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Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983)

Regulations

Importation of Controlled Goods without a Permit

3. Conditions of exemption

 

(1) The exemption granted in clause 2 shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) The applicable  requirements  specified  in column 2 of Table 1 opposite a particular class of controlled goods shall be complied with in respect of each consignment of that class of controlled goods.
(b) The controlled goods concerned may only be imported through a port of entry specified in the Table 3.
(c) Each consignment of controlled goods shall be presented to the executive officer at the port of entry thereof for such inspection as he may deem necessary.
(d) The certificate that accompanies a consignment of controlled goods shall be retained by the executive officer.
(e) No consignment of controlled goods may be removed from the port of entry thereof before the executive officer has consented thereto in writing.

 

(2) The symbols used in column 2 of Table 1 shall have the following meanings:
(a) "AD" and "T" means that each consignment  of the class of controlled goods concerned shall be accompanied by a certificate.
(b) "D" means that the importer of a consignment of the class of controlled goods concerned shall submit a declaration on a form obtainable from the executive officer for this purpose, in which he declares that such consignment is intended for immediate re-export or for purposes other than the cultivation thereof m the Republic.
(c) "AD 1" followed by one or  more numbers in brackets, means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that insects and pathogens of  the kinds represented by the numbers in brackets—
(i) as appears from inspections during the active growth of the mother plants concerned, did not occur on those mother plants; or
(ii) do not occur in the area of production concerned.
(d) "AD 2" followed by one or more numbers  in brackets, means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that insects and pathogens of the kinds represented by the numbers in brackets do not occur in the country of production concerned.
(e) "AD 3" followed by one or more numbers in brackets, means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that insects and pathogens of the kinds represented by the numbers in brackets do not occur in the area of production concerned.
(f) "AD 4" followed by one or more numbers in brackets, means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the consignment concerned is free of insects and pathogens of the kinds represented by the numbers in brackets.
(g) "AD 5" means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the seed comprising the consignment concerned was germinated in or on a sterilisted medium and is packed in a sterilisted medium.
(h) "AD 6" means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the plants comprising the consignment concerned were rooted and grown in or on a sterilisted medium and are packed in a sterilisted medium.
(i) "AD T" means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the plants comprising the consignment concerned are packed in a stertlisted medium.
(j) "AD 8" means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the tissue culture or tissue culture transplants comprising the consignment concerned was obtained from mother plants that are practically free from virus and other diseases.
(k) "AD 9" means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the timber comprising the consignment concerned has been kiln-dried to a moisture content of 20 per cent or less.
(I) "AD 10" followed by one or more numbers in brackets, means that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the mother plants from which the tissue or tissue culture plants comprising the consignment were obtained, were indexed for and found free from virusses and virus-like organisms of the kinds represented by the numbers in brackets.
(m) "AD 11" means that the applicable certificate shall contain an additional declaration that the consignment concerned is free of growth mediums and soil.
(n) "T l" means that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the consignment concerned was treated with a wide spectrum fungicide, and in cases where it is followed by one or more numbers in brackets , such confirmation shall refer specifically to the pathogens of the kinds represented by the numbers in brackets.
(o) "T 2" mean s that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the consignment concerned was treated with a wide spectrum insecticide or fumigant, and in cases where it is followed by one or more numbers in brackets, such confirmation shall refer specifically to the insects of the kinds represented by the numbers in brackets.
(p) "T 3" means that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the consignment concerned was treated with a wide spectrum acaricide, and in cases where it is followed by one or more numbers in brackets, such confirmation shall refer specifically to the insects of the kinds represented by the numbers in brackets.
(q) "T 4" means that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the consignment concerned was treated by immersing it for 10 minutes in an appropriate solution of hydrogen peroxide or for 45 seconds in an appropriate solution of hydroxyquinoline sulphate.
(r) "T 5" means that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the consignment concerned has been kiln-dried to a moisture content of less than 20 per cent.
(s) "T 6" means that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the consignment concerned was treated with an appropriate hot water treatment.
(t) "T 7" means that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the consignment concerned was treated by means of an appropriate fumigation with methyl bromide gas.
(u) "T 8" means that the applicable certificate shall contain a confirmation that the consignment concerned was treated by immersion in an appropriate solution of sodium hypochloride