WILD THYME (PROTECTION) REGULATIONS

WILD THYME (PROTECTION)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.10

WILD THYME (PROTECTION) REGULATIONS

23rd March, 1932

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 85 of 1932.

The title of these Regulations is Wild Thyme (Protection)

Regulations.

It shall not be lawful to destroy, cut down or uproot shrubs

of wild thyme or savoury (Thymus Capitatus) known in Maltese as

Sag]tar or to sell, purchase, use or keep such shrubs for any

purpose.

The Director of Agriculture may, however, give permission

in writing for the cutting down, uprooting and removal of wild

thyme, whenever the land is required for reclamation or to be

otherwise industrially exploited, or in order to reduce the number

of the shrub where it overgrows.