New South Wales Consolidated Acts

APIARIES ACT 1985 - SECT 26

26 Prohibition of importation of bees etc

(1) The Minister may, from time to time by order, prohibit, either absolutely or subject to such exceptions as are specified in the order:

(a) the importation into New South Wales or into any specified area of New South Wales, either generally or from any other specified State, or specified Territory, of the Commonwealth or from any other specified place, or

(b) the bringing into a specified area of New South Wales from any other such area,

of any bees, beehives, apiary products or appliances, or bees, beehives, apiary products or appliances of a specified class or description, or other things of any kind whatever which in the Minister’s opinion are likely to result in the introduction of any notifiable disease into New South Wales or into any specified part of New South Wales or are likely to result in the spreading of that disease.

(2) Exceptions specified in an order under subsection (1) may be made subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be so specified.

(3) Where an inspector suspects on reasonable grounds:

(a) that bees, beehives, apiary products or appliances:

(i) are being or have been imported into New South Wales, or into a specified area of New South Wales, or

(ii) are being or have been brought into a specified area of New South Wales from another such area,

in contravention of an order in force under subsection (1), or

(b) that any condition or restriction subject to which an exception specified in the order is made is not being or has not been complied with,

the inspector may seize and detain those bees, beehives, apiary products or appliances pending their disposal under this Act.

(4) Where an inspector suspects on reasonable grounds:

(a) that bees, beehives, apiary products or appliances:

(i) are about to be imported into New South Wales, or into a specified area of New South Wales, or

(ii) are about to be brought into a specified area of New South Wales from another such area,

in contravention of an order in force under subsection (1), or

(b) that any condition or restriction subject to which an exception specified in the order is made is not being or has not been complied with,

the inspector may refuse to allow the person in charge of the bees, beehives, apiary products or appliances to import them into New South Wales or to import or bring them into that specified part of New South Wales, as the case may be, and require that person to remove them to some other place outside New South Wales or, as the case may be, to some other place outside that specified area.

(5) A person who:

(a) contravenes a prohibition specified in an order in force under subsection (1), or

(b) fails to comply with a condition or restriction subject to which an exception specified in the order is made,

is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(6) A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (4) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.