| (a) | providing for the powers and duties of the authorised officers; |
| (b) | providing for matters relating to registration, licensing, certification and the issue of permits; |
| (c) | prescribing the procedure, condition or location for the import or transhipment of any fresh fruit and vegetable; |
| (d) | providing for matters relating to the taking of samples of fresh fruits and vegetables under section 39 for analysis, and for matters relating to such analysis; |
| (e) | prescribing the qualifications and practical experience of an authorised analyst; |
| (f) | prescribing the sanitary standards mentioned in section 8(1)(d); |
| (g) | providing for the inspection, observation, detention, identification, treatment, destruction, reshipment or disposal of any plant or plant product; |
| (h) | prescribing the levels of any pesticide residue or toxic chemical residue in or on any plant or plant product; |
| (i) | providing for the control and eradication of pests and preventing their spread within Singapore; |
| (j) | prescribing the manner of entry upon any land and the conduct of any examination, inspection, detention, quarantine, treatment or destruction of any plant, plant product, pest, soil or any other article on the land; |
| (k) | prohibiting or restricting the introduction into Singapore of any plant, plant product, pest, soil or package or other thing which is likely to introduce pests into Singapore; |
| (l) | prohibiting or restricting the introduction into Singapore of any prohibited plant; |
| (m) | prescribing treatment for aircraft or any other conveyance arriving from overseas and the procedure to be adopted on their arrival so as to prevent the introduction of any pest into Singapore; |
| (n) | requiring every person arriving in Singapore from overseas to give a certificate declaring in any form that may be prescribed whether he or she has any plant, plant product, fungus, bacterium, virus or micro-organism or any insect, mite or other invertebrate animal or any soil in his or her possession; |
| (o) | providing for the inspection, observation, disinfection, treatment, destruction, reshipment or disposal of any plant introduced into Singapore and the progeny of any such plant or any soil, package or other thing; |
| (p) | providing for the control of plants kept or grown in isolation or under quarantine conditions; |
| (q) | prescribing the areas within Singapore where any plant, plant product, pest or package may be landed; |
| (r) | providing for the detention or the quarantine of any plant, plant product or package suspected of harbouring any pest and prescribing the treatment or the destruction thereof; |
| (s) | regulating the use of any pesticide in the cultivation of plants; |
| (t) | prescribing the qualifications and practical experience of a certified pesticide operator; |
| (u) | providing for matters relating to the registration, labelling, packing, use, storage, disposal and record keeping of any pesticide used in the cultivation of plants; |
| (v) | providing for the licensing, control, supervision and inspection of any land or premises on which any plant or plant product is grown, produced, processed, sold, stored or used, including prescribing the records that must be kept by a licensed grower or other licensee and the provision of returns and other information by licensed growers or other licensees to the Director‑General with respect to fresh fruits or vegetables which are the subject of the activity authorised by the licence; |
| (w) | providing for the registration, control and supervision of any accredited pest control agency; and |
| (x) | prescribing the forms, fees or registers for the purposes of this Act. [10/2019] |