| (1) |
Every beekeeper shall conduct regular inspections of every colony kept in beehives at each apiary site to detect— |
| (a) |
clinical symptons of notifiable bee diseases; or |
| (b) |
Capensis-infected colonies. |
| (2) |
Every beekeeper shall notify the executive officer or area official of the presence or suspected presence of any notifiable disease or Capensis-infected colony in a— |
| (a) |
colony kept in a beehive; or |
| (b) |
colony in a natural state. |
| (3) |
The executive officer may— |
| (a) |
instruct a beekeeper to conduct; or |
an inspection of the beehives and colonies to determine whether there are any notifiable diseases or a Capensis-infected colony on the property.
| (4) |
A beekeeper shall comply with any instruction, order or notice issued by the executive officer for the purposes of the control of any notifiable disease or Capensis-infected colony. |
| (5) |
The executive officer may, for the purposes of the control of any notifiable disease or Capensis-infected colony, instruct a beekeeper to destroy a colony, beehive or bee product. |
Statistics Act, 1999
