Section 1 definition "plant pathologist" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 4/2010, effective January 14, 2010.
"plant pathologist" means an inspector who is a plant pathologist employed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Province or the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Section 3 (1) and (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 76/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
(1) Where, on inspection, an inspector discovers or suspects the presence of little cherry disease in a plant, he shall notify a plant pathologist.
(2) Where, after examination of a plant, a plant pathologist determines or suspects that the plant has little cherry disease, he may request the grower to destroy the plant.
Section 4 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 76/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
(2) Where a person grows an ornamental flowering cherry in the control area, other than in accordance with section 5, he shall immediately move the ornamental flowering cherry from the control area.
Section 5 (1) (part) and (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 76/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
(1) A person may plant or grow an ornamental flowering cherry tree or the understock for an ornamental flowering cherry tree or graft the grafting wood from or bud the buds of an ornamental flowering cherry tree in the control area for sale outside the control area after he has done all of the following:
(2) The minister may refuse to enter into or may cancel a written agreement referred to in subsection (1) (c) where a person has failed to move his ornamental flowering cherry stock that is older than 5 years from budding in contravention of that or a prior agreement.
Section 5 (1) (a) and (d) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 76/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
(a) notified the minister in writing before he plants or grows the ornamental flowering cherry trees;
(d) where he wishes to move understock, obtained written permission from the director to move understock for the ornamental flowering cherry trees into the control area.
Section 6 (2) and (4) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 76/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
(2) No person shall move a cherry tree, understock of a cherry tree or the buds of or the grafting wood for a cherry tree into the little cherry control area unless he has received written permission from the director.
(4) Where the director determines that the movement of a cherry tree, understock for a cherry tree or the buds of or grafting wood from a cherry tree would not transmit or cause an outbreak of little cherry disease in the control area, he may grant permission for the movement into the control area.