1. Promulgated on January 10, 1996 and effective as of January 10, 1996.
2. Amendment to Articles 2, 4, 13, 17~21, 26 promulgated on May 17, 2000.
3. Amendment to Articles 11, 24 promulgated on January 17, 2001.
4. Amendment to Articles 17, 22, 25, addition of Articles 8-1, 18-1, 19-1, 21-1 promulgated on February 6, 2002.
5. Amendment to Article 24, addition of Articles 6-1, 16-1, 19-2 promulgated on June 12, 2002.
6. Amendment to Articles 5, 17, 21~22, 24, 26, addition to Article 25-1 promulgated on May 7, 2008.
7. Amendment to Articles 3, 8, 8-1, 11, 14~16, 17~18-1, 22, 24, 25, addition to Article 13-1 promulgated on June 18, 2014.
8. Amendment to Articles 14, 15, 16-1, 17, 19, 24, 25, 28, addition to Article 25-2 promulgated on June 20, 2018.The third and fourth paragraphs of Article 17 as well as the first and third paragraphs of Article 24 that are related to the regulations mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article 17 of this Act shall come into force one year after the promulgation date.
The announcement was made on July 27, 2023 by the Executive Yuan Order tai-gui-zi No. 1125014346. The relevant matters set out in Articles 2, Paragraph 2 of Article 4, Article 6-1, Article 7, Paragraphs 1,3,4,5 of Article 8, Paragraph 3 of Article 8-1, Paragraph 1 of Article 9, Article 10, Article 11, Article 13, Paragraph 1 of Article 13-1, Paragraphs 1,3,4,5 of Article 14, Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1, Paragraphs 2,3,4 of Article 15, Article 16-1, Paragraph 5 of Article 17, Paragraph 2 of Article 19, Article 21, Article 21-1, Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 1 of Article 24, Subparagraphs 4,5 of Paragraph 1 of Article 25, Paragraph 2 of Article 25-2, Article 27 pertaining to“Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan”shall be handled by“Ministry of Agriculture”as governing body, effective August 1, 2023; Paragraph 2 of Article 4 pertaining to“Plant Protection and Quarantine Authority”were previously under the purview of the “Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine and its affiliated entities, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan”shall be handled by“Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency and its affiliated entities, Ministry of Agriculture” as governing body, effective August 1, 2023; Paragraph 2 of Article 13-1, Paragraph 4 of Article 14, Article 16, Article 16-1, Paragraphs 1,3,4 of Article 17, Article 18, Paragraph 1 of Article 19, Article 19-1, Article 20, Paragraph 2 of Article 22, Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1, Paragraphs 3,4 of Article 24, Article 26 pertaining to“Plant Quarantine Authority”were previously under the purview of the“Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine and its affiliated entities, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan”shall be handled by “Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency and its affiliated entities, Ministry of Agriculture”as governing body, effective August 1, 2023.