Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PLANT DISEASES REGULATIONS 1989 - REG 17F

17F .         Citrus fruit and stone fruit — Mediterranean fruit fly

        (1)         In this regulation —

        Ord River Irrigation Area means that portion of the State that is north of latitude 17°S and east of longitude 127°E.

        (2)         A person who takes citrus fruit or stone fruit into the Ord River Irrigation Area from another part of the State during the period beginning on 1 April and ending on 30 November in any year unless the fruit is certified —

            (a)         as being from a part of the State that is free from Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata ); or

            (b)         as having been disinfested in an approved manner,

                commits an offence.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         For the purposes of regulation 16(1) —

            (a)         the Ord River Irrigation Area is a specified portion of the State; and

            (b)         Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata ) is a specified disease.

        [Regulation 17F inserted in Gazette 23 Mar 1999 p. 1259-60; amended in Gazette 11 Aug 2000 p. 4692; 8 Jun 2001 p. 2921-2; 8 Jan 2002 p. 32.]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 25 May 1990 p. 2377; amended in Gazette 21 Feb 1997 p. 1166.]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 25 May 1990 p. 2377.]