Apiaries Act 1935 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Apiaries Act 1935

No. 4, 1935

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date: 13 August 2019

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)

NORFOLK ISLAND

APIARIES ACT 1935

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Inspectors 3A. Importation of bees 4. Infected bees, etc, not to be kept or sold or brought into Norfolk Island 5. Bee‑keeper to give notice of disease 6. Powers of entry and inspection 7. Power to destroy bees 8. Bee‑hives, etc, liable to spread disease to be disinfected 9. After date to be fixed only frame‑hives to be used 10. Transfer of bees to frame‑hive 11. Alteration of hive, frame, etc 11A. Provisions inapplicable to certain bees 12. Registration of apiaries 13. Inspectors not liable except for wilful damage 14. Service of orders, etc 15. Offences and penalties 16. Recovery of expense

NORFOLK ISLAND

Apiaries Act 1935 _______________________________________________________________________

An Act to regulate the bee industry and to prevent the spread of disease in bees.

Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Apiaries Act 1935.

Definitions 2. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — "apiary" means any place where bees are kept; "bee‑keeper" means any person who keeps bees, or any person in charge of bees; "disease" means foul brood, bee‑moths, or any other disease or pest declared by the Chief Executive Officer, by notice published in the Gazette, to be a disease within the meaning of this Act; "frame‑hive" means a hive containing movable frames in which the combs are built and which may be readily removed from the hive for examination; "inspector" means an inspector appointed in pursuance of this Act.