Plant Protection Act (S.C. 1990, c. 22)
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Plant Protection Act
S.C. 1990, c. 22
Assented to 1990-06-19
An Act to prevent the importation, exportation and spread of pests injurious to plants and to provide for their control and eradication and for the certification of plants and other things
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Plant Protection Act.
PURPOSE
Marginal note:Purpose of the Act
2. The purpose of this Act is to protect plant life and the agricultural and forestry sectors of the Canadian economy by preventing the importation, exportation and spread of pests and by controlling or eradicating pests in Canada.
INTERPRETATION
Marginal note:Definitions
3. In this Act,
“Assessor”
« évaluateur »
“Assessor” means the Assessor or any Deputy Assessor appointed under Part II of the Pesticide Residue Compensation Act;
“conveyance”
« véhicule »
“conveyance” means any aircraft, carriage, motor vehicle, trailer, railway car, vessel, cargo container or other contrivance used to move persons or things;
“dispose”
Version anglaise seulement“dispose” includes destroy;
“inspector”
« inspecteur »
“inspector” means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 21;
“justice”
« juge de paix »
“justice” means a justice as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code;
“Minister”
« ministre »
“Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;
“peace officer”
« agent de la paix »
“peace officer” means a peace officer as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code;
“penalty”
« sanction »
“penalty” means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for a violation;
“pest”
« parasite »
“pest” means any thing that is injurious or potentially injurious, whether directly or indirectly, to plants or to products or by-products of plants, and includes any plant prescribed as a pest;
“place”
« lieu »
“place” includes a conveyance;
“plant”
« végétal »
“plant” includes a part of a plant;
“prescribed”
Version anglaise seulement“prescribed” means prescribed by regulation;
“thing”
« choses »
“thing” includes a plant and a pest;
“Tribunal”
« Commission »
“Tribunal” means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 4.1(1) of the Canada Agricultural Products Act;
“violation”
« violation »
“violation” means
(a) any contravention of any provision of this Act or of a regulation made under this Act,
(b) any contravention of any order made by the Minister under this Act, or
(c) any refusal or neglect to perform any duty imposed by or under this Act
that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act.
- 1990, c. 22, s. 3;
- 1994, c. 38, s. 25;
- 1995, c. 40, s. 75;
- 1997, c. 6, s. 81;
- 2001, c. 4, s. 173(F).