Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908

Notification of bee pest or foul brood.

1.(1) If any person keeping or having charge of bees becomes aware that the bees, or any of them, are affected with the disease known as bee pest or foul brood, he shall forthwith give notice of that fact to the local authority of the district in which the bees are kept.

(2) If any person required to give notice under this section fails to give the notice forthwith, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.