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Mosquito (Research and Control) Law MOSQUITO (RESEARCH AND CONTROL) LAW (2007 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short title 1. This Law may be cited as the Mosquito (Research and Control) Law (2007 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In this Law \u2014 \u201cbasic value\u201d means the value of swamp area provided for in paragraph (b) of section 17; \u201cchemical methods of control\u201d means the disposal of agents toxic to the mosquito by means of spray, fog or dust delivered from aircraft, land vehicles and manually; \u201ccommercial premises\u201d means a building other than a domestic building including stores, shops, offices and warehouses; \u201ccontrol area\u201d means a part of the Islands in which routine or permanent measures are taken to achieve eradication of mosquitoes; \u201cDirector\u201d means the director of the Unit and persons acting under his authority; \u201cdomestic premises\u201d means buildings used for human habitation; \u201cempolder\u201d means to contain a swamp area (the polder) by means of dykes and then to flood it; Mosquito (Research and Control) Law \u201cenhanced value\u201d means the sum remaining after deducting the basic value from the purchase price of land sold in a swamp area; \u201cexperimental control area\u201d means a part of the Islands subject to experimental control for assessment of its value; \u201cFund\u201d means the Mosquito Abatement Fund established under section 3(1); \u201cGovernor\u201d means the Governor in Cabinet; \u201cinspect\u201d includes the entry upon premises in order to ascertain the presence of mosquitoes whether in water or otherwise and the collection thereof by hand and by traps; \u201cmember of the Unit\u201d includes the Director and all his subordinates in the Unit; \u201cowner\u201d includes a developer; \u201cphysical methods of control\u201d means the use of techniques to effect a change in mosquito habitat in order to reduce their numbers and includes drainage, empoldering and reclamation; \u201cpremises\u201d includes land areas which may or may not be built on other than those occupied by commercial and domestic premises; \u201creclamation\u201d means raising the land level above flooding, either by dumping, canalisation, spoil transfer or hydraulic dredging and transfer; \u201cship\u201d means a yacht, speed boat and every other description of vessel used in navigation, not exclusively propelled by oars; \u201csurvey\u201d includes the entry upon and clearance of land for the purpose of establishing alignment of canals, dykes and approach roads and location of swamp and other inaccessible areas; \u201cswamp area\u201d means land subject to permanent or intermittent flooding and supporting mangrove, buttonwood and other halophytic vegetation; \u201cunoccupied land\u201d includes vacant and temporarily vacated land not being commercial or domestic premises; and \u201cUnit\u201d means the Mosquito Research and Control Unit established under section 3.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Establishment of Unit and Fund 3. (1) There is established the Mosquito Research and Control Unit for the Islands consisting of a Director and such other persons as may, from time to time, be employed in its service. (2) There is established, under the control of the Financial Secretary, the Mosquito Abatement Fund, into which are paid monies realised from time to time from the sale or development of lands placed under physical control or reclaimed by the Government under this Law. The fund is used to help further the purposes of this Law. Mosquito (Research and Control) Law\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Inspection of premises 4. Members of the Unit have access at any time to any premises, whether fenced or not, in order to inspect or survey the same and their ancillary domestic structures.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Inspection and spraying of buildings 5. A member of the Unit carrying an identification card signed by the Director shall have access to domestic and commercial premises in the presence of the owner or occupier to inspect them during daylight hours and apply approved insecticide there as the Director may deem desirable.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Inspection of refuse dumps 6. Members of the Unit have access at all times to inspect domestic and commercial refuse dumps.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Vessels containing water 7. Owners and occupiers of premises, including domestic and commercial premises, shall place all tanks, drums, vats or other receptacles for the storage of water in such a position that they are reasonably accessible for inspection.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Owner or occupier to show wells, etc. 8. Owners and occupiers of premises shall show, on request by a member of the Unit, the position of outlying wells and other permanent or semi-permanent collections of water thereupon.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Location of traps and instruments 9. The Director may direct that traps or instruments for the study or control of mosquitoes shall be placed on premises. If their positioning creates a substantial obstruction the owner or occupier may request their removal to a more convenient location and the Director shall do his best to meet such request, subject to an appeal to the Governor, whose decision shall be final. Whoever wilfully destroys, damages, removes or otherwise interferes with any such traps or instruments is guilty of an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Bush clearing on premises 10. Owners or occupiers of premises shall keep trimmed and cut all trees, shrubs, plants and rank grass from their premises in order to discourage mosquito resting and increase the efficiency of methods of control.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Disposal of breeding places 11. Owners and occupiers of premises shall clear and keep them clear of bottles, tins, rubber tyres, wrecked automobiles and all other articles liable to collect water and act as breeding places. Mosquito (Research and Control) Law\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Mosquito-proofing of cisterns, etc. 12. Owners and occupiers of premises, including domestic and commercial premises, shall mosquito-proof and maintain such proofing to all inlets and outlets of water cisterns, septic tanks and pit latrines.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Land survey and trace cutting 13. The Unit may enter and survey premises in order to establish access and lay down trace lines for future development by mechanical equipment.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Power to remedy unsatisfactory conditions 14. (1) The Director may cause notice in writing to be served on the owners and occupiers of premises, including domestic and commercial premises, or on the person responsible for any refuse dump, where such owner, occupier or person responsible can be found, specifying the conditions found favourable for mosquito breeding and requiring the remedying of the same within such period as may be stated in the notice. Whoever on receipt of such notice fails to comply therewith is guilty of an offence. (2) If such owner, occupier or person responsible cannot be found or if the Director thinks fit, in lieu of or in addition to proceedings for a breach of this section, a member of the Unit may enter upon the premises or refuse dump and execute such works as were mentioned in the notice as may be necessary for mosquito control, and the expenses of executing such works may be recovered by the Director in a civil suit against such owner, occupier or person responsible.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Declaration of a control area 15. The Governor may, by Notice published in the Gazette, declare any part of the Islands to be an experimental control area or a control area.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Method of treatment 16. Experimental control areas and control areas are liable to treatment by either physical or chemical methods of control or by both methods of control at the discretion of the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"Physical control methods in swamp areas 17. Where physical methods of control are planned in swamp areas \u2014 (a) the particular area in which physical control is planned shall be declared a physical controlled area by a Notice published in the Gazette; (b) swamp areas within that area shall be valued by the Governor at current market prices or, if no current market prices exist, shall be assessed by the Governor at a fair and reasonable price before any operations begin, and any such valuation or assessment shall be final and the Governor shall, if requested, seek advice in arriving at a current market price; Mosquito (Research and Control) Law (c) all owners of swamp areas within that area shall mark their property boundaries by cutting traces and sign-posting, and after the expiration of a period of three months following the date of the relevant Notice the ownership of all unmarked lands shall pass by default to the Government, but the Governor may extend time in this connection; (d) when an area has been declared a physical control area, reclamation may not be undertaken within that area by an owner unless permission of the Central Planning Authority or the Development Control Board, and that of the Director, has first been obtained, and the Director may call for such information as he may think necessary in order to satisfy himself that the type of reclamation proposed will not interfere with the physical control methods planned for that area, and may specify a time limit, within which reclamation shall be completed and, in any case, permission shall not be granted unless both the planning authority and the Director are satisfied that the reclamation proposed will be completed within the time limit specified and will conform with the physical control methods planned; and (e) if reclamation is not completed within the time limit specified, or earlier, if the Director is satisfied that no reclamation is being undertaken or that such reclamation as is being undertaken does not conform with the physical control methods planned and that the owner will not remedy the same so as to conform, then the swamp area in question may be empoldered by the Government, either at Government\u2019s expense or the expense of the owner as the Governor may think fit, and ownership in such empoldered lands shall vest in the Government, and such land may be sold by the Government, any right, title or interest of the owner therein having ceased and determined, but the former owner shall be compensated for the loss of his right, title or interest in such land by being paid the basic value and half the enhanced value, if any, after first deducting the expenses incurred by Government, if any, in empoldering such land, and the balance of the purchase price shall be paid into the Fund.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Empoldered land sold at enhanced value 18. When swampland (not being swampland which has been empoldered by Government under section 17(e) or swampland the ownership of which has passed to Government under section 17(c)) is empoldered by Government and that land is, at any time, sold by the owner at an enhanced value, the enhanced value shall be shared in equal moieties between the owner and Government after first deducting from the owner\u2019s moiety the expenses incurred by Government, if any, in empoldering such land, and Government\u2019s moiety and any expenses as aforesaid shall be paid into the Fund, and any moiety and expenses so due and owing to Government may be sued for by the Director as a civil debt. Mosquito (Research and Control) Law\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Reimbursement to Government of cost of empoldering 19. When an owner retains a swamp area which has been improved by Government by empoldering, Government is entitled to reimburse itself against the expenses incurred in empoldering such land and may claim the same against the owner as a civil debt to be sued for by the Director, any sums recovered being paid into the Fund.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Compensation 20. When any swamp area is reclaimed by Government, whether it is swamp area which has passed by default to Government under section 17(c) or otherwise, the ownership in such reclaimed land shall vest in Government and such land may be sold by Government, any right, title or interest of the owner therein having ceased and determined but the former owner shall be compensated for the loss of his right, title or interest in such land by being paid the basic value and half the enhanced value, if any, after first deducting the expenses incurred by Government in reclaiming such land, and the balance of the purchase price shall be paid into the Fund.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Breaching boundary fences and right of way 21. The Unit has right of way by the shortest route through undeveloped property to gain access to swamp areas for heavy equipment, notwithstanding that this involves opening existing boundary fences, but it is the responsibly of the Unit to make good any resulting damage.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Restriction on certain imports 22. (1) The import in bulk of pure insecticide is prohibited unless the written permission of the Director is first obtained. (2) The import of vegetal matter is prohibited unless the written permission of the Director is first obtained. (3) Persons desiring to import vegetal matter shall \u2014 (a) apply in writing for permission to the Director stating the nature of the matter, the quantity and the proposed place of import; and (b) inform the Director and the Chief Agricultural and Veterinary Officer of the date and mode of arrival of such matter. (4) Whoever contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars and to imprisonment for six months, and the subject matter of the offence shall be forfeited to the Director.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Private fogging, etc. 23. The outdoor application of any insecticide on private or public buildings is restricted to those buildings, and the operators may only use insecticides obtained from the Director. Mosquito (Research and Control) Law\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"Use of insecticides and techniques 24. The use by any person other than a member of the Unit of any new insecticide or technique for purposes of large-scale testing or control is prohibited except with the permission in writing of the Director who may impose conditions in that behalf.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_25\", \"num\": \"25.\", \"text\": \"Disinsection of aircraft and ships 25. (1) All aircraft and ships calling at the Islands (inter-island craft included) may, in the discretion of the Director or such other person as may be generally or specifically authorised by him in that behalf, be disensected on arrival, either on landing or when boarded by Immigration, a fee to be prescribed by Regulation by the Governor for an aircraft or ship being levied to defray the costs of this service, which may be recovered from the owner of such ship or aircraft as a civil debt at the suit of the Director. (2) Agents for all ships and operators of marinas hosting sea-going vessels either calling at Grand Cayman or operating from Grand Cayman shall \u2014 (a) register their names and the names of the ships they represent with the Unit; (b) from time to time inform the Unit of any change of representation in respect of any ship or the name of any additional ship for which they may act as agent; (c) report to the Unit the estimated time at which any ship they represent will be arriving in Grand Cayman; (d) ensure that any ship arriving between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. shall anchor off-shore from George Town Harbour: Provided that any ships arriving in George Town on Sundays and Public Holidays may be disinsected by arrangement with the Unit: Provided further that any additional expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the Agent; (e) ensure that all hatches of any ship arriving in Grand Cayman remain closed until disinsection has been completed; (f) so instruct the Master of any ship arriving in Grand Cayman, except a tanker, that such ship makes its first landfall, weather permitting, at the port of George Town, except where special permission to the contrary has been granted by the Unit; (g) ensure that any ship making regular visits to Grand Cayman which is not in the possession of a current certificate of disinsection approved by the Unit, be sprayed by the Unit with residual sprays at three calendar monthly intervals: Provided that the cost of any material and labour expended by the Unit in such residual spraying shall be paid by the Agent; Mosquito (Research and Control) Law (h) ensure that ship-borne water vessels are fully mosquito-proofed; and (i) deliver to customs all containers and things capable of retaining water to be quarantined for disinsection (in default, such vessels will be treated with insecticide at the time of inspection thereof ). (3) Whoever contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and in default of payment or in lieu of such fine to imprisonment for six months or both. (4) In this section, reference to an aircraft or ship includes containers, motor vehicles and other things aboard an aircraft or ship.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_26\", \"num\": \"26.\", \"text\": \"Obstruction of members of the Unit 26. Whoever assaults, resists, obstructs or uses abusive language to any member of the Unit while acting in the execution of his duty under this Law is guilty of an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"Offences 27. Whoever contravenes this Law is guilty of an offence and, where no penalty is specifically provided, liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months, and in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of ten dollars for each day the offence continues.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_28\", \"num\": \"28.\", \"text\": \"Regulations 28. The Governor may make regulations for the better carrying out of this Law including \u2014 (a) controlling the use by the public of roads and dykes constructed by the Unit; (b) prescribing the minimum depth of fill in reclaimed areas and ensuring that soil levels are maintained above minimum depth in reclaimed areas; (c) regulating the design, construction and maintenance of marinas, canals, islands and causeways; and (d) prescribing fees to be levied for the disinsection of aircraft and ships. 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of 1968, 18 of 1969, 5 of 1974 and 9 of 2006.\n\nOriginally enacted \u2014\nLaw 16 of 1966-8th October, 1966\nLaw 27 of 1968-15th October, 1968\nLaw 18 of 1969-19th December, 1969\nLaw 5 of 1974-6th June, 1974\nLaw 9 of 2006-1st June, 2006.\n\nConsolidated and revised this 19th day of June, 2007.\n\nNote (not forming part of the Law):  This revision replaces the 1998 Revision which\nshould now be discarded.\n\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nMOSQUITO (RESEARCH AND CONTROL) LAW\n(2007 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nEstablishment of Unit and Fund .................................................................................................6\n4.\nInspection of premises ...............................................................................................................7\n5.\nInspection and spraying of buildings ..........................................................................................7\n6.\nInspection of refuse dumps ........................................................................................................7\n7.\nVessels containing water ...........................................................................................................7\n8.\nOwner or occupier to show wells, etc. ........................................................................................7\n9.\nLocation of traps and instruments ..............................................................................................7\n10.\nBush clearing on premises .........................................................................................................7\n11.\nDisposal of breeding places .......................................................................................................7\n12.\nMosquito-proofing of cisterns, etc. .............................................................................................8\n13.\nLand survey and trace cutting ....................................................................................................8\n14.\nPower to remedy unsatisfactory conditions ................................................................................8\n15.\nDeclaration of a control area ......................................................................................................8\n16.\nMethod of treatment ...................................................................................................................8\n17.\nPhysical control methods in swamp areas .................................................................................8\n18.\nEmpoldered land sold at enhanced value ..................................................................................9\n19.\nReimbursement to Government of cost of empoldering............................................................ 10\n20.\nCompensation ......................................................................................................................... 10\n21.\nBreaching boundary fences and right of way............................................................................ 10\n22.\nRestriction on certain imports ................................................................................................... 10\n23.\nPrivate fogging, etc. ................................................................................................................. 10\n24.\nUse of insecticides and techniques .......................................................................................... 11\n25.\nDisinsection of aircraft and ships ............................................................................................. 11\n\nArrangement of Sections\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\n\nPage 4\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nc\n\n26.\nObstruction of members of the Unit.......................................................................................... 12\n27.\nOffences .................................................................................................................................. 12\n28.\nRegulations ............................................................................................................................. 12\n\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\nSection 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nMOSQUITO (RESEARCH AND CONTROL) LAW\n(2007 Revision)\n\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Mosquito (Research and Control) Law (2007 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn this Law \u2014\n\u201cbasic value\u201d means the value of swamp area provided for in paragraph (b) of\nsection 17;\n\u201cchemical methods of control\u201d means the disposal of agents toxic to the\nmosquito by means of spray, fog or dust delivered from aircraft, land vehicles\nand manually;\n\u201ccommercial premises\u201d means a building other than a domestic building\nincluding stores, shops, offices and warehouses;\n\u201ccontrol area\u201d means a part of the Islands in which routine or permanent\nmeasures are taken to achieve eradication of mosquitoes;\n\u201cDirector\u201d means the director of the Unit and persons acting under his\nauthority;\n\u201cdomestic premises\u201d means buildings used for human habitation;\n\u201cempolder\u201d means to contain a swamp area (the polder) by means of dykes and\nthen to flood it;\n\nSection 3\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nc\n\n\u201cenhanced value\u201d means the sum remaining after deducting the basic value\nfrom the purchase price of land sold in a swamp area;\n\u201cexperimental control area\u201d means a part of the Islands subject to\nexperimental control for assessment of its value;\n\u201cFund\u201d means the Mosquito Abatement Fund established under section 3(1);\n\u201cGovernor\u201d means the Governor in Cabinet;\n\u201cinspect\u201d includes the entry upon premises in order to ascertain the presence of\nmosquitoes whether in water or otherwise and the collection thereof by hand\nand by traps;\n\u201cmember of the Unit\u201d includes the Director and all his subordinates in the Unit;\n\u201cowner\u201d includes a developer;\n\u201cphysical methods of control\u201d means the use of techniques to effect a change\nin mosquito habitat in order to reduce their numbers and includes drainage,\nempoldering and reclamation;\n\u201cpremises\u201d includes land areas which may or may not be built on other than\nthose occupied by commercial and domestic premises;\n\u201creclamation\u201d means raising the land level above flooding, either by dumping,\ncanalisation, spoil transfer or hydraulic dredging and transfer;\n\u201cship\u201d means a yacht, speed boat and every other description of vessel used in\nnavigation, not exclusively propelled by oars;\n\u201csurvey\u201d includes the entry upon and clearance of land for the purpose of\nestablishing alignment of canals, dykes and approach roads and location of\nswamp and other inaccessible areas;\n\u201cswamp area\u201d means land subject to permanent or intermittent flooding and\nsupporting mangrove, buttonwood and other halophytic vegetation;\n\u201cunoccupied land\u201d includes vacant and temporarily vacated land not being\ncommercial or domestic premises; and\n\u201cUnit\u201d means the Mosquito Research and Control Unit established under\nsection 3.\n3.\nEstablishment of Unit and Fund\n3.\n(1) There is established the Mosquito Research and Control Unit for the Islands\nconsisting of a Director and such other persons as may, from time to time, be\nemployed in its service.\n(2) There is established, under the control of the Financial Secretary, the Mosquito\nAbatement Fund, into which are paid monies realised from time to time from\nthe sale or development of lands placed under physical control or reclaimed by\nthe Government under this Law. The fund is used to help further the purposes\nof this Law.\n\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\nSection 4\n\nc\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nPage 7\n\n4.\nInspection of premises\n4.\nMembers of the Unit have access at any time to any premises, whether fenced or not,\nin order to inspect or survey the same and their ancillary domestic structures.\n5.\nInspection and spraying of buildings\n5.\nA member of the Unit carrying an identification card signed by the Director shall\nhave access to domestic and commercial premises in the presence of the owner or\noccupier to inspect them during daylight hours and apply approved insecticide there\nas the Director may deem desirable.\n6.\nInspection of refuse dumps\n6.\nMembers of the Unit have access at all times to inspect domestic and commercial\nrefuse dumps.\n7.\nVessels containing water\n7.\nOwners and occupiers of premises, including domestic and commercial premises,\nshall place all tanks, drums, vats or other receptacles for the storage of water in such\na position that they are reasonably accessible for inspection.\n8.\nOwner or occupier to show wells, etc.\n8.\nOwners and occupiers of premises shall show, on request by a member of the Unit,\nthe position of outlying wells and other permanent or semi-permanent collections of\nwater thereupon.\n9.\nLocation of traps and instruments\n9.\nThe Director may direct that traps or instruments for the study or control of\nmosquitoes shall be placed on premises. If their positioning creates a substantial\nobstruction the owner or occupier may request their removal to a more convenient\nlocation and the Director shall do his best to meet such request, subject to an appeal\nto the Governor, whose decision shall be final. Whoever wilfully destroys, damages,\nremoves or otherwise interferes with any such traps or instruments is guilty of an\noffence.\n10.\nBush clearing on premises\n10. Owners or occupiers of premises shall keep trimmed and cut all trees, shrubs, plants\nand rank grass from their premises in order to discourage mosquito resting and\nincrease the efficiency of methods of control.\n11.\nDisposal of breeding places\n11. Owners and occupiers of premises shall clear and keep them clear of bottles, tins,\nrubber tyres, wrecked automobiles and all other articles liable to collect water and act\nas breeding places.\n\nSection 12\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nc\n\n12.\nMosquito-proofing of cisterns, etc.\n12. Owners and occupiers of premises, including domestic and commercial premises,\nshall mosquito-proof and maintain such proofing to all inlets and outlets of water\ncisterns, septic tanks and pit latrines.\n13.\nLand survey and trace cutting\n13. The Unit may enter and survey premises in order to establish access and lay down\ntrace lines for future development by mechanical equipment.\n14.\nPower to remedy unsatisfactory conditions\n14. (1) The Director may cause notice in writing to be served on the owners and\noccupiers of premises, including domestic and commercial premises, or on the\nperson responsible for any refuse dump, where such owner, occupier or person\nresponsible can be found, specifying the conditions found favourable for\nmosquito breeding and requiring the remedying of the same within such period\nas may be stated in the notice. Whoever on receipt of such notice fails to comply\ntherewith is guilty of an offence.\n(2) If such owner, occupier or person responsible cannot be found or if the Director\nthinks fit, in lieu of or in addition to proceedings for a breach of this section, a\nmember of the Unit may enter upon the premises or refuse dump and execute\nsuch works as were mentioned in the notice as may be necessary for mosquito\ncontrol, and the expenses of executing such works may be recovered by the\nDirector in a civil suit against such owner, occupier or person responsible.\n15.\nDeclaration of a control area\n15. The Governor may, by Notice published in the Gazette, declare any part of the Islands\nto be an experimental control area or a control area.\n16.\nMethod of treatment\n16. Experimental control areas and control areas are liable to treatment by either physical\nor chemical methods of control or by both methods of control at the discretion of the\nDirector.\n17.\nPhysical control methods in swamp areas\n17. Where physical methods of control are planned in swamp areas \u2014\n(a)\nthe particular area in which physical control is planned shall be declared a\nphysical controlled area by a Notice published in the Gazette;\n(b) swamp areas within that area shall be valued by the Governor at current\nmarket prices or, if no current market prices exist, shall be assessed by the\nGovernor at a fair and reasonable price before any operations begin, and\nany such valuation or assessment shall be final and the Governor shall, if\nrequested, seek advice in arriving at a current market price;\n\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\nSection 18\n\nc\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nPage 9\n\n(c)\nall owners of swamp areas within that area shall mark their property\nboundaries by cutting traces and sign-posting, and after the expiration of a\nperiod of three months following the date of the relevant Notice the\nownership of all unmarked lands shall pass by default to the Government,\nbut the Governor may extend time in this connection;\n(d) when an area has been declared a physical control area, reclamation may\nnot be undertaken within that area by an owner unless permission of the\nCentral Planning Authority or the Development Control Board, and that of\nthe Director, has first been obtained, and the Director may call for such\ninformation as he may think necessary in order to satisfy himself that the\ntype of reclamation proposed will not interfere with the physical control\nmethods planned for that area, and may specify a time limit, within which\nreclamation shall be completed and, in any case, permission shall not be\ngranted unless both the planning authority and the Director are satisfied\nthat the reclamation proposed will be completed within the time limit\nspecified and will conform with the physical control methods planned; and\n(e)\nif reclamation is not completed within the time limit specified, or earlier,\nif the Director is satisfied that no reclamation is being undertaken or that\nsuch reclamation as is being undertaken does not conform with the\nphysical control methods planned and that the owner will not remedy the\nsame so as to conform, then the swamp area in question may be\nempoldered by the Government, either at Government\u2019s expense or the\nexpense of the owner as the Governor may think fit, and ownership in such\nempoldered lands shall vest in the Government, and such land may be sold\nby the Government, any right, title or interest of the owner therein having\nceased and determined, but the former owner shall be compensated for the\nloss of his right, title or interest in such land by being paid the basic value\nand half the enhanced value, if any, after first deducting the expenses\nincurred by Government, if any, in empoldering such land, and the balance\nof the purchase price shall be paid into the Fund.\n18.\nEmpoldered land sold at enhanced value\n18. When swampland (not being swampland which has been empoldered by Government\nunder section 17(e) or swampland the ownership of which has passed to Government\nunder section 17(c)) is empoldered by Government and that land is, at any time, sold\nby the owner at an enhanced value, the enhanced value shall be shared in equal\nmoieties between the owner and Government after first deducting from the owner\u2019s\nmoiety the expenses incurred by Government, if any, in empoldering such land, and\nGovernment\u2019s moiety and any expenses as aforesaid shall be paid into the Fund, and\nany moiety and expenses so due and owing to Government may be sued for by the\nDirector as a civil debt.\n\nSection 19\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\n\nPage 10\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nc\n\n19.\nReimbursement to Government of cost of empoldering\n19. When an owner retains a swamp area which has been improved by Government by\nempoldering, Government is entitled to reimburse itself against the expenses incurred\nin empoldering such land and may claim the same against the owner as a civil debt to\nbe sued for by the Director, any sums recovered being paid into the Fund.\n20.\nCompensation\n20. When any swamp area is reclaimed by Government, whether it is swamp area which\nhas passed by default to Government under section 17(c) or otherwise, the ownership\nin such reclaimed land shall vest in Government and such land may be sold by\nGovernment, any right, title or interest of the owner therein having ceased and\ndetermined but the former owner shall be compensated for the loss of his right, title\nor interest in such land by being paid the basic value and half the enhanced value, if\nany, after first deducting the expenses incurred by Government in reclaiming such\nland, and the balance of the purchase price shall be paid into the Fund.\n21.\nBreaching boundary fences and right of way\n21. The Unit has right of way by the shortest route through undeveloped property to gain\naccess to swamp areas for heavy equipment, notwithstanding that this involves\nopening existing boundary fences, but it is the responsibly of the Unit to make good\nany resulting damage.\n22.\nRestriction on certain imports\n22. (1) The import in bulk of pure insecticide is prohibited unless the written permission\nof the Director is first obtained.\n(2) The import of vegetal matter is prohibited unless the written permission of the\nDirector is first obtained.\n(3) Persons desiring to import vegetal matter shall \u2014\n(a)\napply in writing for permission to the Director stating the nature of the\nmatter, the quantity and the proposed place of import; and\n(b) inform the Director and the Chief Agricultural and Veterinary Officer of\nthe date and mode of arrival of such matter.\n(4) Whoever contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary\nconviction to a fine of one hundred dollars and to imprisonment for six months,\nand the subject matter of the offence shall be forfeited to the Director.\n23.\nPrivate fogging, etc.\n23. The outdoor application of any insecticide on private or public buildings is restricted\nto those buildings, and the operators may only use insecticides obtained from the\nDirector.\n\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\nSection 24\n\nc\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nPage 11\n\n24.\nUse of insecticides and techniques\n24. The use by any person other than a member of the Unit of any new insecticide or\ntechnique for purposes of large-scale testing or control is prohibited except with the\npermission in writing of the Director who may impose conditions in that behalf.\n25.\nDisinsection of aircraft and ships\n25. (1) All aircraft and ships calling at the Islands (inter-island craft included) may, in\nthe discretion of the Director or such other person as may be generally or\nspecifically authorised by him in that behalf, be disensected on arrival, either on\nlanding or when boarded by Immigration, a fee to be prescribed by Regulation\nby the Governor for an aircraft or ship being levied to defray the costs of this\nservice, which may be recovered from the owner of such ship or aircraft as a\ncivil debt at the suit of the Director.\n(2) Agents for all ships and operators of marinas hosting sea-going vessels either\ncalling at Grand Cayman or operating from Grand Cayman shall \u2014\n(a)\nregister their names and the names of the ships they represent with\nthe Unit;\n(b) from time to time inform the Unit of any change of representation in\nrespect of any ship or the name of any additional ship for which they may\nact as agent;\n(c)\nreport to the Unit the estimated time at which any ship they represent will\nbe arriving in Grand Cayman;\n(d) ensure that any ship arriving between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. shall\nanchor off-shore from George Town Harbour:\nProvided that any ships arriving in George Town on Sundays and Public\nHolidays may be disinsected by arrangement with the Unit:\nProvided further that any additional expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by\nthe Agent;\n(e)\nensure that all hatches of any ship arriving in Grand Cayman remain closed\nuntil disinsection has been completed;\n(f)\nso instruct the Master of any ship arriving in Grand Cayman, except a\ntanker, that such ship makes its first landfall, weather permitting, at the\nport of George Town, except where special permission to the contrary has\nbeen granted by the Unit;\n(g) ensure that any ship making regular visits to Grand Cayman which is not\nin the possession of a current certificate of disinsection approved by the\nUnit, be sprayed by the Unit with residual sprays at three calendar monthly\nintervals:\nProvided that the cost of any material and labour expended by the Unit in such\nresidual spraying shall be paid by the Agent;\n\nSection 26\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\n\nPage 12\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nc\n\n(h) ensure that ship-borne water vessels are fully mosquito-proofed; and\n(i)\ndeliver to customs all containers and things capable of retaining water to\nbe quarantined for disinsection (in default, such vessels will be treated with\ninsecticide at the time of inspection thereof ).\n(3) Whoever contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on\nsummary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and in default of payment\nor in lieu of such fine to imprisonment for six months or both.\n(4) In this section, reference to an aircraft or ship includes containers, motor\nvehicles and other things aboard an aircraft or ship.\n26.\nObstruction of members of the Unit\n26. Whoever assaults, resists, obstructs or uses abusive language to any member of the\nUnit while acting in the execution of his duty under this Law is guilty of an offence.\n27.\nOffences\n27. Whoever contravenes this Law is guilty of an offence and, where no penalty is\nspecifically provided, liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars\nand to imprisonment for twelve months, and in the case of a continuing offence, to a\nfurther fine of ten dollars for each day the offence continues.\n28.\nRegulations\n28. The Governor may make regulations for the better carrying out of this Law\nincluding \u2014\n(a)\ncontrolling the use by the public of roads and dykes constructed by\nthe Unit;\n(b) prescribing the minimum depth of fill in reclaimed areas and ensuring that\nsoil levels are maintained above minimum depth in reclaimed areas;\n(c)\nregulating the design, construction and maintenance of marinas, canals,\nislands and causeways; and\n(d) prescribing fees to be levied for the disinsection of aircraft and ships.\n\nMosquito (Research and Control) Law\nSection 28\n\nc\nRevised as at 19th day of June, 2007\nPage 13\n\nPublication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Governor in Cabinet\nthis 19th day of June, 2007.\nCarmena Watler\nClerk of Cabinet\nNote: See s.4 of [Law 9 of 2006] regarding certain validation and transitional provisions.","akn_extracted_at":"2026-06-22 15:35:42.942578+00","cms_id":"1966-0016","law_type":"principal","year":"1966","number":"16","title":"Mosquito (Research and Control) Act","status":"in_force"},"provenance":{"files":[{"file_id":"4987","expr_id":"180","kind":"akn_xml","filename":"1966-0016_2007 Revision.akn.xml","source_url":null,"storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/1966\/1966-0016\/1966-0016_2007 Revision.akn.xml","content_md5":"3ddc5971e7524f2d1459adfdcb345219","byte_size":"23792","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-22 15:35:44.623808+00"},{"file_id":"359","expr_id":"180","kind":"pristine_pdf","filename":"1966-0016_2007 Revision.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/1966\/1966-0016\/1966-0016_2007 Revision.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/pristine\/PRINCIPAL\/1966\/1966-0016\/1966-0016_2007 Revision.pdf","content_md5":"506d4c676caf41fba3b3ab5a51b85e69","byte_size":"629924","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:09:36.111432+00"},{"file_id":"360","expr_id":"180","kind":"working_pdf","filename":"1966-0016_2007 Revision.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/1966\/1966-0016\/1966-0016_2007 Revision.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/1966\/1966-0016\/1966-0016_2007 Revision.pdf","content_md5":"506d4c676caf41fba3b3ab5a51b85e69","byte_size":"629924","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:09:36.111432+00"}],"paragraph_count":20,"latest_history":null},"quality":{"expr_id":"180","doc_id":"180","quality_state":"needs_review","quality_score":"84","needs_human_review":"t","deterministic_categories":"{duplicate_text,page_header_footer_noise}","llm_categories":"{truncated_text,other}","repair_actions":"{collapse_duplicate_text,manual_review,reextract_full_text,strip_page_furniture}","finding_severity_counts":"{\"low\": 1, \"medium\": 1}","finding_summary":"Sample ends mid-definition with explicit truncation marker; likely missing substantial content. 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