Regulations > Control Measures relating to the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer > 4. Prohibition relating to the removal, keeping, planting or cultivation of infested plant/wood

[Control Measure 4 heading substituted by section 4(a) of Notice No. R.5816, GG52021, dated 31 January 2025]; and

[Control Measure 4 heading substituted by section 4(a) of Notice No. R.5908, GG52185, dated 28 February 2025]

(1)	No user of land shall remove any infested or suspected infested plant specified in table 2 and 3—

(a)	from any area within the Republic demarcated by the authority where a notifiable insect listed in table 1 occurs;

(b)	unless the movement is authorized by means of a permit or the plant or plant product is certified by the authority as free from the insect or unless such plant or plant product does not act as a pathway or vector to transmit or spread a prohibited insect in Table 1.

(2)	No user of land shall keep, plant or cultivate any Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer infested plant/wood listed in table 2 and 3 in any land within the Republic.

[Control Measure 4(2) substituted by section 4(b) of Notice No. R.5816, GG52021, dated 31 January 2025]; and

[Control Measure 4(2) substituted by section 4(b) of Notice No. R.5908, GG52185, dated 28 February 2025]

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