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LRO 1/2008 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS

CHAPTER 250

PLANTS PROTECTION

PLANTAINS AND BANANAS ORDER

(SECTION 5) [Commencement 4th May, 1918]

The following order has been made under the Act — The importation of plantains and banana plants into

The Bahamas is absolutely prohibited.

PROHIBITION OF THE IMPORTATION OF PLANTS ORDER

(SECTION 5) [Commencement 23rd September, 1971]

1. This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of the Importation of Plants Order.

2. The importation into the Bahama Islands from any of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order of all varieties of citrus fruits, mangoes, avocados, fresh vegetables and all fruits with soft pericarp (excluding bananas and plantains) is hereby absolutely prohibited.

SCHEDULE (Paragraph 2) Azores Bermuda Brazil Chile Columbia Costa Rica Cuba including the Isle of Pines Dominica Dominican Republic Guatemala Hawaii Honduras Jamaica Madeira

O.G. 30.4.1918

S.I. 90/1971 S.I. 1/1972

Citation.

Prohibition of importation of fruits from certain specified countries. Schedule.

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Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru Puerto Rico Salvador Trinidad

PROHIBITION OF THE IMPORTATION OF PLANTS (STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ORDER

(SECTION 5) [Commencement 7th April, 1982]

1. This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of the Importation of Plants (State of California) Order.

2. The importation into The Bahamas directly or indirectly from any port or place in the State of California in the United States of America of any plant (in which term is included trees, shrubs, herbs, or vegetables; and cuttings, bulbs, seeds, berries, buds and grafts; and the fruit or product of any plant and the root, trunk, stem, branch or leaf of any plant including emptied pods, husks or skins) or any package in which any plant (as hereinbefore defined), whether the same is intended for consumption as food or otherwise or any paper or any other article which has been packed with any plant as aforesaid is hereby prohibited unless there is produced at the time of such importation a certificate issued by the United States Department of Agriculture or by the Department of Agriculture of the State of California to the effect that the imported plant is free from any harmful or dangerous disease or insect.

PLANTS PROTECTION (IMPORTS OF CITRUS FRUIT, PLANTS AND OTHER PROPAGATIVE

MATERIAL FROM FLORIDA) ORDER

(SECTION 5) [Commencement 4th November, 1993]

1. This Order may be cited as the Plants Protection (Imports of Citrus Fruit, Plants and Other Propagative Material from Florida) Order.

S.I. 1/1972.

S.I. 25/1982

Citation.

Conditional prohibition of importation from the State of California.

S.I. 73/1993.

Citation.