Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations In these regulations
unless the contrary intention appears —
accredited means that the Director General of
Agriculture has accepted verification from an officer of the Department of
Agriculture in the exporting State or Territory that —
(a) the
exporter is equipped to carry out the relevant treatment and the
exporter’s staff are trained in the correct techniques of treatment and
maintain records of treatment;
(b) the
area of origin is certified as being free from specified diseases; or
(c)
approved quarantine protocols have been carried out;
approved means approved by the Director General;
certification means verification in
writing —
(a) of
treatment of potential carriers; or
(b) of
conditions under which plants were grown; or
(c) that
a potential carrier or an area was inspected and found free of specified
diseases,
supplied by —
(d) the
Department of Agriculture in the State or Territory in which the plants
originated; or
(e) a
person nominated under a quality assurance system approved by the Director
General,
and certified has a corresponding meaning;
Code of Practice means the publication entitled
“the Code of Practice for the Management of Queensland Fruit Fly”
endorsed by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management in
May 1993;
Director General means the Director General of
Agriculture or a person authorised by him;
immediately means within the time taken to travel
to the nearest inspection point by the shortest route;
importer means the owner, consignee, agent,
carrier or any other person concerned in the importation of a potential
carrier into Western Australia;
inspection point means an inspection point
referred to in regulation 6;
quality assurance system means a quality assurance
system approved by the Director General under regulation 3A;
specified diseases means those diseases relevant
to the potential carrier and nominated by the Director General.
[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette
4 Jun 1993 p. 2796; 7 Jun 1996 p. 2373.]