ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Plant Protection Act
3. Power to make rules for prevention or spread of pests, etc.
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
3. Power to make rules for prevention or spread of pests, etc.
The Cabinet Secretary in Council may make rules for the purpose of preventing and controlling attacks by or the spread of pests or diseases in the Colony, and, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, as to all or any of the following matters—(a)the disinfection, treatment, destruction and disposal of any unhealthy plant, or of any plant appearing to be infected with any pest or disease, or of anything whatever, whether of a nature similar to a plant or not, likely to infect any plant with any pest or disease;(b)the payment and recovery of fees for any disinfection or treatment carried out by any inspector, or for any services rendered by any inspector in connexion with any such disinfection or treatment;(c)the prohibition, restriction and regulation of the removal or transport of any such plant or thing as aforesaid;(d)the control and destruction of any plant which has been declared to be a pest under the power conferred by this Act;(e)the prohibition, restriction or regulation of the cultivation and harvesting, either in the whole Colony or in any specified area, of any plant, where, in the opinion of the Cabinet Secretary, any pest or disease Cannot otherwise be readily or adequately controlled or eradicated;(f)the reporting of the occurrence of any pest or disease specified in the rules, and the collection and transmission of specimens of any pest or diseased plant;(g)the methods of planting, cleaning, cultivating and harvesting to be adopted, and the precautions and measures to be taken by arty person for the purpose of preventing or controlling attacks by, or the spread of, any pest or disease, or for the purpose of giving effect to any rule made under this Act;(h)the issue and revocation of licences for, and the inspection of, nurseries in which plants are reared for the purposes of sale, and the imposition of fees for such licences, and the regulation of the sale or removal of plants, whether reared in nurseries or not;(i)the disinfection, fumigation and treatment of any building, vehicle, aircraft or vessel suspected of being or having been used for the storage or conveyance of anything likely to infect any plant with any pest or disease;(j)the measures to be taken, including provision for the requisitioning on payment of chemicals, appliances, labour and other means, to secure the eradication of diseases and pests;(k)the quarantine of infected areas;(l)the prohibition, restriction and regulation of the tapping of plants of any description;(m)the imposition and provision of fines for any inspection, disinfection or treatment carried out in compliance with, or under any power conferred by, any order made under section 8.