1908.] Destructive Insects and Pests Order. 305 



Prohibition of Sale of Specimens. 



3. It shall not be lawful, except with the written permission of the Board, to sell 

 or expose or offer for sale or keep a live insect or pest mentioned in the Schedule to 

 this Order. 



Offences. 



4. Every person shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten 

 pounds, who — 



(1) Knowingly fails to give such notification of discovery of an insect or pest as is 



required by this Order ; or 



(2) Sells or exposes for sale or keeps an insect or pest in contravention of this 



Order ; or 



{3) Wilfully obstructs or impedes any Inspector or other officer when acting 

 under this Order. 



Revocation of Order. 



5. The Colorado Beetle Order, 1877, is hereby revoked. 



Definitions. 



6. In this Order — 



"The Board" means the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries ; 



" Local Authority" means a local authority having power to execute and enforce 

 the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894; and "District" means the area in which the 

 Local Authority has such power to act. 



Application of the Order. 



7. This Order shall apply to Great Britain. 



Short Title. 



8. This Order may be cited as the Destructive Insects and Pests Order of 1908. 



In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries have hereunto set their Official 

 Seal this eighteenth day of June, nineteen 

 jg jj hundred and eight. 



T. H. Elliott, 



Secretary. 



Schedule. 



Insects to which this Order applies. 



The Vine Louse {Phylloxera vastatrix, Planchon). 



The San Jose Scale {Aspidiotits perniciosus, Comstock). 



The Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata, Wiedemann). 



The Colorado Beetle {Doryphora decemlineata. Say). 



The Large Larch Sawfly (Nematus Erichsonii, Hartig). 



Pests to which this Order applies. 



Black Knot {Plowrightia morbosa, Saccardo). 

 White Root Rot {Rosellinia necatrix, Prillieux et Delacroix). 

 Black Scab or Warty Disease of Potatoes (Chrysophlyctis endobiotica. Potter (?), 

 of Schilbersky). 



The American Gooseberry Mildew (Sphaerotheca mors-uvae, Berkeley and Curtis). 



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