THE BEES (IMPORTATION OF QUEEN BEES) REGULATIONS 1920

under Section 4

19th December 1919

 

 

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Bees (Importation of Queen Bees) Regulations, 1920.
 
2. No person shall import into this Island any Queen Bees without making application in writing to the Chief Plant Protection Officer for permission so to do and observing the terms and conditions by these Regulations imposed. 
3. On every application as aforesaid for permission to import Queen Bees, the applicant shall pay to the Chief Plant Protection Officer with such application the following fees- Where the application shall be for a single Queen Bee, the sum  the sum of 40c
Where the application shall be for more than one Queen Bee of 40c. for the first and 10c for each additional Bee. 

4.The Chief Plant Protection Officer in granting permission on any such application as aforesaid may limit the number of Queen Bees to be imported under such application. 

5. The Queen Bees shall be imported in packages addressed to the applicant, c/o The Chief Plant Protection Officer, Kingston. 

6. No person shall remove any Queen Bee from the package or cage in which the same shall be imported unless such person be authorized in writing by the Chief Plant Protection Officer so to do. 

7. The person duly authorized by the Chief Plant Protection Officer for the purpose shall remove every Queen Bee from the package or cage in which the same shall have been imported and shall transfer such Queen Bee to a fresh package or cage with a fresh escort and food supply, and he shall immediately bum or cause to be burnt the original package and cage and also the original escort and food supply.

8. The Chief Plant Protection Officer shall exercise due diligence so that the Queen Bees shall be transferred as aforesaid and be redirected to the importer to the address furnished by the application, with as little delay as possible, but he shall not be responsible for any delay or loss of any Queen Bees that may occur. 

9. Every importation of Queen Bees shall be made entirely at the importer’s risk and no claim for damages shall be made or be sustainable by him, for any deaths or losses of Queen Bees that may occur in carrying out these Regulations. 

 

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