MEMORANDUM
The objects of this Bill are to—
(a) protect plant resources;
(b) provide the functions of the Plant Quarantine and
Phytosanitary Service Department;
(c) provide for the registration of pest controllers and plant
related structures;
(d) regulate imports and exports to prevent the introduction
or spread of a pest;
(e) give effect to the International Plant Protection
Convention established in 1952;
(f) repeal the Plant Pests and Diseases Act, 1958; and
(g) provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the
foregoing.