Section 4: Regulations for control of spread of disease, etc., among bees

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment or law, the President may, for the prevention of the spread of disease or parasitic state among bees and for providing a measure of uniform control in the Federation, authorise the Ministry to make regulations generally for the purposes of this Act, and effective throughout the Federation; and without prejudice to the generality of the power hereby conferred, regulations may provide-
(a) for obtaining information as to or from any person who keeps bees, and relative to the occurrence of disease or parasitic state among bees;
(b) for the inspection of bees and apicultural material and the appointment of inspectors for such purpose;
(c) for prohibiting or restricting as far as is practicable, the movement within Nigeria of bees and apicultural material;
(d) for determining whether any bees or apicultural material are infected, or have been exposed to infection, with any disease or parasitic state and for the destruction or treatment of bees and apicultural material ascertained to be so infected or to have been exposed to such infection;
(e) for prescribing fees necessary for the implementation of the regulations;
(f)
for such incidental and supplementary matters as may be necessary or expedient,
and different provisions may be made for different circumstances.
(2) Where the Minister thinks it necessary-
(a) in the general interest of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he may appoint an advisory committee to advise him on proper methods for controlling apiaries;
(b) in the interest of a particular State, he may after consultation with the Ministry concerned with apiculture request the Governor of that State to appoint an advisory committee to advise the Governor on proper methods of controlling apiaries in the State,
and the advisory committee in either event shall consist of such number of persons with specialised knowledge of apiculture to assist the Minister or, as the case may be, the Governor of the State as either of them as the appropriate authority, thinks necessary for the purpose aforesaid, and the appropriate authority shall take account of recommendations made by the relevant advisory committee.
(3) It is hereby declared that, without prejudice to the exercise by the Minister of the power to make regulations conferred upon him by this section, the Governor of a State may in and for his State, make regulations generally for purposes of and incidental to the appointment of an advisory committee and of inspectors (whether members of that committee or not), for defining their respective powers, duties, and functions, and other relevant matter not in any event inconsistent with this Act, and if the Governor exercises the power hereby conferred, confirmation by any other person or body of persons of that exercise shall be unnecessary; and the powers of the Minister shall for the avoidance of doubt, be deemed to be delegated, and have effect accordingly and to the like extent as if duly made by the Minister under this section.
(4) Where in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by subsection (3) of this section an advisory committee is appointed in any State, the Governor may appoint the members or as he thinks fit such number, of that committee to act as honorary inspectors, additional to any paid inspectors appointed for the purposes of this Act, for the purposes of providing necessary control and supervision of apiaries and, subject to any restrictions imposed by the Governor on the exercise by an honorary inspector of his powers under this subsection, that honorary inspector shall have all the powers of an inspector under this Act.
(5) Regulations made for any of the purposes of this Act, or notices published relative to the incidence of disease or parasitic state among bees may indicate the extent (if any) to which account has been taken of recommendations made by an advisory committee, but the fact that in any particular case reference thereto is omitted, shall not invalidate any regulations or notice so made or given.
(6) Regulations under this section may prescribe penalties for contravention of provisions of the regulations, not exceeding as respects a particular contravention, a fine of two hundred naira or imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both.
(7) In the application of this section, disease or parasitic state known or suspected among bees shall be notified from time to time by an advisory committee to the appropriate authority referred to in subsection (2) of this section and thereafter published by that authority in such manner as the administering authority thinks fit; so however that until an advisory committee is set up in a State, the power hereby conferred on an advisory committee shall be exercised by the director of the Federal Department of Agricultural Research at lbadan.