THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (VEGETABLES, FRUIT, AND GROUND PROVISIONS) EXPORT REGULATIONS 1969

under Section 23

24th September 1969

 

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Produce (Vegetables, Fruit and Ground Provisions) (Export) Regulations, 1969

2. No person shall export any of the vegetables, fruit or ground provisions listed in the Schedule (hereinafter referred to as prescribed produce) unless he has first obtained a certificate or permit from the Chief Inspector of Produce that such prescribed produce is suitable for export. 

3. No person shall gather, collect or transport any prescribed produce intended for export except in such manner and in such containers as may be approved by an Inspector of Produce. 

4.-(1) No person shall leave any prescribed produce intended for export-exposed, or in danger of being exposed to the sun or rain, unless such prescribed produce is protected in a manner satisfactory to an Inspector of Produce

(2) No person shall stand, sit, walk, lie or lean upon any prescribed produce intended for export or upon any container containing such produce, nor shall any article be placed upon such produce or upon any container containing such produce, unless that article is intended to protect the produce and is placed in a manner satisfactory to an Inspector of Produce. 

5. All containers, packing materials and equipment used to pack, protect, wash, grade, or size any prescribed produce for export shall be of a type approved by the Chief Inspector o Produce and all such containers and packing material shall be new f clean, and labelled or marked in such manner as may be required by an Inspector of Produce. 

6.  No person shall pack or export any prescribed produce unless such produce is. in the opinion of an Inspector of Produce, of such quality and appearance, and prepared, wrapped and packed in such a manner, as to be suitable for export.

7. No person shall export, or attempt to export, or pack for export, any prescribed produce which has been condemned by an Inspector of Produce as being unfit for export

8. Any person who intends to pack or export any prescribed produce shall give to the Chief Inspector of Produce and to the Inspector of Produce for the district in which such prescribed produce is to be packed, not less than three days’ notice in writing of his intention and such notice shall specify- 

(a) the hour and date when he intends to pack or export such 

(b) the wharf or airport from which he intends to export such prescribed produce; and prescribed produce

9. No person shall pack or export any prescribed produce unless such prescribed produce is packed in a building or packing house approved by an Inspector of Produce. 

10. Every owner, occupier or person in charge of any premises, building or equipment used for the storage or packing of any prescribed produce shall keep such premises, building, and equipment in a clean and sanitary condition, to the satisfaction of an Inspector of Produce

11.(1) Where any premises, building or equipment used for the storage or packing of any prescribed produce does not conform to the requirements of regulation 10, an Inspector of Produce may order-

(a) the cessation of storage or packing of prescribed produce on such premises or in such building or with such equipment;

 (b) the removal of prescribed produce from such premises or building; or

 (c) the closing of such premises or building.

(2) Where an Inspector of Produce has made an order under paragraph (l), no prescribed produce shall be received, stored, or packed on such premises or in such building or with such equipment until such repairs or alterations as may be necessary have been carried out to the satisfaction of an Inspector of Produce. 

12. These Regulations shall not apply to bona fide ships’ stores. 

13. Any person who acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment