Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
subdivision unless the contrary intention appears —
fruit fly means fruit fly Ceratitis capitata or
Bactrocera tryoni ;
the disease means the disease known as fruit fly.
(2) Section 11 of
the Act applies to the disease.
(3) The measures to be
adopted in relation to the disease —
(a) for
the purposes of section 11 of the Act; and
(b)
under section 12 of the Act when fruit fly is the disease to which a
notice relates,
shall be treatment
applied in accordance with subregulations (4) to (8).
(4) Treatment in
accordance with Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 4 shall be applied to
every fruit tree, and to every fruit vine, having fruit thereon in the orchard
concerned.
(5) All infected fruit
shall be picked from each fruit tree and all fallen fruit shall be gathered
from the ground, in the orchard concerned —
(a) in
the case of apricots, feijoas, figs, guavas, loquats, nectarines, peaches,
pears, persimmons, plums and quinces, at least once in every 24 hours;
and
(b) in
the case of fruits other than apples and fruits referred to in
paragraph (a), at least once in every 3 days,
and subject to
subregulation (8) destroyed by boiling, burning or some other method
approved by a person authorised by the Director General.
(6) Whenever treatment
is applied in accordance with subregulation (8) or Part 2 of
Schedule 4 to any fruit by spraying it with a liquid mixture containing
dimethoate or fenthion, a person shall not pick or gather for consumption or
for sale any of the fruit so sprayed within 7 days of that spraying.
(7) Whenever treatment
is applied in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 4 to any fruit tree
or fruit vine having fruit thereon by spraying it with a liquid mixture
containing trichlorfon, a person shall not pick or gather for consumption or
for sale any fruit from that fruit tree within 2 days of that spraying.
(8) Instead of
gathering fallen fruit and destroying it a person may cover spray fallen
fruit, other than citrus fruit or fruit found to be infected with the disease,
with a 0.08% active ingredient water mixture of fenthion so that the fallen
fruit is completely wetted.
[Regulation 18 inserted in Gazette
25 May 1990 p. 2377-8.]
[Heading inserted in Gazette 25 May 1990
p. 2378.]