(g) No institutionalized professional education is available within the Territory. Expertise is shared on a voluntary basis. A limited number of persons benefit from training overseas.
B.
Right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications
(1) There are no specific laws relevant to the promotion of this right;
(2) The Public Health Department is actively engaged in measures aimed at the promotion of environmental health. These include vector control programmes, garbage collection and disposal services, dissemination of information on the principles of environmental health through radio programmes and lectures throughout the island.
As a member of the Caribbean Conservation Association, Montserrat is committed to the principles inherent in this right,
(3) An Energy and Conservation Committee has recently been established to promote the diffusion of information on science and appropriate technology;
(4) Montserrat is not a source of scientific or technical discoveries, and it is therefore unnecessary to legislate specifically to prevent abuse of such discoveries. With regard to imported technology, the common law prohibits the use for homicide, or offences against the person, and the Genocide Ordinance prohibits genocide. There is no express prohibition of electronic surveillance but the Police Act and judges' rules limit police powers of investigation to prevent surreptitious surveillance. Prison Ordinance and Rules strictly control the treatment of prisoners, and mental patients fall under provisions of the Lunacy and Mental Health Act. Any scientific experiment or medical treatment of any person cannot be carried out without the consent of person involved. Entry into a person's home without a warrant issued by magistrate is unlawful;
(5) Montserrat subscribes to the exercise of this right, thus there are no restrictions placed on the exercise thereof.
C. Protection of moral and material interest of authors
(1)
Protection is given by the Copyright Act, 1956 (United Kingdom) with its various amendments (in respect of Montserrat).
D.
(1)
(2)
Steps taken for the conservation, the development and diffusion of science and culture
There are no existing laws specifically designed for this purpose;
Administrative arrangements have been taken to achieve the realization of this right. Special emphasis has been placed on the teaching of science at all levels of the schools system. The mass media has been used extensively for the diffusion of scientific and cultural information.