Pest Control Notice

(1) Any designated officer may, by notice in writing in the form specified in Schedule II served upon the occupier or owner of any land or nursery, which describes the measures to be taken to eradicate, control or prevent the further spread of the notifiable plant pest or quarantine pest under consideration, require the occupier or owner or other person in charge, as the case may beNotice. Schedule II. (a) at his own expense and within the time specified in the notice, to take such measures as may be recommended or required to eradicate, control or prevent the further spread of the notifiable plant pest or quarantine pest; 34 (b) to be responsible for the implementation of control or eradication measures stipulated in the notice. (2) The notice served to the occupier or owner or other person in charge, as the case may be, of land or of a nursery under sub-section (1), shall remain in force until the Managing Director gives the owner or occupier a certificate in writing declaring that the land or nursery is no longer under quarantine. (3) Where an occupier or owner fails to take any measure which he is required to take by notice given under sub-section (1), a designated officer may enter the land or nursery and carry out the measures to be taken upon the expiration of the time specified in the notice.