P-42 - Animal Health Protection Act

Section 11.14 Disposition versions

2024-10-08

11.14. The Minister may, by regulation,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of section 11.12, the species or categories of plants likely to be foraged by bees and that may not be sprayed or dusted with toxic substances, and prescribe in what cases and on what conditions the prohibition in section 11.12 does not apply;

(2)  require the owner of houses being used for bees or for non-domestic insects used for commercial pollination purposes to affix an inscription identifying the owner, and determine the form and tenor of the inscription;

(3)  prescribe biosecurity standards, including the cleaning, disinfection, disposal or destruction of houses being used or previously used for bees or for non-domestic insects used for commercial pollination purposes, or of equipment currently or previously used for commercial pollination or for apiculture;

(4)  determine from among the provisions of Division I, those that shall be applicable to non-domestic insects kept in captivity for purposes other than those provided for in section 1.5;

(5)  exempt from some or all of the provisions of Division I or of the regulations made under it, subject to the conditions the Minister determines, certain species or categories of non-domestic insects used for commercial pollination purposes.

2000, c. 40, s. 13; 2024, c. 27, s. 24.

2000-11-15

11.14. The Minister may, by regulation,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of section 11.12, the species or categories of plants likely to be foraged by bees and that may not be sprayed or dusted with toxic substances, and prescribe in what cases and on what conditions the prohibition in section 11.12 does not apply;

(2)  require the owner of hives to affix on each hive an inscription identifying the owner, and determine the form and tenor of the inscription;

(3)  make applicable to insect pollinators other than bees those provisions of Division I the Minister indicates.

2000, c. 40, s. 13.