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(6.) Fails to comply with any direction given under the provisions of this Act 



by any Inspector : 

 (c.) Commits any other breach of this Act. 



11. No per.son shall be entitled to compensation for anything lawfully done 

 under this Act. 



12. The Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, 

 declare any disease or pest affecting bees or apiaries (other than those mentioned 

 in section two hereof) to be a disease within the meaning of this Act. 



THE APIARIES AMENDMENT ACT, 1913. 



1. This Act may be cited as the Apiaries Amendment Act, 1913, and shall 

 form part of and be read together with the Apiaries Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred 

 to as the principal Act). 



2. (i.) Section two of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding to the 

 definition of " beekeeper " the following words : "or who has in his possession or 

 allows to be kept on any land occupied by him any appliances that have been 

 used in connection with apiculture." 



(2.) Section two of the principal Act is hereby further amended by omitting 

 the words " Bacillus alvei," and substituting the words " Bacillus pluton " ; and 

 by inserting, before the words " and any other diseases," the words " Isle of Wight 

 disease {Nosema apis)." 



3. Section three of the principal Act is kereby amended by omitting the words 

 " the Secretary for Agriculture at Wellington, or to any Inspector of Stock," and 

 substituting the words " any Inspector appointed under this Act." 



4. (i.) Section five of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the 

 words "forthwith take," and substituting the words "take within a specified 

 time " ; and by omitting the words " within a specified time to destroy by fire," 

 and substituting the words " to destroy by fire within a specified time." 



(2.) The powers of entry conferred on an Inspector by the said section five 

 may be exercised by any person authorized in writing in that behalf by the 

 Inspector, and any person so authorized shall forthwith report to the Inspector 

 the results of the examination made by him. 



5. Section six of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words 

 " a new," and substituting the words " an approved." 



6. Section seven of the principal Act is hereby amended — 



(a.) By inserting, after the word " Inspector " in subsection two, the words 

 " or any person authorized by him in writing in that behalf " ; and 



(6.) By inserting, before the words " any bees " in the same subsection, the 

 words " any hives other than properly constructed frame hives, or." 



7. Section ten of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the 

 word " Inspector " in paragraph (a), the words " or any per.son acting under the 

 written authority of an Inspector." 



8. (i.) The Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, 

 prohibit absolutely, or except in accordance with regulations under this Act, — 



{a.) The introduction into New Zealand, either generally or from any specified 

 place, of any bees, honey, comb-foundation, appliaaces, or other thing 

 which is diseased or infected with disease, or which in his opinion is 

 likely to introduce any disease into New Zealand ; or 

 (6.) The removal from any specified portion of New Zealand to any other 

 portion or specified portion of New Zealand of any bees, honey, comb- 

 foundation, appliances, or other thing which is diseased or infected 

 with disease, or which in his opinion is likely to spread any disease. 

 (2.) For the purposes of this section the Governor may, by Order in Council 

 gazetted, appoint any specified ports to be the only ports of entry for bees, honey, 

 comb-foundation, or appliances, or for any specified bees, honey, comb-foundation, 

 or appliances. 



9. (i.) The Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted. 

 make regulations- — 



(a.) Prescribing the manner in which diseased bees, honey, comb-foundation, 

 appliances, and infected packages ahall be treated, cleansed, destroyed, 

 or otherwise disposed of ; 



(fe.) Prescribing the manner in which any bees, honey, comb-foundation, appli- 

 ances, or other things introduced into New Zealand in contravention 

 of this Act or of any regulations thereunder, shall be treated, cleansed, 

 destroyed, or otherwise disposed of ; 



[c.) Providing for the free registration of apiaries, and the terms and con- 

 ditions of such registration ; 



(d.) For the inspection, grading, packing, marking, stamping, branding, and 

 labelling of honey ; 



