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Control of Plants (Plant Importation) Rules

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—(1) An authorised officer may at any time —(a)enter and inspect any premises or stop, detain, board or inspect any conveyance where he has reason to believe that such premises or conveyance has been used or is being used in connection with the importation of pests, plants, plant products or any regulated material;(b)inspect any consignment of plants and plant products which has been imported into Singapore including their packaging and take such samples thereof as may reasonably be necessary for analysis and evaluation;(c)open and examine any container, package or receptacle which —(i)contains or which the authorised officer reasonably believes to contain; or(ii)has been used or is being used or which the authorised officer reasonably believes to have been used or to be being used in connection with the importation into Singapore of,any pests, plants, plant products or any regulated material;(d)prohibit entirely or to such extent as he thinks fit, the movement of any conveyance containing or consignment of, regulated pests or pests referred to in rule 6(1)(c), regulated plants, regulated plant products or regulated materials which has arrived but which has not yet entered Singapore;(e)direct that any conveyance containing or consignment of, plants or plant products imported into Singapore be detained or quarantined for such a period as he thinks fit at such place and in such manner as may be determined by the Director-General;(f)direct that any conveyance containing or consignment of, plants or plant products imported into Singapore be subject to treatment at such place and in such manner as may be determined by the Director-General for the purpose of destroying any regulated pest or pest referred to in rule 6(1)(c) infesting the plants or plant products;(g)direct the importer or owner of any consignment of plants, plant products or materials to destroy the consignment, at his own expense, in such manner as may be determined by the Director-General or immediately export the consignment, where the consignment is found —(i)to be infested with any regulated pest or pest referred to in rule 6(1)(c), and such pest cannot be effectively controlled through disinfection or disinfestation measures; or(ii)to have been imported in contravention of these Rules;(h)where the importer or owner of any consignment of plants, plant products or materials has failed to destroy or immediately export the consignment as directed under paragraph (g), destroy the consignment in such manner as may be determined by the Director-General and recover the expenses incurred for the destruction from the importer or owner of the consignment;(i)seize any pest, plant, plant product or regulated material which has been imported or which is being kept in contravention of these Rules or any import health requirement; and(j)do such other act or thing as may be reasonable or necessary for the purpose of carrying out his duties under these Rules.(2) Any person who wilfully obstructs or impedes an authorised officer in the exercise of his powers under these Rules, or acts in contravention of the terms and conditions imposed by an authorised officer shall be guilty of an offence.

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