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PLANTPROTECTIONACTAnActtopreventtheimportation,exportationandspreadofpestsinjurioustoplantsandtoprovidefortheircontrolanderadicationandforthecertificationofplantsandotherthingsPURPOSE--s.2PurposeoftheAct--s.22.ThepurposeofthisActistoprotectplantlifeandtheagriculturalandforestrysectorsoftheCanadianeconomybypreventingtheimportation,exportationandspreadofpestsandbycontrollingoreradicatingpestsinCanada.CONTROLOFPESTS--ss.5to10General--ss.5to6DutytonotifyMinister--s.55.Whereapersonbecomesawareoftheexistenceofathingthatthepersonsuspectstobeapestinanareawherethepesthasnotpreviouslybeenknowntoexist,thepersonshallimmediatelynotifytheMinisterofthesuspectedpestandprovidetheMinisterwithaspecimenofit.Prohibition--s.6(1)6.(1)ExceptaspermittedunderthisActortheregulations,nopersonshallmove,grow,raise,cultureorproduceanythingthattherearereasonablegroundstobelieveisapest,thatisorcouldbeinfestedwithapestorthatconstitutesorcouldconstituteabiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapest.Prohibitionofmovement--s.6(2)(2)Whereaninspectorbelievesonreasonablegroundsthatathingisapest,isorcouldbeinfestedwithapestorconstitutesorcouldconstituteabiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapest,theinspectormayprohibittheownerofthethingorthepersonhavingthepossession,careorcontrolofitfrommovingitwithoutthewrittenauthorizationofaninspector.Notice--s.6(3)(3)Aprohibitionundersubsection(2)shallbecommunicatedbypersonaldeliveryofanoticetotheownerorpersonhavingthepossession,careorcontrol,orbysendingthenoticetotheownerorperson.PermissiontomoveundertheRegulations4.Forthepurposesofsection5oftheAct,thespecimenofasuspectedpestthatistobeprovidedtotheMinistershallbetreated,packaged,containedandmovedinsuchamannerastopreventthesuspectedpestfromescaping.ProhibitionexemptionsundertheRegulations5.(1)Forthepurposesofsubsection6(1)oftheAct,apersonmayundertakeanyactivityreferredtointhatsubsectioninrespectofathingthatisapest,isorcouldbeinfestedorisorcouldconstituteabiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapestif(a)theMinisteroraninspectordeterminesthattheactivityisforthepurposeofscientificresearch,educational,processing,industrialorexhibitionpurposes;(b)thepersonobtainsawrittenauthorizationissuedbytheMinisteroraninspectorinaccordancewithsubsection(2);(c)thethingispackaged,transported,handled,controlledandusedinamannerthatensuresapestorbiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapestisnotspreadwithinorfromCanada;(d)thethingismovedinaccordancewiththerequirementsofPartIII;and(e)wherethethingoranyremainsofthethingorportionthereofistobedisposedof,theownerorthepersonhavingthepossession,careorcontrolofthething,remainsorportionthereofdisposesofitinamannerthat(i)ensuresthatapestorbiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapestwillnotspread,and(ii)destroysanypestorbiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapestorensuresthatthepestorbiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapestisnon-viable.CONTROLOFPESTS--ss.5to10ImportationandExportation--ss.7to9Presentationforinspection--s.7(1)7.(1)NopersonshallimportoradmitintoCanadaorexportfromCanadaanythingthatisapest,thatisorcouldbeinfestedwithapestorthatconstitutesorcouldconstituteabiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapest,unless(a)thethingisorhasbeenpresentedtoaninspectorinaccordancewithsubsection(2)ataplacedesignatedbytheregulationsorbyaninspector;(b)thepersonhasproducedtoaninspectorallpermits,certificatesandotherdocumentationrequiredbytheregulations;and(c)thethingisimportedorexportedinaccordancewithanyotherrequirementsoftheregulations.Mannerofpresentationforinspection--s.7(2)(2)Athingthatisrequiredtobeinspectedshallbepresentedinsuchmannerandundersuchconditionsastheinspectorconsidersnecessarytocarryouttheinspection.ImportRequirementsundertheRegulations39.Everypersonshall,atthetimeofimportationintoCanadaofanythingthatisapest,isorcouldbeinfestedorconstitutesorcouldconstituteabiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapest,declarethatthingtoaninspectororcustomsofficerataplaceofentrysetoutinsubsection40(1).40.(1)TheCanadiancustomsofficesandAgencyofficesatthefollowingplacesaredesignatedasplacesofentrywherethingsshallbepresentedforinspectionandadmittancetoCanada:CONTROLOFPESTS--ss.5to10ImportationandExportation--ss.7to9Removalofimports--s.8(1)8.(1)WhereaninspectorbelievesonreasonablegroundsthatathinghasbeenimportedintoCanadaandthatit(a)wasimportedincontraventionofthisActortheregulations,or(b)isapest,isorcouldbeinfestedwithapestorconstitutesorcouldconstituteabiologicalobstacletothecontrolofapest,theinspectormay,whetherornotthethingisseized,requiretheownerofthethingorthepersonhavingthepossession,careorcontrolofittoremoveitfromCanada.Notice--s.8(2)(2)Arequirementundersubsection(1)shallbecommunicatedbypersonaldeliveryofanoticetotheownerorpersonhavingthepossession,careorcontrolofthething,orbysendingthenoticetotheownerorperson,andthenoticemayspecifytheperiodwithinwhichorthemannerinwhichthethingistoberemoved.CONTROLOFPESTS--ss.5to10ImportationandExportation--ss.7to9Forfeiturewherenon-compliance--s.8(3)(3)WhereathingisnotremovedfromCanadaasrequiredunderthissection,itshall,notwithstandingsection32,beforfeitedtoHerMajestyinrigh