Appendix 18

LEGISLATION ADMINISTERED BY AFCD

The Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation is currently the Director of Marketing, the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, the Registrar of Credit Unions and the Country and Marine Parks Authority. Authority under legislation is delegated, as appropriate, to various officers of the Department. The legislation under which the Department has statutory functions and responsibility is listed below:

Cap 33 Cap 60 Cap 96 Cap 119 Cap 133 Cap 139 Cap 167 Cap 168 Cap 169 Cap 170 Cap 171 Cap 207 Cap 208 Cap 277 Cap 291 Cap 353 Cap 421 Cap 476 Cap 490 Cap 570 Cap 586 Cap 607 Cap 1067 Cap 1080

Co-operative Societies Ordinance Import and Export Ordinance Forests and Countryside Ordinance Credit Unions Ordinance Pesticides Ordinance Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance Dogs and Cats Ordinance Pounds Ordinance Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Fisheries Protection Ordinance Plant (Importation and Pest Control) Ordinance Country Parks Ordinance Agricultural Products (Marketing) Ordinance Marine Fish (Marketing) Ordinance Marine Fish Culture Ordinance Rabies Ordinance Marine Parks Ordinance Plant Varieties Protection Ordinance Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences) Ordinance Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance Genetically Modified Organisms (Control of Release) Ordinance J.E. Joseph Trust Fund Ordinance Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Loan Fund Ordinance