New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PLANT DISEASES ACT 1924

- As at 17 June 2009
- Act 38 of 1924

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Savings and transitional provisions
   3.      Definitions
   3A.     Power of Minister to delegate functions
   4.      Power to regulate or prohibit the introduction of things likely to introduce disease
   5.      Power to appoint places of entry and quarantine
   5A.     Treatment and eradication of diseases and pests
   6.      Declaration of quarantine area
   7.      Undertaking in prescribed cases
   8.      Quarantine
   9.      Seizure of plants
   10.     Notice to be given of appearance of disease
   11.     Inspectors
   11A.    (Repealed)
   12.     Employment of assistants
   13.     Powers of inspection
   13A.    Control orders
   13B.    Objection to works authorised by control order
   14.     Power to require owner or occupier of land or premises to prevent spread of disease
   15.     Steps to be taken when land or premises are infected
   16.     Recovery of expenses
   17.     Power to destroy etc infected plants, coverings etc
   18.     Power to question vendors of fruit and plants
   18A.    Detention notices
   19.     Penalty notices
   20.     (Repealed)
   21.     Power to destroy plants in an abandoned orchard or nursery
   22.     (Repealed)
   23.     Owner to have right of entry
   24.     Notices to be given in writing
   25.     Persons not entitled to compensation
   25A.    Demanding name and place of abode
   25B.    Personation of inspector
   25C.    Assaulting, threatening, obstructing etc an inspector
   25D.    Corruption
   26.     Offences
   27.     Recoverable expenses of authorised inspector
   28.     Regulations
   28A.    Orders
   28B.    Proclamations
   28C.    Delegation
   29.     Sale of fruit etc not up to fair average quality
   30.     (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4