THE BEES CONTROL ACT 

REGULATIONS
 
(under section 4) 

THE BEES (TRANSSHIPMENT OF HONEY AND BEESWAX) REGULATIONS, 1934 


(Made by the Governor in Privy Council on the 28th-day ofAugust, 1934) 

 

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Bees (Transshipment of Honey and Beeswax) Regulations, 1934. 


2. The Chief Plant Protection Officer is authorized to grant permission to bring within the limits of this Island honey or beeswax intended for transshipment or in transit on ships or vessels on the following conditions- 

 

(i) Honey intended for transshipment shall be packed in sealed metal containers entirely sound and free from leaks. The gross weight of each container shall not exceed 7 lbs. 

(ii) The metal containers of honey intended for transshipment shall be securely cased in new wooden cases, hooped or wired and free from all traces of honey on the outside. The gross weight of each case of honey shall not exceed 70 lbs.
 
(iii) Beeswax intended for transshipment shall be refined wax packed in sealed metal containers. The gross weight of each container shall not exceed 28 lbs

(iv) The metal containers of beeswax intended for transshipment shall be securely cased in new wooden cases hooped or wired and free from all traces of honey or beeswax on the outside. The gross weight of each case of beeswax shall not exceed 70 lbs. 

(v) The transshipment of any honey or beeswax imported under the foregoing regulations shall take place in the port of Kingston only and shall not commence until the consignment has been inspected on board ship by an officer of Customs who, if he finds that these Regulations have not been fully complied with, shall have  the power to order that the whole or any portion of such consignment be not transshipped. 


(vi) Honey or beeswax in transit on ships or vessels but not intended for transshipment in this Island and which is not packed in accordance with the provisions of conditions (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) herein, shall be permitted within the limits of the Island on the following conditions only-

 (a)  that they hold or part of the ship in which such in transit honey or beeswax is stored shall be so secured as effectively to prevent the entrance of bees thereto;


 (b) that all hatches or entrances to any hold or part of a ship in which such in transit honey or beeswax is stored shall be sealed by an officer of Customs immediately upon the arrival of such ship in any port of this Island and that such hatches or entrances shall remain sealed as long as such ship shall remain within the limits of the Island; 


(c) that no such honey or beeswax in transit shall be unshipped or landed or transshipped under any circumstances from any vessels or ship within the limits of the Island. 
 

 

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