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attacked and is capable of spreading the insect or pest, shall be liable 

 on conviction to a penalty net exceeding ten pounds. 



Prohibition of Sale of Specimens. 



(5) — It shall not be lawful, except with the written permission of 

 the Board, to import, sell, or offer for sale, a living specimen of an)' 

 insect or pest mentioned in the Schedule to this Order. 



Penalties. 



(6) — Every person shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not 

 exceeding ten pounds who — ■ 



(1) Knowingly fails to give such notification as is required by 

 Article 1 of this Order; or 



(2) Fails to adopt such measures for prevention of the spread of the 

 disease as are specified in a notice served on him under this Order; or 



(3) Wilfully obstructs or impedes any Inspector or other officer 

 when acting under this Order ; or 



(4) Imports, sells or offers for sale an insect or pest in contraven- 

 tion of this Order. 



Notification of Order. 



(7) — This Order shall be published by the Local Authority in accord- 

 ance with any direction given by the Board. 



Revocation of Order. 



(8) — The Destructive Insects and Pests Order of 1908 is hereby 

 revoked. 



Execution of the Order. 



(9) — Each Local Authority shall carry into effect this Order within 

 their District, and shall appoint such Inspectors or other officers for 

 that purpose as may be necessary. 



Definitions. 



(10) — 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. 



(11) — This Order shall apply to Great Britain. 



Short Title. 



(12) — This order may be cited as the Destructive Insects and Pests 

 Order of 19 10. 



In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have 

 hereunto set their Official Seal this third day of May, nineteen hundred 

 and ten. 



T. H. MlDDLETON, 



As sis ta n t-S ecre tary . 



SCHEDULE. 



Insects and Pests to which this Order applies. 

 The Vine Louse (Phylloxera vastatrix, Planchon). 

 The San Jose Scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus, Comstock). 



