 3 and 4. A beekeeper must register with the Provincial Apiculturist in accordance with the Regulations and a beekeeper who purchases live bees must report the purchase to this officer (sect. 6). No person shall bring into Alberta: (a) live bees in hives or on combs, package bees or queens; or (b) used beekeeping equipment, without first obtaining written permission from the Provincial Apiculturist or an official of the Department of Agriculture of the Government of Canada (sect. 7). The Provincial Apiculturist may order return of the bees to the place from where they came. coming to Alberta. No person shall bring into Alberta: (a) live bees in hives or on combs, package bees or queens, or (b) used beekeeping equipment, without first obtaining written permission from the Provincial Apiculturist or an official of the Department of Agriculture of the Government of Canada. If an apiculture inspector believes, on reasonable and probable grounds, that a bee disease or a bee that does not pass the test for European bee as prescribed in the regulations ("Africanised bees") are present in any bees or beekeeping equipment, the apiculture inspector may, by written order, give the directions specified in section 8. The Minister may, by order, declare a quarantine in respect of bees or beekeeping equipment in all or any part of Alberta and may fix conditions of the quarantine, including a restriction on the movement of bees and beekeeping equipment by any person. Texte intégral Anglais Références - Législation Implementé par Bee Regulation (Alta. Reg. 194/2003). Législation | Canada | 2003 (2012) Mot clé: Apiculture/sériciculture, Santé des animaux, Parasites/maladies, Commerce international, Quarantaine, Autorisation/permis, Enregistrement, Production animale Source: FAO, FAOLEX