JUNE 29.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Regulations providing for the Inspection and Fumigation of Fruit intended for Export from the Cook Islands, for the Eradication of Diseases and Pests affecting Plants, and for the Prevention of the Introduction into the Cook Islands of any such Diseases or Pests.

LIVERPOOL, GOVERNOR.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this ninth day of June, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by the Cook Islands Act, 1915, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall come into force on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

REGULATIONS.

1. (1.) In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,— “Disease” means any of the diseases named in the Schedule hereto. “Fruit” means the edible product of any plant, and includes the peel, skin, or shell of such product, and also the seeds of such plant, whether such fruit is or is not attached to the plant. “Infected” means infected with disease. “Inspector” means a person duly appointed as a Fruit Inspector, and includes an assistant Fruit Inspector. “Local Inspector” means a person duly appointed as a local Fruit Inspector. “Plant” means any tree, flower, shrub, vegetable, or other vegetation. “Plantation” means any land used for the purpose of growing or cultivating any plant. (2.) Nothing in these regulations shall apply to or within the Island of Niue.

2. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to inspect all fruit intended for export; and for the purposes of such inspection the Inspector may enter (by force if necessary) any building, land, plantation, ship, or vehicle, and shall have power to open any case, sack, or package containing fruit or which he reasonably believes to contain fruit.

3. All fruit intended for export shall be conveyed by the owner or shipper thereof to and be stored at the sheds and wharves at the port of shipment.

4. It shall be the duty of every owner or shipper of fruit intended for export, and of every person or company having the custody or control of such fruit, to allow the Inspector to inspect such fruit.

5. If the Inspector is of opinion that any fruit is unfit for export by reason of the same being infected, or by reason of the said fruit not being otherwise in a fit condition for export, or by reason of the same being badly or improperly packed or marked, he shall forthwith give notice in writing to the owner or shipper of such fruit, or to the person or company having the custody or control of the same, that such fruit will not be passed by the Inspector as fit for export.

6. The Inspector shall give in respect of all fruit passed by him as fit for export a certificate or certificates that such fruit has been duly passed as fit for export. No person shall export any fruit unless such certificate has been given in respect of such fruit. There shall be paid by the owner or shipper of such fruit, or by the person or company having custody or control thereof, such fee or charge for such inspection and certificate as is hereinafter prescribed.

7. At any island where a fumigator is provided oranges and pine-apples shall be placed in such fumigator for fumigation prior to export. The owner or shipper of such fruit, or the person or company having the custody or control of the same, shall pay such charges for fumigation as are hereinafter prescribed.

8. The Inspector may require any fruit unfit for export by reason of the same being infected to be forthwith destroyed in such manner as the Inspector may deem necessary, and thereupon the owner or shipper of such fruit, or the person or company having the custody