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 Co-operative Societies Ordinance
Cap 60 Import and Export Ordinance
Cap 96 Forests and Countryside Ordinance
Cap 119 Credit Unions Ordinance
Cap 133 Pesticides Ordinance
Cap 139 Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance
Cap 167 Dogs and Cats Ordinance
Cap 168 Pounds Ordinance
Cap 169 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance
Cap 170 Wild Animals Protection Ordinance
Cap 171 Fisheries Protection Ordinance
Cap 207 Plant (Importation and Pest Control) Ordinance
Cap 208 Country Parks Ordinance
Cap 277 Agricultural Products (Marketing) Ordinance
Cap 291 Marine Fish (Marketing) Ordinance
Cap 353 Marine Fish Culture Ordinance
Cap 421 Rabies Ordinance
Cap 476 Marine Parks Ordinance
Cap 490 Plant Varieties Protection Ordinance
Cap 570 Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences) Ordinance
Cap 586 Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance
Cap 607 Genetically Modified Organisms (Control of Release) Ordinance
Cap 1067 J.E. Joseph Trust Fund Ordinance
Cap 1080 Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Loan Fund Ordinance