Section 10: Pest quarantine area
consolidated text (as at 2017, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
10. Pest quarantine area
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the NPPO, declare any
premises that are affected or suspected of being affected with quarantine
pest infestation to be a pest quarantine area.
(2) A declaration under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette
and may define the boundaries of the declared pest quarantine area.
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(3) An officer may, upon declaration of a pest quarantine area, take immediate measures to—
(a) prohibit the movement of people, conveyances, plants, plant products or other regulated articles from or to a specified location;
(b) prohibit the planting or replanting of a specified location; and
(c) take any other measure which he considers necessary under the
circumstances.