564 American Gooseberry Mildew Order, 1907. [dec, 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, by virtue and in exercise of the powers 

 vested in them under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 and 1907, do 

 order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows : — 



American GOOSeberry Prohibition of Importation of Gooseberry and 



Mildew (Prohibition Of Currant Bushes. 



Importation Of Bushes) *• The landing in Great Britain of any gooseberry 

 Order Of 1907 ' ^ usn or curr ant bush brought from any place out of 

 Great Britain is strictly prohibited. 



2. This article shall not apply to the landing of any 

 bush on or before the 31st day of January, 1908, if a licence authorising such landing 

 has previously been obtained from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and is 

 produced if so required by any officer of Customs when the bush is landed. 



Penalty for Dealing with Bushes illegally Imported. 



2. If any person, without the written consent of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries, shall, in Great Britain, sell, or expose for sale, or plant any bush which has 

 been landed in contravention of this Order, knowing the same to have been so landed, 

 he shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 



Power of Entry by Inspectors. 



3. An Inspector of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries or of the Local 

 Authority appointed under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 and 1907, 

 may enter any premises on which he has reason to believe that there are bushes 

 landed in contravention of this Order and examine any bush on such premises, and 

 any person who wilfully obstructs or impedes any Inspector in the course of his duties 

 under this Article shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 



Provision in case of Discovery of Disease. 



4. If on any examination under the preceding Article an Inspector finds any bush 

 which is affected with American Gooseberry Mildew {Sphcerotheca mors-uvae) he shall 

 forthwith communicate the fact to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and serve 

 on the occupier of the premises on which the bush is found, a notice prohibiting, until 

 the notice is withdrawn by a like notice, the removal of any gooseberry or currant 

 bush from those premises, and any person who shall remove any bush in contravention 

 of a notice under this Acticle shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 

 ten pounds. 



Definitions. 



5. In this Order — 



" Bush " includes a cutting, stock, or seedling, and any part of a bush, except the 

 fruit ; 



'* Landing " 'includes introduction through the post. 



Commencement. 



6. This Order shall come into operation on the 14th day of December, Nineteen 

 hundred and seven. 



Short Title. 



7. This Order may be cited as the American Gooseberry Mildew (Pro- 

 hibition of Importation of Bushes) Order of 1907. 



In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries have hereunto set their Official 

 Seal this twenty-ninth day of November, 

 nineteen hundred and seven. 



T. H. Middleton, 



Assistant -Secretary. 



