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Spraying of potatoes.
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6.—(1) Whenever in relation to a particular district an Order has been made by the Department under the Principal Act as amended by the Act of 1907 and this Act for the protection of crops from an insect introduced into Saorstát Eireann and specified in such order and such order is in force, the Department may serve on any owner of a potato crop planted in such district a notice (in this section referred to as a spraying notice) in the prescribed form requiring such owner within the time specified in such notice to spray such potato crop with the prescribed spraying mixture in the prescribed manner.
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(2) In the event of a spraying notice not being complied with within the time limited thereby the Department may cause the potato crop the subject of such notice to be sprayed with the prescribed spraying mixture in the prescribed manner at the expense of the owner of such potato crop, and for that purpose any inspector authorised in that behalf by the Department may enter on the land on which such potato crop is planted and there do all things necessary for or incidental to the spraying of such potato crop and the cost of such spraying shall be paid by the owner of such potato crop to the Department on demand and may be recovered by the Department on demand as a civil debt.
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(3) Any person who shall obstruct or impede the Department or any person duly authorised by the Department in the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.
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(4) A spraying notice may be served by delivering it to the person to whom it is addressed or by leaving it for him with a person over sixteen years of age on the land on which the potato crop to which it relates is planted or by sending it by post to the person to whom it is addressed at his last known place of abode.
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(5) A spraying notice may be signed and issued by an inspector authorised in that behalf by the Department on behalf of the Department and when so signed and issued shall be deemed to have been signed and issued by the Department.
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(6) In this section the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Department under this section.
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