Orchard and Garden Diseases 
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(d.) Extend the Second Schedule hereto by including therein any 
disease other than those mentioned therein. 
5. The Governor may from time to time appoint such Inspectors 
and other officers, with such powers and functions, as he deems necessary 
in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
6. The occupier of every orchard shall at all times do whatever 
is necessary in order to eradicate disease from such orchard and prevent 
the spread thereof. 
7. The occupier of every orchard in which any disease appears 
shall, within forty-eight hours after first discovering or becoming 
aware of its presence, send written notice thereof to the Secretary for 
Agriculture, at Wellington. 
8. (1.) Any Inspector or other authorised officer may at any 
time enter into any conveyance, or upon any orchard, land, or pre¬ 
mises, or on board any ship, for the purpose of inspecting any plants 
or fruit, or the packages containing the same or with which the same 
may have come in contact, and shall have all such powers and authorities 
(including power to dig up plants, open packages, and otherwise) as 
he deems necessary for enabling him to enforce the provisions of this 
Act. 
(2.) If the Inspector or other officer declares any such plants, fruit, 
or packages to be diseased or infected with disease he shall give notice 
thereof to the owner or person in charge thereof, who shall forthwith lake 
such measures and do such acts as are necessary in order to eradicate 
or prevent the spread of the disease. • 
(3.) If such owner or person fails so to do to the satisfaction of 
the Inspector or other officer, such Inspector or other officer may do 
the same at the expense in all things of such owner or person, who never¬ 
theless shall not thereby be relieved from his other liabilities under 
this Act. 
(4.) In the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by this section 
the Inspector or other officer may remove, treat, disinfect, destroy, or 
otherwise dispose of any such plants, fruit, or packages in such manner 
as he thinks fit. 
9. (1.) Any plant, fruit, fungus, parasite, insect, or other thing 
introduced or attempted to be introduced into New Zealand from abroad, 
or brought or attempted to be brought into any portion of New Zea¬ 
land from any other portion thereof, contrary to any Order in Council 
under this Act may, together with any package containing the same 
or with which the same may have come in contact, be seized by an 
Inspector or other authorised officer, or an officer of Customs, and be 
disinfected, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of as such Inspector or 
officer deems fit, at the expense of the owner or person in charge thereof. 
(2.) It shall be the duty of all officers of the Postal Department and 
of the Customs respectively to assist in carrying out the provisions of 
this section and in preventing the introduction into New Zealand or 
the bringing to any portion of New Zealand of anything contrary to 
any such Order, and for that purpose they may, in respect to anything 
so introduced or attempted to be introduced or brought, exercise all 
the powers conferred by “ The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908,” in the 
case of postal packets posted in breach of that Act, and by “ The Cus¬ 
toms Law Act, 1908,” in the case of uncustomed or prohibited goods. 
Other diseases may 
be included in 
Second Schedule. 
Appointment of 
officers. 
1903, No. 67, sec. 5 
Eradication of 
disease. 
Ibid, sec. 6 
Occupier to give 
notice of any disease, 
Ibid, sec. 7 
Inspector may enter 
and give notice to 
eradicate disease. 
Ibid, sec. 8 
Plants, &c., unlaw¬ 
fully introduced 
may be de.stroyed. 
Ibid, sec. 9 
Postal officers and 
officers of Customs 
to assist lierein. 
