Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PLANT DISEASES REGULATIONS 1989 - REG 17B

17B .         Banana plants ( Musa spp.) — banana aphid, banana weevil borer, Panama wilt

        (1)         In this regulation — 

        Carnarvon quarantine area means the area within 50 kilometres of the Carnarvon Post Office;

        Kununurra quarantine area means the area within 50 kilometres of the Kununurra Post Office.

        (2)         A person shall not remove any part of a banana plant (except fruit) or soil from the Carnarvon quarantine area or the Kununurra quarantine area except in accordance with approved conditions.

        (3)         For the purposes of regulation 16(1) banana aphid, banana weevil borer and Panama wilt are specified diseases.

        [Regulation 17B inserted in Gazette 6 Jan 1998 p. 49-50.]