dated 11 August, 2014. THE PLANTS (IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION) (AMENDMENT)

CAYMAN ISLANDS Supplement No. 1 published with Gazette No. 16 dated 11 August, 2014. THE PLANTS (IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION) (AMENDMENT) LAW, 2014 (LAW 13 OF 2014) The Plants (Importation and Exportation) (Amendment) Law, 2014 THE PLANTS (IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION) (AMENDMENT) LAW, 2104 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Short title and commencement 2. Amendment of section 2 of the Plants (Importation and Exportation) Law (1997 Revision) - definitions 3. Amendment of the principal Law - deletion of the word “C.A.V.O.” and substitution 4. Amendment of section 4 - power to prescribe conditions 5. Amendment of section 6 - restriction or prohibition of inter-island movement 6. Amendment of section 9 - penalty 7. Amendment of section 10 - regulations 8. Transitional provisions 2 The Plants (Importation and Exportation) (Amendment) Law, 2014 CAYMAN ISLANDS Law 13 of 2014. I Assent Franz Manderson Acting Governor. Date: 22 July, 2014 A LAW TO AMEND THE PLANTS (IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION) LAW (1997 REVISION) AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION LAW, 2013; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. 1. (1) This Law may be cited as the Plants (Importation and Exportation) Short title and (Amendment) Law, 2014. commencement (2) This Law comes into force immediately after the commencement of the National Conservation Law, 2013. 2. The Plants (Importation and Exportation) Law (1997 Revision), in this Law Amendment of section 2 of the Plants referred to as the “principal Law”, is amended in section 2 as follows- (Importation and Exportation) Law (1997 (a) by deleting the word “C.A.V.O” and its definition and by Revision)- definitions substituting the following word and definition- “Director” means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and any person authorised by him;”; and (b) by inserting after the definition of the word “Director” the following definition- “National Conservation Council” means the National Conservation Council established under section 3 of the National Conservation Law, 2013.”. 3 The Plants (Importation and Exportation) (Amendment) Law, 2014 Amendment of the 3. The principal Law is amended by deleting the word “C.A.V.O.” wherever it principal Law- deletion appears and by substituting the word “Director”. of the word “C.A.V.O.” and substitution Amendment of section 4. The principal Law is amended in section 4 as follows- 4- power to prescribe conditions (a) by renumbering section 4 as section 4(1); (b) by amending section 4(1) as renumbered by inserting at the beginning of the subsection the words, “Subject to subsection (2),”; and (c) by inserting after section 4(1) as renumbered, the following subsection- “(2) When considering an application for a licence to import a live or viable specimen of an alien or genetically altered plant, the Director, in accordance with any directives issued by the National Conservation Council, shall consult with that Council and take into account any views of the Council before granting any such licence.”. Amendment of section 5. The principal Law is amended in section 6 by deleting the words “Governor 6- restriction or in Council” and by substituting the word “Cabinet”. prohibition of inter- island movement Amendment of section 6. The principal Law is amended in section 9 as follows- 9- penalty (a) by renumbering section 9 as section 9(1); (b) by amending section 9(1) as renumbered by inserting at the beginning of the subsection the words, “Subject to subsection (2),”; and (c) by inserting after section 9(1) as renumbered, the following subsection- “(2) A person who imports a live or viable specimen of an alien or genetically altered plant without a licence commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of four years or to both.”. Amendment of section 7. The principal Law is amended in section 10 as follows- 10- regulations (a) by deleting the words “Governor in Council” and by substituting the word “Cabinet”; and (b) by inserting after the word “effect” the words “and, where the regulations relate to live or viable specimen of alien or genetically altered plants, shall consult with the National Conservation Council prior to making such regulations”. 4 The Plants (Importation and Exportation) (Amendment) Law, 2014 8. (1) After the commencement of the National Conservation Law, 2013 and Transitional provisions this amending Law all proceedings in respect of offences committed or alleged to have been committed against the principal Law prior to the date of the commencement of the National Conservation Law, 2013 and this amending Law shall be dealt with as if the National Conservation Law, 2013 and this amending Law had not come into force. (2) Where anything done under or for the purposes of the principal Law would cease to have effect by virtue of this amending Law it shall have effect as if it had been done under and for the purposes of the corresponding provisions of the National Conservation Law, 2013. Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 26th day of June, 2014 Juliana O’Connor-Connolly Speaker. Zena Merren-Chin Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. 5