Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act 1998 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Destruction of Vectors
15. Prohibition on creating conditions favourable to vectors
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Every person must comply with all such reasonable directions as may be given by the Director‑General or an authorised officer with a view to ensuring that such a condition does not arise or with a view to terminating the condition.
The directions may be given to the owner or occupier of any premises, vessel or aircraft and to any person therein, including the agents and servants of the owner or occupier.
premises
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for employment or any other purpose;
If in any proceedings for a contravention of subsection (1) it is shown that the condition on any premises, vessel or aircraft is favourable to the propagation or harbouring of vectors, it is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the condition is created, or caused or permitted to be created, by the owner or occupier of the premises, vessel or aircraft.
vessel or aircraft
“vessel or aircraft” includes any vessel or aircraft of any class or description.