Apiaries Amendment Act 1913
Apiaries Amendment Act 1913
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Apiaries Amendment Act 1913
Apiaries Amendment Act 1913
Public Act |
1913 No 68 |
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Date of assent |
15 December 1913 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Apiaries Act, 1908.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the Apiaries Amendment Act, 1913, and shall form part of and be read together with the Apiaries Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Section 2 of principal Act amended.
(1.)
Section two of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding to the definition of “beekeeper”
the following words: “or who has in his possession or allows to be kept on any land occupied by him any appliances that have been used in connection with apiculture.”
(2.)
Section two of the principal Act is hereby further amended by omitting the words “Bacillus alvei,”
and substituting the words “Bacillus pluton”
, and by inserting, before the words “and any other diseases,”
the words “Isle of Wight disease (Nosema apis).”
3 Section 3 of principal Act amended.
Section three of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “the Secretary for Agriculture, at Wellington, or to any Inspector of Stock,”
and substituting the words “any Inspector appointed under this Act.”
4 Section 5 of principal Act amended.
(1.)
Section five of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “forthwith take,”
and substituting the words “take within a specified time”
; and by omitting the words “within a specified time to destroy by fire,”
and substituting the words “to destroy by fire within a specified time.”
(2.)
The powers of entry conferred on an Inspector by the said section five may be exercised by any person authorized in writing in that behalf by the Inspector, and any person so authorized shall forthwith report to the Inspector the results of the examination made by him.
5 Section 6 of principal Act amended.
Section six of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “a new,”
and substituting the words “an approved.”
6 Section 7 of principal Act amended.
Section seven of the principal Act is hereby amended—
(a.)
By inserting, after the word “Inspector”
in subsection two, the words “or any person authorized by him in writing in that behalf”
; and
(b.)
By inserting, before the words “any bees”
in the same subsection, the words “any hives other than properly constructed frame hives, or.”
7 Section 10 of principal Act amended.
Section ten of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the word “Inspector”
in paragraph (a), the words “or any person acting under the written authority of an Inspector.”
8 Governor may prohibit introduction into New Zealand of infected bees, &c.
(1.)
The Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, prohibit absolutely, or except in accordance with regulations under this Act,—
(a.)
The introduction into New Zealand, either generally or from any specified place, of any bees, honey, combfoundation, appliances, or other thing which is diseased or infected with disease, or which in his opinion is likely to introduce any disease into New Zealand; or
(b.)
The removal from any specified portion of New Zealand to any other portion or specified portion of New Zealand of any bees, honey, comb-foundation, appliances, or other thing which is diseased or infected with disease, or which in his opinion is likely to spread any disease.
(2.)
For the purposes of this section the Governor may, by Order in Council gazetted, appoint any specified ports to be the only ports of entry for bees, honey, comb-foundation, or appliances, or for any specified bees, honey, comb-foundation, or appliances.
9 Regulations.
(1.)
The Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations—
(a.)
Prescribing the manner in which diseased bees, honey, comb - foundation, appliances, and infected packages shall be treated, cleansed, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of;
(b.)
Prescribing the manner in which any bees, honey, comb-foundation, appliances, or other things introduced into New Zealand in contravention of this Act or of any regulations thereunder, shall be treated, cleansed, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of;
(c.)
Providing for the free registration of apiaries, and the terms and conditions of such registration;
(d.)
For the inspection, grading, packing, marking, stamping, branding, and labelling of honey;
(e.)
Prohibiting the exportation of honey from New Zealand otherwise than in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed; and
(f.)
Generally for any other purpose for which regulations are contemplated by the principal Act or this Act, or which are deemed necessary or expedient in order to give full effect thereto.
(2.)
All regulations under this section shall within fourteen days after their publication in the Gazette be laid before Parliament if sitting, or, if not, then within fourteen days after the commencement of the next ensuing session.
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