| (1) |
If the executive officer has suspected on reasonable grounds or established that plants, plant products and other regulated articles have been kept or cultivated, removed or conveyed contrary to the provisions of these Control Measures, may— |
| (a) |
destroy such plants, plants, plant products and other regulated articles; |
| (b) |
order that such products in question are sent back to a specified quarantine area; |
| (c) |
subject a person in question to an offence in terms of section 13 of this Act. |
| (2) |
If the executive officer has identified and/or confirmed or suspected occurrence of a regulated pest specified in these Control Measures in a pest free area, place of production or production site, may— |
| (a) |
destroy infested or infected plants, plant products and other regulated articles; |
| (b) |
order that infested or infected plants, plant products and other regulated articles be destroyed. |
[Control measure 9 inserted by section 6 of Notice No. R. 1271, GG 41257, dated 17 November 2017]
Statistics Act, 1999
