Plant Protection Regulations (SOR/95-212)

12. (1) Where a thing is quarantined,

• (a) an inspector shall send or personally deliver a notice of quarantine to the owner or person having the possession, care or control of the thing, unless it is specified in a permit that the thing is to be quarantined; and

• (b) any inspector may attach a quarantine tag to the thing or its container.

(2) A quarantine tag, if any, shall bear the same quarantine number as the notice of quarantine or, where specified in the permit that a thing be quarantined, the quarantine tag shall bear the permit number.

13. (1) Except as authorized by an inspector pursuant to subsection (2), no person, other than an inspector, shall

• (a) alter, deface or erase any information on a notice of quarantine or a quarantine tag; or

• (b) remove a quarantine tag.

(2) Where it would be impracticable for an inspector to remove a quarantine tag, any inspector may authorize a person in writing to do so on the inspector’s behalf.

14. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where an inspector has quarantined a thing, no person shall undertake any activity in respect of the thing except in accordance with the conditions, and for the period, specified pursuant to subsection 11(2).

(2) Any inspector may authorize an activity in respect of a thing referred to in subsection (1) where the activity is necessary in order to carry out the quarantine or would not adversely affect the quarantine.

15. (1) An inspector shall release from quarantine a thing or portion of the thing where an inspector determines that

• (a) the thing or portion is not a pest, or is not or could not be infested;

• (b) the thing or portion does not or could not constitute a biological obstacle to the control of a pest;

• (c) the pest has been eradicated from the thing or portion; or

• (d) the thing or portion no longer constitutes a biological obstacle to the control of a pest.

(2) Where an inspector releases a thing or a portion of the thing from quarantine, an inspector shall send or personally deliver a notice of release from quarantine to the owner or person having the possession, care or control of the thing.

16. (1) Subject to section 26 of the Act, an inspector may, at any reasonable time, enter any place and conduct an investigation or survey of that place or any thing in that place in order to detect pests or biological obstacles to the control of pests and to identify areas in which a pest or biological obstacle to the control of a pest is or could be found.

(2) Where, as a result of an investigation or a survey conducted by any inspector or any other person, the Minister or an inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that a pest or biological obstacle to the control of a pest has been detected and an area in which the pest or biological obstacle is or could be found has been identified,

• (a) the Minister or any inspector may describe the area by reference to a map or plan that is publicly available, or by reference to any farm, county, district, municipality, province or any part thereof; and

• (b) the Minister shall take all necessary steps as may be practicable in the circumstances to bring any information relevant to the pest or biological obstacle and the area to the notice of persons likely to be affected by the pest or biological obstacle.