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PLANT DISEASES REGULATIONS 1989 - SCHEDULE 1

[Regulations 4, 6 and 19DA(1)]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 20 Aug 1996 p. 4054.]

In Part A potential carriers (plants) are listed alphabetically in column  1 and further divided into plants or parts thereof, cuttings, budwood, seed, fruit, vegetables and products in columns 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.

The conditions of entry into the State for each potential carrier are listed numerically adjacent to the potential carrier in the relevant columns.

In Part AA potential carriers (other than plants) are listed alphabetically in column 1.

The conditions of entry into the State for each potential carrier are listed numerically adjacent to the potential carrier in column 2.

Alternative conditions are separated by a slash.

In Part B full details of the conditions of entry are listed numerically.

        [Preamble inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4668-9.]

Part A  — Potential carriers — plants

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2373.]

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Potential
carrier

Plants or
parts
thereof

Cuttings,
budwood

Seed

Fruit,
vegetables
and
products

Abiu......................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Acerola.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Almond.................

13, 17, 18, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

18, 29, 41, 52, 55

16

41, 52, 55

Amelanchier spp. (Juneberry, Serviceberry).....



see Berries




Annona spp . and Annona sp . hybrids..............



13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55



29, 41, 52, 55



16



11, 4/7/9C, 41, 52, 55

Apple....................

1

1

16

1

Apple tissue culture...............


49







Apricot..................

13, 17, 18, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

18, 29, 41, 52, 55

16

1, 31, 31A

Aquatic plants.......

21

21



Artichoke..............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Asparagus.............

13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 55


16

55

Asteraceae (Compositae) see Schedule 10, including chickory, endives, hawk’s beard, hawkweed, nipplewort, hawkbit, tobacco, petunia, figwort and speedwell

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 58

29, 41, 52, 55, 58

16

41, 52, 55, 58

Atalantia spp. ......

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 51, 52

29, 41, 51, 52

16

41, 51, 52

Avocado...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 46, 52, 55

29, 41, 46, 52, 55

16

4/4B/9C, 41, 46, 52, 55

Babaco .................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9A/9C, 41, 52, 55

Babiana (baboon flower, baboon root) ..................



13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 53, 55



29, 41, 52, 53, 55



16




Banana .................

1/24

1/24


4/5/9A/9D, 52, 55

Beans....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Beetroot................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Berries..................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55

Blackberry............

see Berries




Black sapote.........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/7/9A/9C, 41, 52, 55

Brazil cherry.........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Breadfruit.............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55

Broccoli................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Brussel sprouts.....

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Bulbs....................

13, 17, 27, 45




Cabbage................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Caimito (Star
apple) ...............


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


29, 41, 52, 55


16


4/4A/9C, 41, 52, 55

Cape gooseberry...

see Berries




Capsicum..............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/7/9C, 41, 52, 55

Capulin.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55

Carambola............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/4A/9C, 41, 52, 55

Carrots..................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Cashew apple.......

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Casimiroa (White sapote) ..............


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


29, 41, 52, 55


16


4/7/9C, 41, 52, 55

Cauliflower...........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Cherimoya............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Cherry...................

13, 17, 18, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

18, 29, 41, 52, 55

16

1, 26, 31A

Chilli.....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/7/9C, 41, 52, 55

Chinese cabbage...

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Chinese gooseberry.........


see Kiwi fruit




Chives...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 35, 41, 45, 55


16

35, 41, 55

Choko...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Chrysanthemums (for planting) ....


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


29, 41, 52, 55


16



Chrysanthemums (cut flowers) .....




41, 52, 55





Citron....................

see Citrus




Citrus (other than Mandarin).........


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 50A, 51, 52, 55


29, 41, 50A, 51, 52, 55


16


4D/7/9C, 41, 51, 52, 55

Clausena lansium

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 51, 52

29, 41, 51, 52

16

4/9K, 41, 51, 52

Coconut................

13, 17, 27, 29, 39, 45, 55

39A, 55


55

Coffee berry.........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9J, 41, 52, 55

Corms ..................

13, 17, 27, 45




Corn .....................

see Maize




Cotoneaster spp....

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

41, 52, 55

Cotton...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 47, 52, 55


16, 37

41, 55

Cowpea.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16, 48


Crataegus spp. (Hawthorn)........


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


29, 41, 52, 55


16


41, 52, 55

Crocos..................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 53, 55

29, 41, 52, 53, 55

16


Crocosmia aurea (Planchon) ........


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 53, 55


29, 41, 52, 53, 55


16



Cucumber.............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/7/9G, 41, 52, 55

Cumquat ..............

see Citrus




Custard apple........

see Annona spp . and Annona sp . hybrids




Cut flowers and foliage (not specified elsewhere) ........








28, 41, 52, 55









Cydonia spp. (Quince)............


13, 17, 18, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


18, 29, 41, 52, 55


16


1

Date......................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Douglas fir............

3, 13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 55

3, 29, 55

16

55

Durian...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9/9C, 41, 52, 55

Egg fruit...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/9J, 41, 52, 55

Elms .....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 38, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 38, 41, 52, 55

16


Eribobotrya spp. (Loquat) ............


1


1


16


1

Eugena .................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/9F, 41, 52, 55

European larch.....

3, 13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 55

3, 29, 55

16

55

Feijoa....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Feronia spp. ........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 51, 52

29, 41, 51, 52

16

41, 51, 52

Feroniella lucida

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 51, 52

29, 41, 51, 52

16

41, 51, 52

Fig........................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Firethorn...............

see Pyracantha spp.




Fortunella.............

see Citrus




Fruit (not specified elsewhere) ........



13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55



29, 41, 52, 55



16



4/9F, 41, 52, 55

Fruit trees.............

see Plants




Garlic....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 35, 41, 45, 55


16

35

Gaylussacia spp.         (Huckleberries)

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55, 57

Ginger...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 52, 55


16


Gladiolus..............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 53, 55

29, 41, 52, 53, 55

16


Granadilla.............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9H, 41, 52, 55

Grapefruit.............

see Citrus




Grape ...................

1, 44

1

1

1

Grumichama.........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Guava...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9I, 41, 52, 55

Hawthorn..............

see Crataegus spp.




Hay ......................

27, 33




Heliconia .............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

41, 52, 55

16


Hesperethusa crenulata ...........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 51, 52

29, 41, 51, 52

16

41, 51, 52

Hibiscus................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 47, 52, 55

29, 41, 47, 52, 55

16


Honeydew............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9G, 41, 52, 55

Hugeria spp. ........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

57

Jaboticaba.............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9/9C, 41, 52, 55

Jackfruit ...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9/9C, 41, 52, 55

Juneberry..............

see Amelanchier spp.




Kiwifruit...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Kumquat...............

see Cumquat




Leek......................

13, 17, 27, 29, 35, 41, 45, 55


16

35, 41, 55

Leucothoe spp. ....

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

41, 52, 55, 57

Lemon .................

see Citrus




Lettuce .................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 58


16

41, 52, 55, 58

Lime ....................

see Citrus




Limonia acidissma .........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 51, 52

29, 41, 51, 52

16

41, 51, 52

Loganberry...........

see Berries




Longan .................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 55

29, 41, 55

16

4/4A/9/9C, 41, 55

Loquat..................

see Eribobotrya spp.




Lucerne.................

1

1

1, 16, 20


Lupin....................



16


Lychee..................

13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 55

29, 55

16

4/4A/7/9/9C, 55

Lyonia spp. ..........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

41, 52, 55, 57

Maize....................

1

1

16, 19, 28


Malay apple..........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55

Mandarin..............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 50A, 51, 52, 55

29, 41, 50A, 51, 52, 55

16

4/7/9C, 41, 51, 52, 55

Mango..................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 56

29, 41, 52, 55, 56

12, 16

4/4B/7/9B/9E, 12, 41, 52, 55

Mangostein...........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9A/9C, 41, 52, 55

Medlar..................

see Mespilus spp.




Melons (other than Honeydew and Rockmelon)



13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55






16



4/9J, 41, 52, 55

Menziesia spp. .....

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

16

41, 52, 55, 57

Mespilus spp. (Medlar)............


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


29, 41, 52, 55


16


41, 52, 55

Miracle fruit.........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55

Monstera...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 52, 55

29, 52, 55

16

4/9J, 52, 55

Mountain ash........

see Sorbus spp.




Mulberry...............

see Berries




Mungbean.............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16, 48


Nectarine..............

13, 17, 18, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

18, 29, 41, 52, 55

16

1, 31A

Nuts (not specified elsewhere) ........



13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55



29, 41, 52, 55



16



41, 52, 55

Okra......................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 47, 52, 55

29, 41, 47, 52, 55

16

4/9J, 41, 47, 52, 55

Olive.....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9J, 41, 52, 55

Onions (also see spring onion) ....


13, 17, 27, 29, 35, 41, 45, 55




16


35

Orange..................

see Citrus




Oxycoccus spp. ...

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

41, 52, 55, 57

Palms....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 39, 45, 55

29, 39A, 55

16


Papaya..................

see Pawpaw




Paramignya monophylla .....

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 51, 52

29, 41, 51, 52

16


41, 51, 52

Parsnips................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Passionfruit...........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/4A/9H, 41, 52, 55

Pawpaw................

13, 17, 27, 29, 40, 45, 52, 55

29, 40, 52, 55

16

4/4C/9A/9D, 40, 52, 55

Pea........................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Peach....................

13, 17, 18, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

18, 29, 41, 52, 55

16

1, 31A

Peanut...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Pear.......................

see Pyrus spp.




Pepino...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Pernettya spp. ......

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

41, 52, 55, 57

Persimmon............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Pieris spp. ............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

41, 52, 55, 57

Pineapple..............

13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 55

29, 55

16

55

Pinus.....................

3, 13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 55

3, 29, 55

16

55

Plants (not specified elsewhere) ........



13, 17, 27, 28, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55



28, 29, 41, 52, 55



16




Plum.....................

13, 17, 18, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

18, 29, 41, 52, 55

16

1, 31A

Poaceae (Gramineae)
(genera specified in Schedule 9) .......





13, 17, 27, 28, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55





28, 29, 41, 52, 55





16






Pomegranate.........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9/9C, 41, 52, 55

Poncirus................

see Citrus




Poplar...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 36, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 36, 41, 52, 55

16


Potato (seed) ........

1, 13, 14, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55



1, 14, 17

Potato (Ware) ......




1, 14

Prickly Pear..........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Pummelo..............

see Citrus




Pumpkin...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/8A/9J, 41, 52, 55

Pyracantha spp. (Firethorn).........


1


1


16


1

Pyrus spp. (Pear)..

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

1

Quince..................

see Cydonia spp.




Radish...................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Rambutan.............

13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 55

29, 55

16

4/4A/7/9/9C, 55

Raspberry.............

see Berries




Red raspberry.......

see Rubus ideus




Rhododendron spp. (Azalea) ....


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57


29, 41, 52, 55, 57


16


41, 52, 55, 57

Rhubarb................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Ribes spp. (Currants) including Ribes alpinum, Ribes aureum, Ribes nigrum (blackcurrant), Ribes rubrum (red currant) and Ribes uva crispa (gooseberry)

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 58

29, 41, 52, 55, 58

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55

Rice......................

13, 17, 27, 29, 45, 52, 55


16, 22

22

Rockmelon...........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/9G/9J, 41, 52, 55

Rollinia.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Rubus hybrids......

see Berries




Rubus ideus (Red raspberry).........


see Berries




Santol....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/7/9C, 41, 52, 55

Sapodilla...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Sapote...................

see Black sapote and Casimiroa




Seed (see also Douglas fir, European larch, Mango, Pinus, Lucerne, Maize, Rice, Soybean, Sorghum and Schedule 5) .......
























16









Serviceberry.........

see Amelanchier spp.




Shallots.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 35, 41, 45, 55


16

41, 35, 55

Sorbus spp. (Mountain ash)..


1


1


16


1

Sorghum...............

1

1

16, 23, 23A


Soursop.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Soybean................

1

1

16, 25


Spring onion.........

13, 17, 27, 29, 35, 41, 45, 55


16

41, 35, 55

Squash..................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/7/9G, 41, 52, 55

Star apple..............

see Caimito




Stonefruit not specified elsewhere ..........



13, 17, 18, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55



18, 29, 41, 52, 55



16



1

Stransvaesia spp...

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

41, 52, 55

Straw and straw packing..............


see Hay




Strawberry............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/8/9E, 41, 52, 55

Sugar cane............

13, 15, 17, 27, 29, 45, 52, 55

15, 29, 52, 55

15, 16

15, 52, 55

Super sweet..........

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9F, 41, 52, 55

Swedes..................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Sweetcorn.............

see Maize




Sweet potatoes......

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Sweetsop (Sugar apple) ................


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


29, 41, 52, 55


16


4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Swinglea spp. ......

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 51, 52

29, 41, 51, 52

16

41, 51, 52

Tahiti lime............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 50A, 51, 52, 55

29, 41, 50A, 51, 52, 55

16

4/7/9A/9E, 29, 41, 51, 52, 55

Tamarillo..............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Tamaruis...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55

Tangelo.................

see Citrus




Taros.....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Thornless blackberry.........


see Rubus hybrids




Tissue cultured plants.................


see Plants




Tomato.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/9H, 41, 52, 55

Trees.....................

see Plants




Tritonia.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 53, 55

29, 41, 52, 53, 55

16


Tsuga spp. (Hemlock)

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

55, 57

Turnips.................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Vaccinium spp. (Blueberries and Cranberries)

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55, 57

29, 41, 52, 55, 57

16

4/9E, 41, 52, 55, 57

Vegetables (not specified elsewhere) ........



13, 17, 27, 28, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55



28, 29, 41, 52, 55



16



41, 52, 55

Vitis spp. .............

see Grapes




Walnut..................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55

29, 41, 52, 55

10, 16

10

Watercress............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

41, 52, 55

Watermelon..........

see Melons




Watsonia...............

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 53, 55

29, 41, 52, 53, 55

16


Wax jambu (Rose apple) ................


13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


29, 41, 52, 55


16


4/9C, 41, 52, 55

Yams....................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16


Zucchini................

13, 17, 27, 29, 41, 45, 52, 55


16

4/7/9G, 41, 52, 55

        [Part A inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2373-83; amended in Gazette 14 Jan 1997 p. 381-2 and 383; 4 Mar 1997 p. 1353; 6 Jan 1998 p. 50-2; 19 Aug 1998 p. 4475-6; 9 Mar 1999 p. 1145; 23 Mar 1999 p. 1260-2; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2669; 4 Feb 2000 p. 420; 29 Sep 2000 p. 5534-5; 6 Jan 2001 p. 113; 13 Feb 2001 p. 866; 19 Apr 2002 p. 2077; 11 Feb 2003 p. 409; 31 Oct 2003 p. 4554-5; 16 Jan 2004 p. 193; 21 Sep 2004 p. 4108-9; 17 May 2005 p. 2105-6 and 2131-2; 16 Dec 2005 p. 6074; 7 Feb 2006 p. 615; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1571-2; 6 Mar 2007 p. 725-6.]

Part AA  — Potential carriers — other than plants

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4670.]

Column 1

Potential Carrier

Column 2

Conditions for Entry

Agricultural machinery ........................................................................

27, 42, 57

Animals ................................................................................................

42

Animal skins/coats ................................................................................

42

Apple machinery or equipment (used) ..................................................

50

Cargo containers ...................................................................................

27

Containers .............................................................................................

27

Fruit, vegetable and plant containers (used) other than potato containers ...........................................................................................


59

Grape machinery/equipment (used) ......................................................

60

Landscaping material ............................................................................

27

Live fish ................................................................................................

42, 43

Machinery .............................................................................................

27

Mushroom — growing medium ............................................................

32

Potato containers (used) ........................................................................

6A, 27

Potato machinery or equipment (used) .................................................

6, 27

Soil ........................................................................................................

2, 27

Trucks ...................................................................................................

-

Used vehicles transported by commercial carriers ...............................

-

        [Part AA inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4670; amended in Gazette 6 Jan 1998 p. 47; 4 Jun 1999 p. 2268; 4 Feb 2000 p. 420-1; 31 Oct 2003 p. 4555; 16 Jan 2004 p. 193; 23 Jan 2004 p. 305; 17 May 2005 p. 2132; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1572.]

Part B  — Conditions

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 20 Aug 1996 p. 4054.]

1.         (1)         Unless specifically dealt with elsewhere, entry not allowed under any conditions

        Apple: fruit and plants — apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis ), codling moth ( Cydia pomonella ).

        Banana: plants other than tissue culture — bunchy top virus.

        Eribobotrya spp. (Loquat): fruit and plants — apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis ).

        Grape: fruit, seed, plants — downy mildew ( Plasmopara viticola ), grape phylloxera ( Daktulosphaira vitifolii ).

        Lucerne: plants — bacterial wilt ( Clavibacter (Corynebacterium) michiganense subsp . insidiosum ).

        Lucerne: seed other than seed from South Australia — bacterial wilt ( Clavibacter (Corynebacterium) michiganense subsp. insidiosum ).

        Maize: plants — boil smut ( Ustilago maydis ).

        Pear: fruit — codling moth ( Cydia pomonella ).

        Potatoes: from Victoria (other than tissue cultured and minitubers).

        Pyracantha spp. (Firethorn): fruit and plants — apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis ) .

        Quince: fruit — codling moth ( Cydia pomonella ).

        Sorbus spp. (Mountain ash): fruit and plants — apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis ) .

        Sorghum: plants — sorghum midge ( Contarinia sorghicola ), ergot ( Claviceps spp . ).

        Soybean: plants — black leaf blight ( Arkoola nigra ), stem rot ( Phytophthora megasperma f. sp . glycinea ).

        Stonefruit: fresh fruit other than —

            (a)         apricot fruit ( Prunus armeniaca ) grown in South Australia, Tasmania or South Island New Zealand; and

            (b)         cherry fruit ( Prunus avium ) grown in South Australia, Tasmania or New Zealand; and

            (c)         peach fruit ( Prunus persica ) grown in South Island New Zealand; and

            (d)         plum fruit ( Prunus salicina or Prunus domestica ) grown in South Island New Zealand; and

            (e)         nectarine fruit ( Prunus persica var. nucipersica ) grown in South Island New Zealand,

                general diseases and individual pests.

        (2)         For the purposes of subclause (1) — 

        minituber means potatoes which are grown under conditions approved by the Director General.

        [Item 1 amended in Gazette 26 Jan 1990 p. 649; 18 Sep 1992 p. 4670-1; 20 Aug 1996 p. 4054; 14 Jan 1997 p. 383; 4 Mar 1997 p. 1354; 4 Feb 2000 p. 421; 16 Jan 2004 p. 194; 16 Dec 2005 p. 6074; 7 Feb 2006 p. 616; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1572; 6 Mar 2007 p. 726.]

2.         Soil — general diseases

                Entry not allowed unless soil — 

            (a)         comprises mining and scientific samples for laboratory purposes at premises approved by the Director General; or

            (b)         complies with condition 13.

3.         Douglas fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii ), European larch ( Larix decidua ), and Pinus ( Pinus spp . ) plants, cuttings, foliage and cut flowers — Dothistroma needle blight ( Dothistroma septospora )

        To be certified as grown in a State or Territory where Dothistroma needle blight is not known to occur.

        [Item 3 amended in Gazette 20 Aug 1996 p. 4054.]

4.         Fruit — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. cucumis , B. musae , B. frauenfeldi , B. neohumeralis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         Subject to subitems (2) and (3), from all States and Territories — 

            (a)         to be certified as — 

                  (i)         having been immersed in a dip containing 400 mg/L of dimethoate or fenthion for 1 minute;

                  (ii)         having been flooded as part of a single layer of produce with 400 mg/L of dimethoate or fenthion at ambient temperature in a high volume application of at least 16 L/m 2 per minute for at least 10 seconds and as having remained wet for at least 1 minute before drying; or

                  (iii)         having been fumigated with methyl bromide for 2 hours at one of the following rates — 

24 g/m 3 at 26° — 31.9°C
32 g/m 3 at 21° — 25.9°C
40 g/m 3 at 15° — 20.9°C
48 g/m 3 at 10° — 14.9°C;

                or

            (b)         to be certified as having been treated at a temperature within a range specified in the first column of the following Table for the number of days corresponding to that temperature range specified in the second column of that Table.

Table

0°C ± 0.5°C

14 days

1°C ± 0.5°C

16 days

2°C ± 0.5°C

18 days

3°C ± 0.5°C

20 days

        (2)         Subitem (1) does not apply to pumpkins which are the cultivars butternut, Jarrahdale or Ken’s special of the species Cucurbita moschata or the cultivars of the delica type of the species Cucurbita maxima .

        (3)         From areas infested with B. papayae or B. philippinensis , strawberry, mango, capsicum and hermaphroditic varieties of pawpaw to be certified as —

            (a)         having been fumigated with methyl bromide for 2 hours at one of the following rates —

24 g/m 3 at 26° — 31.9°C
32 g/m 3 at 21° — 25.9°C
40 g/m 3 at 15° — 20.9°C
48 g/m 3 at 10° — 14.9°C;

                or

            (b)         having been treated at a temperature within a range specified in the first column of the following Table for the number of days corresponding to that temperature range specified in the second column of that Table.

Table

0°C ± 0.5°C

14 days

1°C ± 0.5°C

16 days

2°C ± 0.5°C

18 days

3°C ± 0.5°C

20 days

        (4)         In addition, if the treatment in subitem (3)(a) is used for hermaphroditic varieties of pawpaw from Queensland and the Northern Territory, to be certified that the fruit was not more than 25% coloured at the time it was harvested.

        [Item 4 inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2383-4; amended in Gazette 14 Jan 1997 p. 382; 4 Mar 1997 p. 1354; 19 Aug 1998 p. 4476-7; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1573.]

4A.         Caimito, carambola, longan, lychee, passionfruit, rambutan and star apple — fruit fly ( B. tryoni, B. cucumis , B. neohumeralis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        To be certified as — 

            (a)         having been immersed in a dip containing 400 mg/L of dimethoate or fenthion for at least 10 seconds; and

            (b)         having remained wet for at least 1 minute before drying.

        [Item 4A inserted in Gazette 14 Jan 1997 p. 382; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4477; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

4B.         Avocado and mango — fruit fly ( B. tryoni, B. frauenfeldi , B. neohumeralis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        To be certified as — 

            (a)         in relation to avocado —

                  (i)         having been sprayed after harvest with 400 mg/L of fenthion at a rate of 0.6 L/m 2 per minute for at least 10 seconds, after the fruit has been completely wetted; and

                  (ii)         having remained wet for at least 1 minute before drying;

                or

            (b)         in relation to mango —

                  (i)         having been sprayed after harvest with 400 mg/L of fenthion at a rate of 0.6 L/m 2 per minute for at least 10 seconds, after the fruit has been completely wetted;

                  (ii)         having remained wet for at least 1 minute before drying.

        [Item 4B inserted in Gazette 14 Jan 1997 p. 382; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4477; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670; 8 Jun 2001 p. 2922; 17 Jul 2001 p. 3635.]

4C.         Pawpaw — fruit fly ( B. tryoni, B. cucumis, B. musae, B. frauenfeldi, B. neohumeralis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        To be certified —

            (a)         as treated in a temperature forced air facility for a period of not less than 3½ hours and until the seed cavity temperature reaches 47.2°C as monitored in the heaviest fruit; and

            (b)         that the fruit is not soft, overripe, damaged or decayed.

        [Item 4C inserted in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4478; amended in Gazette 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

4D.         Citrus — fruit fly ( B. tryoni, B. cucumis, B. musae, B. frauenfeldi, B. neohumeralis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

                From all States and Territories — 

            (a)         to be certified as — 

                  (i)         having been immersed in a dip containing 400 mg/L of fenthion for 1 minute;

                  (ii)         having been flooded as part of a single layer of produce with 400 mg/L of fenthion at ambient temperature in a high volume application of at least 16 L/m 2 per minute for at least 10 seconds and as having remained wet for at least 1 minute before drying; or

                  (iii)         having been fumigated with methyl bromide for 2 hours at one of the following rates — 

24 g/m 3 at 26° — 31.9°C
32 g/m 3 at 21° — 25.9°C
40 g/m 3 at 15° — 20.9°C
48 g/m 3 at 10° — 14.9°C;

                or

            (b)         fruit other than lemon to be certified as having been treated at a temperature within a range specified in the first column of the following Table for the number of days corresponding to that temperature range specified in the second column of that Table;

Table

0°C ± 0.5°C

14 days

1°C ± 0.5°C

16 days

2°C ± 0.5°C

18 days

3°C ± 0.5°C

20 days

            (c)         lemon to be certified as having been treated at a temperature within a range specified in the first column of the following Table for the number of days corresponding to that temperature range specified in the second column of that Table.

Table

1°C ± 0.5°C

16 days

2°C ± 0.5°C

18 days

3°C ± 0.5°C

20 days

        [Item 4D inserted in Gazette 19 Apr 2002 p. 2078; amended in Gazette 21 Apr 2006 p. 1573.]

5.         Banana fruit — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. musae , B. neohumeralis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        To be certified as fumigated with ethylene di-bromide for 2 hours under conditions specified in the Code of Practice — 

            (a)         at a rate of 16 gm/m 3 (7.4 ml/m 3 ) at a temperature of not less than 13°C and not more than 20°C; or

            (b)         at a rate of 12 gm/m 3 (5.5 ml/m 3 ) at a temperature of 20.1°C or above,

        but commercial consignments will be permitted to enter Western Australia subject to immediate fumigation under Department of Agriculture  2 supervision.

        [Item 5 inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2384; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4478; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

6.         Potato machinery or equipment (used) — bacterial wilt ( Pseudomonas solanacearum ) and spindle tuber viroid

        To be certified as — 

            (a)         originating from a property which has been free from bacterial wilt and potato spindle tuber viroid for the preceding 5 years;

            (b)         not having been used on any other property during the preceding 3 years;

            (c)         not having been associated with potatoes grown within 20 km of a known outbreak of bacterial wilt detected within the last 5 years; and

            (d)         having been cleaned under the supervision of an officer of the Department of Agriculture in the originating State or Territory.

        [Item 6 amended in Gazette 4 Feb 2000 p. 421.]

6A.         Potato containers (used)

        Entry into the State is prohibited except with the prior approval of the Director General.

        [Item 6A inserted in Gazette 4 Feb 2000 p. 421.]

7.         Black sapote, capsicum, casimiroa, chilli, citrus, cucumber, custard apple, lychee, mango, rambutan, santol, squash, Tahiti lime and zucchini — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. cucumis , B. musae , B. frauenfeldi and B. neohumeralis )

        To be certified as fumigated with ethylene di-bromide for 2 hours under conditions specified in the Code of Practice at one of the rates set out in the relevant Table below.

Table 1 — Black sapote, casimiroa, custard apple, lychee, mango, rambutan and santol

33.5 gm/m 3 (15.2 ml/m 3 )
31.5 gm/m 3 (14.3 ml/m 3 )
27.5 gm/m 3 (12.4 ml/m 3 )
24.5 gm/m 3 (11.2 ml/m 3 )
22 gm/m 3 (10.2 ml/m 3 )
20 gm/m 3 (9.2 ml/m 3 )
19 gm/m 3 (8.7 ml/m 3 )

at
at
at
at
at
at
at

10°C to 11°C
11.1°C to 13.5°C
13.6°C to 15.5°C
15.6°C to 17.5°C
17.6°C to 19.5°C
19.6°C to 21.5°C
21.6°C and above

Table 2 — Capsicum and chilli

37 gm/m 3 (16.6 ml/m 3 )
35 gm/m 3 (15.5 ml/m 3 )
30 gm/m 3 (13.3 ml/m 3 )
27 gm/m 3 (12.2 ml/m 3 )
24 gm/m 3 (11 ml/m 3 )
22 gm/m 3 (10 ml/m 3 )
21 gm/m 3 (9.7 ml/m 3 )

at
at
at
at
at
at
at

10°C to 11°C
11.1°C to 13.5°C
13.6°C to 15.5°C
15.6°C to 17.5°C
17.6°C to 19.5°C
19.6°C to 21.5°C
21.6°C and above

Table 3 — Citrus and Tahiti lime

32 gm/m 3 (14.7 ml/m 3 )
30 gm/m 3 (13.8 ml/m 3 )
26 gm/m 3 (12 ml/m 3 )
23.5 gm/m 3 (10.8 ml/m 3 )
21 gm/m 3 (9.7 ml/m 3 )
19 gm/m 3 (8.7 ml/m 3 )
18 gm/m 3 (8.3 ml/m 3 )

at
at
at
at
at
at
at

10°C to 11°C
11.1°C to 13.5°C
13.6°C to 15.5°C
15.6°C to 17.5°C
17.6°C to 19.5°C
19.6°C to 21.5°C
21.6°C and above

Table 4 — Cucumber, squash and zucchini

20 gm/m 3 (9.3 ml/m 3 )
19 gm/m 3 (8.7 ml/m 3 )
16.5 gm/m 3 (7.5 ml/m 3 )
15 gm/m 3 (6.8 ml/m 3 )
13.5 gm/m 3 (6.1 ml/m 3 )
12 gm/m 3 (5.5 ml/m 3 )
11.5 gm/m 3 (5.2 ml/m 3 )

at
at
at
at
at
at
at

10°C to 11°C
11.1°C to 13.5°C
13.6°C to 15.5°C
15.6°C to 17.5°C
17.6°C to 19.5°C
19.6°C to 21.5°C
21.6°C and above

        [Item 7 inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2384-5; amended in Gazette 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

8.         Strawberry — fruit fly ( B. tryoni )

        To be certified as having been pre-harvest treated in accordance with the Code of Practice under a quality assurance system.

        [Item 8 inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2385.]

8A.         Pumpkin — fruit fly ( B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        The cultivars of the species Cucurbita moschata other than butternut and the cultivars of the species Cucurbita maxima other than the cultivars of the delica type to be certified as being mature with firm unbroken skin and stems that are dry, intact and short.

        [Item 8A inserted in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4478.]

9.         Durian, jaboticaba, jackfruit, longan, lychee, pomegranate and rambutan — fruit fly ( B. tryoni and B. neohumeralis )

        (1)         To be certified that each individual fruit has been inspected and has unbroken skin.

        (2)         In addition rambutan fruit to be certified as not over ripe.

        [Item 9 inserted in Gazette 14 Jan 1997 p. 382; amended in Gazette 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

9A.         Babaco, banana, black sapote, mangostein, pawpaw and Tahiti lime — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. neohumeralis and B. musae )

        (1)         To be — 

            (a)         certified as having been harvested in a green mature condition; or

            (b)         in a green mature condition on arrival in Western Australia.

        (2)         In addition banana fruit from areas infested with fruit fly ( B. musae ) to be certified as having been produced under a quality assurance system.

        (3)         In subitem (1) — 

        green mature condition means — 

            (a)         in relation to babaco or pawpaw, that the colouring of the fruit is not more than one quarter yellow;

            (b)         in relation to Tahiti lime, that the fruit has no yellow colouring;

            (ba)         in relation to banana of the cavendish variety, that the fruit —

                  (i)         is green and has no yellow colouring;

                  (ii)         is hard; and

                  (iii)         in relation to a single banana or a banana outside the whorl of a hand cluster which is not a wing banana or a distorted banana, has a transverse diameter that does not exceed 42 mm at a point which is a distance of one third of the length of the fruit from its flower end;

            (c)         in relation to black sapote, that the fruit has no black colouring; and

            (d)         in relation to mangostein, that the fruit has no purplish black colouring.

        [Item 9A inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2385-6; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4478; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

9B.         Mango — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. neohumeralis and B. frauenfeldi )

        (1)         To be certified as having been heated in high humidity air or hot water so that the flesh temperature of the fruit was maintained at a minimum of 46.5°C for 20 minutes or 47°C for 15 minutes before the fruit was cooled in air or water.

        (2)         In measuring flesh temperature for the purposes of subitem (1) the number and location of temperature probes are to be in accordance with the specifications issued by the manufacturer of the heat disinfestation unit.

        [Item 9B inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2386; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4478; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

9C.         Fruit (other than fruit referred to in items 9D to 9K) — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. neohumeralis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         From all States and Territories (other than Tasmania) to be certified as from an area free from fruit fly ( B. tryoni ) in accordance with the Code of Practice.

        (2)         From Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. neohumeralis ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (3)         From Queensland to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         situated not less than 15 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. papayae defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (4)         From the Northern Territory to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         not less than 15 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. philippinensis defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        [Item 9C inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2386; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4479; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1573.]

9D.         Banana and pawpaw — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. neohumeralis , B. musae, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         From all States and Territories (other than Tasmania) to be certified as from an area free from fruit fly ( B. tryoni ) in accordance with the Code of Practice.

        (2)         From Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. neohumeralis ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (3)         From Queensland to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. musae ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (4)         From Queensland to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         situated not less than 15 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. papayae defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (5)         From the Northern Territory to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         not less than 15 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. philippinensis defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        [Item 9D inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2386; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4479-80; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

9E.         Berries, breadfruit, capulin, malay apple, mango, miracle fruit, strawberry, Tahiti lime and tamaruis — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. neohumeralis , B. frauenfeldi, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         From all States and Territories (other than Tasmania) to be certified as from an area free from fruit fly ( B. tryoni ) in accordance with the Code of Practice.

        (2)         From Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. neohumeralis ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (3)         From Queensland to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. frauenfeldi ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (4)         From Queensland to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         situated not less than 15 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. papayae defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (5)         From the Northern Territory to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         not less than 15 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. philippinensis defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        [Item 9E inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2386-7; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4480-1; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

9F.         Eugena, fruit (not specified elsewhere in Part A) and super sweet —fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. neohumeralis , B. cucumis , B. frauenfeldi, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         From all States and Territories (other than Tasmania) to be certified as from an area free from fruit fly ( B. tryoni ) in accordance with the Code of Practice.

        (2)         From Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. neohumeralis and B. cucumis ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (3)         From Queensland to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. frauenfeldi ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (4)         This item does not apply to fruit (not specified elsewhere in Part A) if the Director General determines that the fruit is not a potential carrier of fruit fly.

        (5)         From Queensland to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         situated not less than 15 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. papayae defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (6)         From the Northern Territory to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         not less than 15 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. philippinensis defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        [Item 9F inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2387; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4481-2; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

9G.         Cucumber, honeydew, rockmelon, squash and zucchini — fruit fly ( B. cucumis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         From Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. cucumis ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (2)         From Queensland to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         situated not less than 15 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. papayae defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (3)         From the Northern Territory to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         not less than 15 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. philippinensis defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        [Item 9G inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2387; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4482-3.]

9H.         Granadilla, passionfruit and tomato — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. neohumeralis , B. cucumis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         From all States and Territories (other than Tasmania) to be certified as from an area free from fruit fly ( B. tryoni ) in accordance with the Code of Practice.

        (2)         From Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. neohumeralis and B. cucumis ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (3)         From Queensland to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         situated not less than 15 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. papayae defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (4)         From the Northern Territory to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         not less than 15 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. philippinensis defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        [Item 9H inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2387; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4483-4; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

9I.         Guava — fruit fly ( B. tryoni , B. neohumeralis , B. musae , B. frauenfeldi, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         From all States and Territories (other than Tasmania) to be certified as from an area free from fruit fly ( B. tryoni ) in accordance with the Code of Practice.

        (2)         From Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. neohumeralis ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (3)         From Queensland to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. musae and B. frauenfeldi ) for the preceding 12 months.

        (4)         From Queensland to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         situated not less than 15 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. papayae defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (5)         From the Northern Territory to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         not less than 15 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. philippinensis defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        [Item 9I inserted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2387-8; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4484-5; 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

9J.         Coffee berry, egg fruit, melons, monstera, okra, olive, pumpkin and rockmelon — fruit fly ( B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        (1)         From Queensland to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         situated not less than 15 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. papayae defined by the quarantine authority of Queensland, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. papayae has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (2)         From the Northern Territory to be certified as grown on a property —

            (a)         situated not less than 50 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points is more than 1.2 km or a trapping grid does not allow the limits of the outbreak to be defined;

            (b)         not less than 15 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered, if the distance between discovery points situated outside a quarantine area defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory is not more than 1.2 km and a trapping grid allows the limits of the outbreak to be defined; or

            (c)         if the property is within a quarantine area for B. philippinensis defined by the quarantine authority of the Northern Territory, the property is not less than 30 km from a place where B. philippinensis has been discovered and the distance between discovery points is not more than 1.2 km.

        (3)         For pumpkins this condition applies to cultivars of the species Cucurbita moschata other than the cultivars butternut, Jarrahdale and Ken’s special and cultivars of the species Cucurbita maxima other than the cultivars of the delica type.

        [Item 9J inserted in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4485-6.]

9K.         Clausena lansium  — fruit fly ( B. tryoni and B. neohumeralis )

        (1)         From all States and Territories (other than Tasmania) to be certified as from an area free from fruit fly ( B. tryoni ) in accordance with the Code of Practice.

        (2)         From Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to be certified that the property of origin and the area within a 50 km radius of the property of origin have been free from fruit fly ( B. neohumeralis ) for the preceding 12 months.

        [Item 9K inserted in Gazette 21 Apr 2006 p. 1573.]

10.         Walnut fruit — codling moth ( Cydia pomonella ) and European red mite ( Panonychus ulmi )

        To be certified as fumigated with methyl bromide at 32 g/m 3 at 20°C for 24 hours.

11.         Annona spp . and Annona sp. hybrids — fruit fly ( B. tryoni, B. neohumeralis, B. papayae and B. philippinensis )

        To be certified as having been pre-harvest treated, each individual fruit inspected and found free from broken skin, and graded and packed under a quality assurance system approved by the Director General.

        [Item 11 inserted in Gazette 22 Jun 1999 p. 2670.]

12.         Mango fruit and seed — mango seed weevil ( Sternochaetus mangiferae )

        To — 

            (a)         be certified as grown in a State or Territory where mango seed weevil is not known to occur; or

            (b)         comply with the conditions and sampling procedures set out in the protocol entitled “Property Freedom Protocol for Mango Seed Weevil (MSW)” dated 1 May 2000 as approved by the Minister.

        [Item 12 amended in Gazette 28 Oct 1994 p. 5463; 30 Jun 2000 p. 3400.]

13.         Plants — general diseases

        Free from soil unless from a nursery approved to treat soil by one of the methods — 

            (a)         steam pasteurisation at 60°C for 30 minutes;

            (b)         fumigation with methyl bromide at 0.5 kg/m 3 for 24 hours on an impervious floor with the material to be fumigated being not more than 300 mm deep;

            (c)         fumigation with methyl bromide at 0.6 kg/m 3 for 72 hours on an impervious floor with the material to be fumigated not more than 660 mm deep;

            (d)         fumigation with dazomet.

14.         All potatoes (seed and ware — including potatoes for processing) from all States and Territories (other than Victoria)

        (1)         Subject to subclauses (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) to be certified — 

            (a)         as grown in a district where potato spindle tuber viroid is not known to occur;

            (b)         that the State or Territory of origin has bacterial wilt as a notifiable disease (i.e. a legislative requirement for growers to report to the Department of Agriculture  2 , any occurrence of the disease);

            (c)         as grown and packed on a property situated at least 20 km from a known outbreak of the disease bacterial wilt detected within the last 5 years (area freedom is to be based on annual random surveys by the Department, of 10% of the area of potato crops growing within the 20 km area and inspections are to be conducted by examining plants along every tenth row within 6 weeks of crop senescence or slashing or spraying off);

            (d)         that any property within 20 km on which bacterial wilt has been found, has been kept free from potatoes or other solanaceous crops for 5 years;

            (e)         that they were not, unless otherwise approved by the Director General, harvested, cleaned, washed, graded or packed with equipment or in premises with or in which potatoes, grown within 20 km of a known outbreak of the disease bacterial wilt detected within the last 5 years, have been handled;

            (f)         that they have been packed in clean new packages or placed in bulk containers cleaned of soil and plant material and treated immediately before filling by thoroughly spraying with a 1% formaldehyde or sodium hypochlorite (1% available chlorine);

            (g)         that harvested potatoes have been inspected and found to be free from — 

                  (i)         bacterial wilt ( Pseudomonas solanacearum ); and

                  (ii)         Irish blight ( Phytophthora infestans );

            (h)         as from a crop which has been fork tested on a 10 row x 10 m grid and that potato cyst nematode was not detected, or, if approved by the Director General in Western Australia, soil sampled on a 3 m grid and that potato cyst nematode was not detected; and

                  (i)         as — 

                  (i)         grown in accordance with a protocol approved by the Director General in relation to precautions against potato cyst nematode; or

                  (ii)         washed and free from soil and then dipped in sodium hypochlorite in the State of origin; or

                  (iii)         if approved by the Director General in Western Australia — 

                        (I)         brushed in the State of origin and the soil from brushings tested and confirmed to be free from potato cyst nematode; and

        (II)         transported direct to an approved quarantine holding area in Western Australia prior to treatment; and

        (III)         washed and then dipped in sodium hypochlorite at rates approved by the Director General in Western Australia; and

        (IV)         all packages/bags used in transport are disposed of or treated, as directed by an inspector;

                and

            (j)         that procedures for fork testing, soil sampling and sodium hypochlorite treatment are as approved by the Director General in Western Australia.

        (2)         Tissue cultured and minituber potatoes are exempt from special conditions outlined in clause (1)(h) and (i).

                For the purposes of this subclause —

        minituber means potatoes which are grown under conditions approved by the Director General.

        (3)         All imported potatoes are prohibited entry into — 

            (a)         the Shires of Esperance, Gingin, Jerramungup and Ravensthorpe; and

            (b)         that portion of the State comprising the area bounded by a line starting from a point on the sea coast situated west from the south-west corner of Mandurah townsite and extending south-easterly to the south corner of Coolup townsite; thence south-southeasterly to the southernmost corner of Collie townsite; thence in a general south-easterly direction passing through the north-east corner of Dinninup at Cape Riche; thence south-westerly, westerly, north-westerly and northerly along the said sea coast to the starting point; excluding however, that portion of such area comprised within a radius of 16 km from the Collie Railway Station.

                Seed potatoes

        (4)         Potatoes imported as seed must also be certified as produced under an approved pathogen testing scheme. (To be approved, the scheme must include 2 crop inspections during growing season for bacterial wilt.)

                Ware potatoes

        (5)         Potatoes imported as ware must also be — 

            (a)         certified as having been inspected and found free from bacterial wilt during the growing season by examining plants along every tenth row within 6 weeks of crop senescence or slashing or spraying off; and

            (b)         labelled “not for planting”.

        (6)         The Director General may, upon receipt of a written request — 

            (a)         vary any of the conditions referred to in; or

            (b)         exempt a person or class of persons from complying with,

                subclause (1), (3), (4) or (5).

        [Item 14 inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4671-3; amended in Gazette 20 Aug 1996 p. 4055; 6 Jan 1998 p. 52; 19 Aug 1998 p. 4665; 24 Jan 2003 p. 143.]

15.         Sugar cane — ratoon stunting virus and sugar cane Fiji disease

        Sugar cane plants or parts of plants are prohibited from entering Western Australia from other parts of Australia without the prior approval of the Director General.

        [Item 15 amended in Gazette 16 Jan 2004 p. 194.]

16.         Seed

        All seed imported into Western Australia must not contain seeds of any plant not listed in Schedule 5.

        [Item 16 amended in Gazette 6 Jan 1998 p. 52.]

17.         Plants — grape phylloxera ( Daktulosphaira vitifolii )

        (1)         From South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory — must be identified as grown in that State or Territory.

        (2)         From all other States and Territories — 

            (a)         to be accompanied by a declaration made by the grower before a Justice of the Peace or before an officer of the Department of Agriculture in the State or Territory of origin that — 

                  (i)         the tree or plant has been grown at a greater distance than 45 metres from any grape vine or root thereof; and

                  (ii)         no Phylloxera exists or has existed in a nursery or garden in which the tree or plant has been growing;

                or

            (b)         grown in a nursery approved by the Western Australian Department of Agriculture  2 .

        (3)         These conditions do not apply to — 

            (a)         aseptic cultures of plant material grown on agar in sealed flasks (i.e. tissue culture); or

            (b)         epiphytic plants (eg. staghorns and elkhorns) provided they are observed to be grown free from soil.

        [Item 17 amended in Gazette 21 Apr 2006 p. 1574.]

18.         Almond, quince and stonefruit plants, cuttings and budwood — brown rot (Monilinia (Sclerotinia) fructicola and M. laxa )

        (1)         To be certified as dipped or thoroughly sprayed in an aqueous solution of benomyl at a strength of not less than 0.1% active ingredient in a manner so as to immerse all portions other than the root.

        (2)         To be free from dead growth and accompanied by a declaration made by the grower before a Justice of the Peace or before an officer of the Department of Agriculture in the State or Territory of origin that they have not borne any flowers.

        [Item 18 amended in Gazette 20 Aug 1996 p. 4055; 6 Jan 1998 p. 53.]

19.         Maize, corn and sweetcorn seed for planting — boil smut ( Ustilago maydis )

        To be certified that — 

            (a)         the seed is from an area which is free from boil smut; or

            (b)         the seed has been treated with — 

                  (i)         2-(thiocyano-methyl-thio) benzothiazole (TCMTB) at the rate of 32 millilitres/100 kilograms of seed; or

                  (ii)         Vitavax 200FF® at the rate of 500 millilitres/100 kilograms of seed.

        [Item 19 amended in Gazette 26 Jan 1990 p. 649; 30 Dec 1994 p. 7216.]

20.         Lucerne seed — bacterial wilt ( Clavibacter (corynebacterium) michiganense subsp . insidiosum )

        From South Australia, to be certified by an officer of the Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia, as being grown on a property —

                    (a)         that has been inspected and found free from bacterial wilt; or

                    (b)         that has been PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tested and found free from bacterial wilt.

        [Item 20 amended in Gazette 16 Jan 2004 p. 194.]

21.         Aquatic plants — American rib fluked snail ( Pseudosuccinea columella )

        (1)         To be free from fresh water snail.

        (2)         To be treated on arrival in a solution of 2 ppm copper for 24 hours then held for 6 days followed by inspection or to be certified to have been —

            (a)         treated in a solution of 2 ppm copper for 24 hours then held for 6 days; and

            (b)         followed by inspection and found to be free from fresh water snail.

        [Item 21 amended in Gazette 20 Aug 1996 p. 4055; 9 Mar 1999 p. 1145-6.]

22.         Rice — warehouse beetle ( Trogoderma variabile )

        (1)         To be certified that — 

            (a)         the rice was produced and packed in an area which is free from the pest warehouse beetle; or

            (b)         the rice and associated bulk containers including pallets, crates and bins have, within 5 days prior to dispatch, been fumigated with methyl bromide at the rate of 48 g/m 3 at 20°C for 24 hours and any associated railway wagons have been treated within 3 days prior to loading with either Reldan, Alfacron or Actellic at a rate of 1 gram active ingredients per sq. metre.

        (2)         This condition does not apply to milled rice.

        [Item 22 amended in Gazette 16 May 1995 p. 1839.]

23.         Sorghum seed — sorghum midge ( Contarinia sorghicola )

        (1)         Sorghum seed is to be —

            (a)         certified as fumigated with phosphine in a sealed enclosure at 1.5 g/m 3  —

                  (i)         for 7 days at above 25°C; or

                  (ii)         for 10 days at 15°C — 25°C;

                or

            (b)         certified as fumigated with methyl bromide for 2 hours in a sealed enclosure at one of the following rates —

                  (i)         24 g/m 3 at 26°C — 31.9°C;

                  (ii)         32 g/m 3 at 21°C — 25.9°C;

                  (iii)         40 g/m 3 at 15°C — 20.9°C;

                  (iv)         48 g/m 3 at 10°C — 14.9°C.

        (2)         Sorghum seed is to contain less than 1% by weight of chaff consisting of vegetative parts of plants other than seed or seed fragments.

        [Item 23 inserted in Gazette 21 Sep 2004 p. 4107.]

23A.         Sorghum seed — ergot ( Claviceps spp.)

                Seed for sowing is to be certified as —

            (a)         dipped in a solution of 2% available chlorine for 5 minutes; or

            (b)         dusted with Thiram at the rate of 200 g/100 kg of seed.

        [Item 23A inserted in Gazette 21 Sep 2004 p. 4107.]

24.         Banana plants (in tissue culture) — bunchy top virus and Panama disease ( Fusarium oxysporum f. sp . cubense )

        Banana plants in tissue culture only are permitted provided they are certified as produced under an approved scheme from tested mother stock certified free of bunchy top virus and Panama disease.

25.         Soybean seed for planting — black leaf blight ( Arkoola nigra ), stem rot ( Phytophthora megasperma f . sp . glycinea )

        To be certified as — 

            (a)         grown in an area where black leaf blight has not been recorded; and

            (b)         treated with 35% metalaxyl at the rate of 300 grams/100 kilograms of seed.

        [Item 25 amended in Gazette 20 Aug 1996 p. 4055.]

26.         Cherry fruit ( Prunus avium ) — General diseases

        (1)         In this item —

        AQIS means the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service of the Commonwealth;

        cherry fruit means fresh fruit of Prunus avium ;

        FPE Appendix 2 means Appendix 2 to Part A of the document entitled Final Policy Extension for the Importation of Cherry Fruit (Prunus avium) from Tasmania into Western Australia and dated 22 December 2003;

        IRA means the Import Risk Analysis entitled Categorisation of Pests of Stone Fruit from Eastern Australia — Final State Import Risk Analysis of Cherry Fruit (Prunus avium) from South Australia into Western Australia . (21 September 2001);

        relevant department means —

            (a)         for South Australia, the Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia; and

            (b)         for Tasmania, the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

        (2)         For cherry fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania entry is not allowed except in accordance with subitems (3) to (7).

        (3)         Cherry fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be certified as from an orchard and packed in a packing house registered in accordance with the IRA.

        (4)         Cherry fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be accompanied by certification stating —

            (a)         the name, address and registration number of —

                  (i)         the orchard on which the cherry fruit was grown; and

                  (ii)         the packing house in which it was packed;

                and

            (b)         that the orchard and the packing house are registered by the relevant department for growing or packing cherry fruit, as the case may be, that may be exported to Western Australia.

        (5)         Cherry fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be —

            (a)         transported in containers with —

                  (i)         the registration number or the name of the producer of the cherry fruit and the address of the property on which it was grown; and

                  (ii)         the registration number or the name of the packer of the cherry fruit and the address of the property on which it was packed,

                printed on an external surface in letters not less than 5 mm in height;

            (b)         packed in clean new packaging; and

            (c)         substantially free from leaves, soil and other plant debris, other than a peduncle or pedicel.

        (6)         Cherry fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be inspected on arrival in Western Australia in accordance with the sampling procedures set out in FPE Appendix 2 and found to be free from the pests specified in the IRA.

        (7)         Cherry fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania —

            (a)         to be certified as described in Schedule 1 Part B item 4(1)(a) or (b); or

            (b)         to be certified as from an area free from fruit fly ( B. tryoni ) in accordance with the Code of Practice.

        [Item 26 inserted in Gazette 11 Feb 2003 p. 409-11; amended in Gazette 16 Jan 2004 p. 194; 18 May 2004 p. 1563-4; 16 Dec 2005 p. 6075; 6 Mar 2007 p. 726.]

27.         Red Imported Fire Ant ( Solenopsis invicta )

        (1)         In this item —

        landscaping materials includes a non-liquid mixture of organic or inorganic material in which plants may grow, soils, potting mixtures and mulches;

        RIFA means Red Imported Fire Ant ( Solenopsis invicta ).

        (2)         For plants with soil or planting medium attached originating from a property that has never been infested with Red Imported Fire Ant but that is less than 5 km from a property infested with RIFA to be certified that the originating property has been inspected in the preceding 3 months and found to be free from RIFA.

        (3)         For plants with soil or planting medium attached originating from a property that has been infested with RIFA to be certified that —

            (a)         the infestation was destroyed by injecting or drenching all nests with a solution of 0.2 g/L chlorpyrifos;

            (b)         the property has been treated at least 4 times with baits registered under the Agvet Code of the jurisdiction in which the property is situated for the treatment of RIFA according to the recommendations of the bait’s manufacturer with the period between each application of the bait being not less than 1 month and not more than 2 months; and

            (c)         the property has been inspected at least monthly for the preceding 3 months and found to be free from RIFA.

        (4)         For a plant with soil or planting medium attached originating from a property that has been infested or is less than 5 km from a property that has been infested with RIFA to be certified that —

            (a)         if the plant with soil or planting medium attached is in a container with a capacity of 5 L or less, they have been —

                  (i)         treated by immersing all of the container and root ball in a solution containing at least 40 ml of a 500 g/L chlorpyrfos concentrate per 100 L of water and a commercial wetting agent used at the manufacturer’s recommended rate or drenched by saturating the medium to at least 20% of the volume in that solution;

                  (ii)         isolated in a secure area, kept not less than 5 m from plants not treated in accordance with this item and marked as treated against RIFA for export to Western Australia; and

                  (iii)         consigned to Western Australia within 48 hours of the treatment;

                or

            (b)         the soil or planting medium —

                  (i)         has been mixed with a registered granular insecticide before planting at a rate of 8.4 kg of granules per cubic metre of soil or planting medium;

                  (ii)         the granules contain 2 g/kg of bifenthrin; and

                  (iii)         the mixture of soil or planting medium and granules was made not more than 3 months before the plants were consigned to Western Australia.

        (5)         For landscaping material originating from a property that has been infested or is less than 5 km from a property infested with RIFA to be certified —

            (a)         that the originating property has been inspected in the preceding 3 months and found to be free from RIFA; and

            (b)         either —

                  (i)         that —

                        (I)         the material was fumigated with methyl bromide at the rate of 48 g/m 3 at 21°C for 24 hours;

        (II)         the material was not more than 300 mm deep during the fumigation;

        (III)         the fumigation was monitored and gas concentration at the end of the fumigation was not less than 15 g/m 3 ;

        (IV)         the material was stored, handled and consigned after treatment in a manner so as to prevent infestation with RIFA; and

                        (V)         the material was consigned to Western Australia within 48 hours of fumigation;

                  (ii)         that —

                        (I)         the material was heat treated to a core temperature of at least 70°C for at least 5 minutes;

        (II)         the material was stored, handled and consigned after treatment in a manner so as to prevent infestation with RIFA; and

        (III)         the material was consigned to Western Australia within 48 hours of treatment;

                or

                  (iii)         that —

                        (I)         the material has been mixed with a registered granular insecticide at a rate of 8.4 kg of granules per cubic metre of landscaping material;

        (II)         the granules contain 2 g/kg of bifenthrin; and

        (III)         the mixture of landscaping material and granules was made not more than 3 months before the landscaping material was consigned to Western Australia.

        (6)         For hay or straw originating from a property that has been infested or is less than 5 km from a property infested with RIFA to be certified that —

            (a)         the originating property has been inspected in the preceding 3 months and found to be free from RIFA;

            (b)         the hay or straw was fumigated with methyl bromide at the rate of 48 g/m 3 at 21°C for 24 hours;

            (c)         the fumigation was monitored and gas concentration at the end of the fumigation was not less than 15 g/m 3 ;

            (d)         the hay or straw was stored, handled and consigned after treatment in a manner so as to prevent infestation with RIFA; and

            (e)         the hay or straw was consigned within 48 hours of fumigation.

        (7)         For machinery or containers from a place less than 5 km from a property infested with RIFA to be certified by the Department of Agriculture in the State or Territory in which the machinery or containers originated as having been inspected and found to be free from RIFA.

        (8)         For plants with soil or planting medium attached, landscaping material or hay or straw originating from a property 5 km or more from a property infested with RIFA —

            (a)         to be certified by the Department of Agriculture in the State or Territory in which the plants, landscaping material or hay or straw originated as originating from a property that is more than 5 km from any known infestation of RIFA; or

            (b)         to be accompanied by a declaration by the person exporting the plants, landscaping material or hay or straw to Western Australia that it originates from a property that has been accredited by an authorised officer of the Department of Agriculture of the State or Territory in which it originates as being more than 5 km from any known infestation of RIFA.

        (9)         For plants, landscaping material or hay or straw, machinery or containers to be certified or verified in writing as having been produced, treated, stored, handled, consigned or inspected and found to be free from RIFA in accordance with a protocol approved by the Director General.

        (10)         Subitems (3), (4), (5) and (6) do not apply if subitem (9) applies.

        (11)         On arrival in Western Australia plants with soil or planting medium attached originating from a property less than 5 km from a property infested with RIFA to be inspected by an inspector for RIFA and found to be free from RIFA after each container is tapped sharply at least 3 times.

        [Item 27 inserted in Gazette 31 Oct 2003 p. 4556-9.]

28.         Poaceae (Gramineae) — wheat streak mosaic virus

        (1)         In this item —

        WSMV means wheat streak mosaic virus.

        (2)         Subitems (4) and (5) apply to the genera of Poaceae (Gramineae) plants specified in Schedule 9.

        (3)         Subitem (6) applies to Zea mays seed.

        (4)         From a State or Territory in which WSMV is known to occur —

            (a)         to be certified by an officer of the Department of Agriculture in the State or Territory in which the plants originated or a person nominated under a quality assurance system that the plants have been ELISA (enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay) or PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tested and found free from WSMV; or

            (b)         to be ELISA (enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay) or PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tested on arrival in Western Australia and found free from WSMV.

        (5)         From a State or Territory in which WSMV is known to occur to be certified, as defined in regulation 3, as having been treated —

            (a)         with abamectin applied at the rate of 50 ml per 100 L of water;

            (b)         with propargite applied at the rate of 100 gm per 100 L of water; or

            (c)         with an approved miticide at an approved rate.

        (6)         From a State or Territory in which WSMV is known to occur, entry into this State is prohibited except with the prior approval of the Director General.

        [Item 28 inserted in Gazette 21 Sep 2004 p. 4109.]

29.         Plants (tissue culture exempt) — general diseases

        (1)         To be fumigated or thoroughly sprayed to run off, pre or post entry, with one of the treatments set out in subitem (4) appropriate to the particular plants.

        (2)         Pre-entry treatments to be certified or from an approved nursery.

        (3)         Consignments from approved nurseries to be accompanied by a declaration made by an official of the approved nursery specifying the treatment effected and that it has been applied within 3 days prior to export.

        (4)         The required treatments are as follows — 

            (a)         for ferns, bromiliads, cacti, orchids, epiphytes, dracaenas, hoyas and cuttings/seedlings of carnation, chrysanthemum, gypsophila — 

                  (i)         6 ml diazinon (80% active ingredient) and commercial wetting agent (at double the manufacturer’s recommended rate) to 10 L of water; or

                  (ii)         10 ml methomyl (as Lannate L 22.5% active ingredient) and commercial wetting agent (at double the manufacturer’s recommended rate) to 10 L of water;

            (b)         for maidenhair ferns — 6 ml diazinon (80% active ingredient) to 10 L of water;

            (c)         for orchids in flower or bud — dichlorvos (as Insectigas D 5% active ingredient) at 0.67 g/m 3 ;

            (d)         for african violets — thiodan (35% active ingredient) at 19 ml to 10 L of water;

            (e)         all other plants — 

                  (i)         6 ml diazinon (80% active ingredient) and 120 ml white petroleum oil to 10 L of water; or

                  (ii)         fumigation with methyl bromide at the following rates for 2 hours — 

56 g/m 3 at 5° — 10°C
48 g/m 3 at 11° — 15°C
40 g/m 3 at 16° — 20°C
32 g/m 3 at 21° — 25°C
24 g/m 3 at 26° — 30°C
16 g/m 3 at 31°C and above;

                and

            (f)         such other treatments as are approved by the Director General.

        [Item 29 amended in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4673; 20 Aug 1996 p. 4055.]

[30.         Deleted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2388.]

31.         Apricot fruit (fresh fruit of Prunus armeniaca ) — Oriental fruit moth ( Grapholita molesta ), general diseases.

        (1)         In this item —

        apricot fruit means fresh fruit of Prunus armeniaca ;

        AQIS has the same meaning as in item 26;

        FPE means Part A and Part B of the document entitled Final Policy Extension Fresh Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) Fruit Imported from South Australia and Tasmania into Western Australia completed by the Department of Agriculture  2 in December 2003 as amended from time to time;

        fruit fly means  —

            (a)         Bactrocera kraussi (Krauss’ fruit fly);

            (b)         Bactrocera mayi ;

            (c)         Bactrocera melas ;

            (d)         Bactrocera neohumeralis (Lesser Queensland fruit fly); or

            (e)         Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly);

        oriental fruit moth means Grapholita molesta ;

        relevant department has the same meaning as in item 26.

        [(2)         deleted]

        (3)         For apricot fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania entry is not allowed except in accordance with subitems (4) to (9).

        (4)         Apricot fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be certified as from a property and packed in a packing house registered in accordance with the FPE.

        (5)         Apricot fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be accompanied by certification stating —

            (a)         the name, address and registration number of —

                  (i)         the property on which the apricot fruit was grown; and

                  (ii)         the packing house in which it was packed;

                and

            (b)         that the property and packing house have been registered by the relevant department for export to Western Australia in accordance with the FPE,

                and displaying the following words on the certification —


                THE PROPERTY AND PACKING HOUSE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR EXPORT TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FPE

”.

        (6)         Apricot fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be —

            (a)         transported in containers with —

                  (i)         the registration number or the name of the producer of the apricot fruit and the address of the property on which it was grown; and

                  (ii)         the registration number or the name of the packer of the apricot fruit and the address of the property on which it was packed,

                printed on the external surface in letters not less than 5 mm in height;

            (b)         packed in clean new packaging; and

            (c)         substantially free from leaves, soil and other plant debris, other than a peduncle or pedicel.

        (7)         Apricot fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be inspected on arrival in Western Australia in accordance with the sampling procedures set out in the FPE Appendix 3.

        (8)         Apricot fruit grown in South Australia and Tasmania to be certified as —

            (a)         grown on a property which is declared to be an area of low pest prevalence for oriental fruit moth in accordance with the FPE,

                and displaying the following words on the certification —


                GROWN ON A PROPERTY WHICH IS DECLARED TO BE AN AREA OF LOW PEST PREVALENCE FOR ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FPE

”; or

            (b)         fumigated with methyl bromide in accordance with AQIS Quarantine Treatments Aspects and Procedures Version 1.0 and specifying —

                  (i)         the name of the fumigation facility;

                  (ii)         the date of fumigation;

                  (iii)         the rate of methyl bromide used, being the initial dosage (g/m 3 );

                  (iv)         concentration time (CT) product of methyl bromide achieved by the fumigation (ghr/m 3 );

                  (v)         duration of fumigation (hours);

                  (vi)         ambient air temperature during fumigation ( o C); and

                  (vii)         minimum apricot pulp temperature during fumigation ( o C),

                and displaying the following words on the certification —


                FUMIGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AQIS QUARANTINE TREATMENTS ASPECTS AND PROCEDURES

”.

        (9)         Apricot fruit grown in South Australia or Tasmania to be certified as —

            (a)         fumigated in accordance with item 31(8)(b); or

            (b)         from an area free from fruit fly in accordance with the Code of Practice or as approved by the Director General,

                and displaying the following words on the certification —


                FROM AN AREA FREE FROM FRUIT FLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF PRACTICE

”.

        [(10)         deleted]

        (11)         The Department of Agriculture  2 is to make available —

            (a)         a summary of the FPE from its website at www.agric.wa.gov.au; and

            (b)         a current version of the FPE from the offices of the Department of Agriculture  2 at Baron-Hay Court, South Perth.

        [Item 31 inserted in Gazette 16 Dec 2005 p. 6075-8; amended in Gazette 6 Mar 2007 p. 726-7.]

31A.         Stonefruit grown in New Zealand

        (1)         In this item —

        cherry fruit means fresh fruit of Prunus avium ;

        stonefruit means fresh fruit of —

            (a)         apricot ( Prunus armeniaca ); or

            (b)         nectarine ( Prunus persica var. nucipersica ); or

            (c)         peach ( Prunus persica ); or

            (d)         plum ( Prunus domestic or Prunus salicina ).

        (2)         For cherry fruit grown in New Zealand entry is not allowed except in accordance with —

            (a)         requirements considered by the Director General to be equivalent to those specified in item 26(3) to (6); and

            (b)         any further requirements specified by the Director General.

        (3)         For stonefruit grown in South Island New Zealand entry is not allowed except in accordance with —

            (a)         requirements considered by the Director General to be equivalent to those specified in item 31(4) to (8); and

            (b)         any further requirements specified by the Director General.

        [Item 31A inserted in Gazette 6 Mar 2007 p. 727.]

32.         Mushroom growing medium ( Verticillium fungicola )

        (1)         Sterilized growing medium accepted from approved nurseries provided it is certified as prepared and sterilized in isolation from mushroom growing areas.

        (2)         Sterilization can be either steam pasteurization at 60°C for 30 minutes or fumigation with methyl bromide at 0.5 kg/m 3 for 24 hours on an impervious floor with the material to be fumigated being not more than 300 mm deep.

33.         Hay, straw and straw packing — prohibited and restricted seeds

        (1)         Subject to subitem (2), to be certified free from all plants not listed in Schedule 5.

        (2)         For packing, may be accepted with the prior approval of the Director General and subject to supervised destruction at discharge.

        [Item 33 amended in Gazette 6 Jan 1998 p. 53.]

[34.         Deleted in Gazette 7 Jun 1996 p. 2388.]

35.         Onions, garlic, leek, chives, spring onions and shallots — onion rust ( Puccinia allii ), white rot ( Sclerotium cepivorum ), American onion smut ( Uracystis cepulae )

        (1)         To be certified as inspected and found to be free from — 

            (a)         onion rust ( Puccinia allii );

            (b)         white rot ( Sclerotium cepivorum ); and

            (c)         American onion smut ( Urocystis cepulae ).

        (2)         From South Australia also to be certified as from a crop which has been inspected by an officer of the Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia and found free from the disease American Onion Smut.

        [Item 35 amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4665; 16 Jan 2004 p. 194.]

36.         Poplar plants and cuttings — marssonina leaf spot ( Marssonina brunnea and Marssonina castagnei ), white poplar ( Populus alba )

To be certified as grown in a State or Territory where Marssonina brunnea and Marssonina custagnei are not known to occur.

        Other poplars

        To be certified as grown in a State or Territory where Marssonina brunnea is not known to occur.

        [Item 36 inserted in Gazette 26 Jan 1990 p. 649.]

37.         Cotton seed — verticillium wilts ( Verticillium dahliae and V. alboatrum )

To be certified as having been acid delinted to the satisfaction of an inspector.

        [Item 37 inserted in Gazette 4 May 1990 p. 2129.]

38.         Elms ( Ulmus spp . ) imported from other States and Territories

        (1)         Subject to subitem (2), to be certified as being — 

            (a)         from an area where elm leaf beetle ( Pyrrhalta luteola ) is not known to occur; or

            (b)         cover sprayed to the point of run-off with a solution of carbaryl at not less than 0.1% active ingredient.

        (2)         This condition does not apply to aseptic cultures of plant material grown on agar in sealed flasks (i.e. tissue culture).

        [Item 38 inserted in Gazette 17 Aug 1990 p. 4067; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4665; 13 Feb 2001 p. 866; 21 Sep 2004 p. 4119-20.]

39.         Palm plants other than cut palm foliage (family Palmae ) — palm leaf beetle ( Brontispa longissima )

        (1)         Subject to subitem (2), when imported from other States and Territories to be certified as — 

            (a)         being from an area where palm leaf beetle ( Brontispa longissima) is not known to occur; or

            (b)         having the throat and spear of each palm sprayed with a solution of carbaryl at a concentration of not less than 0.1% active ingredient together with a commercial wetting agent —

                  (i)         at between 7 to 9 days before export; and

                  (ii)         within 24 hours before export.

        (2)         This condition does not apply to aseptic cultures of plant material grown on agar in sealed flasks (i.e. tissue culture).

        [Item 39 inserted in Gazette 17 Aug 1990 p. 4067; amended in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4674; 17 Sep 1993 p. 5041; 19 Aug 1998 p. 4665; 21 Sep 2004 p. 4120.]

39A.         Cut palm foliage (family Palmae ) — palm leaf beetle ( Brontispa longissima )

When imported from another State or Territory to be certified as — 

            (a)         having been grown and packed in an area where palm leaf beetle ( Brontispa longissima ) is not known to occur; or

            (b)         having been cover sprayed to the point of run-off with a solution of carbaryl at a concentration of not less than 0.1% active ingredient together with a commercial wetting agent within 24 hours before export.

        [Item 39A inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4674; amended in Gazette 17 Sep 1993 p. 5041.]

40.         Pawpaw plants or fruit — imported from other States or Territories

To be certified as — 

            (a)         not being from a State or Territory where the pawpaw disease black spot ( Asperisporium caricae ) is known to occur; and

            (b)         not being from a State or Territory where the pawpaw disease “ringspot virus type P” is known to occur.

        [Item 40 inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4674; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4665.]

41.         Cut flowers and foliage, fruit, plants and vegetables — melon thrips ( Thrips palmi )

        (1)         Subject to subitem (2), the entry of any plant or part of a plant, other than seeds, underground parts and dried or processed plant material of species of the Dicotyledons and families Orchidaceae , Amaryllidaceae , Alliaceae and Poaceae of the Monocotyledons is prohibited from any area within 100 km of an outbreak of melon thrips, unless certified as — 

            (a)         grown and packed in an area free from melon thrips established by an approved trapping and inspection programme; or

            (b)         grown and packed on a property free from melon thrips established by an approved trapping and inspection programme; or

            (c)         in the case of approved plants, approved vegetables, cut flowers or fruit, inspected at the approved sampling rate and found to be free from melon thrips; or

            (d)         fumigated with methyl bromide for 2 hours at one of the following rates — 

56 g/m 3 at 5° — 10°C
48 g/m 3 at 11° — 15°C
40 g/m 3 at 16° — 20°C
32 g/m 3 at 21° — 25°C
24 g/m 3 at 26° — 30°C
16 g/m 3 at 31° and above; or

        [(e)         deleted]

            (f)         when post harvest, treated in an approved manner.

        (2)         This condition does not apply to aseptic cultures of plant material grown on agar in sealed flasks (i.e. tissue culture).

        [Item 41 inserted in Gazette 1 Oct 1993 p. 5344; amended in Gazette 28 Oct 1994 p. 5462; 14 Jan 1997 p. 382; 21 Sep 2004 p. 4120.]

42.         Agricultural machinery, animals, animal skins/coats, live fish

                Shall be free from the seeds of any plant not listed in Schedule 5.

        [Item 42 inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4675; amended in Gazette 6 Jan 1998 p. 53; 16 Jan 2004 p. 194.]

43.         Live fish

                Shall be free from aquatic snails and any plant not listed in Schedule 5.

        [Item 43 inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4675; amended in Gazette 6 Jan 1998 p. 53; 16 Jan 2004 p. 194.]

44.         Tissue cultured grapevines — downy mildew ( Plasmopara viticola )

                Tissue cultured grapevines imported from any other State or Territory — 

            (a)         shall be on a growth medium free of antibiotics and fungicides held in a transparent sealed sterile container and kept in the container until placed in quarantine at an approved propagation house;

            (b)         shall be accompanied be a certificate that — 

                  (i)         the tissue cultured grapevine was produced in an approved laboratory;

                  (ii)         the source of the tissue cultured grapevine was free from downy mildew at the time the grapevine material was taken;

                  (iii)         the tissue was initiated by the fragmented shoot apex culture technique;

                  (iv)         the culture was held at the laboratory in which it was grown in the sealed container in which it was exported for a period of 21 days immediately before dispatch under the following conditions namely — 

                        (I)         the temperature was not less than 26°C and not more than 27°C;

        (II)         a 15 hour photo period and a 9 hour dark period alternated;

        (III)         light in the area in which the tissue was held was produced by cool white fluorescent tubes which provided 50uEm -2 s -1 at the culture level;

                  (v)         the tissue cultured grapevine was inspected by an officer of the Department of Agriculture (or corresponding department) of the exporting State or Territory and found to be free from downy mildew and other contaminant micro-organisms;

                  (vi)         the tissue cultured grapevine when inspected under subparagraph (v) had at least one fully expanded leaf per plantlet;

            (c)         on arrival in Western Australia, tissue cultured grapevine found to be free from disease after inspection by an authorised officer of the Department of Agriculture  2 shall be sent to an approved propagation house where it may be removed from the growth media;

            (d)         not less than 20 days but not more than 30 days after being sent to an approved propagation house, the tissue cultured grapevine shall be inspected by an authorised officer of the Department of Agriculture  2 to ensure it is free from disease;

            (e)         all costs and expenses incurred in the inspection and quarantine of the tissue cultured grapevine under this clause shall be paid by the importer.

        [Item 44 inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4675-7; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4665.]

45.         Bulbs, potted plants, trees — potato cyst nematode

                Bulbs, potted plants and trees imported from other States and Territories where potato cyst nematode exists or within 20 km of an outbreak of potato cyst nematode shall be accredited in accordance with the following conditions.

        (1)         In relation to bulbs — 

            (a)         that — 

                  (i)         Solanaceous crops have not been grown on the property of origin for a 10 year period; or

                  (ii)         the soil has been fumigated at the manufacturer’s recommended rate with — 

                        (I)         methyl bromide; or

        (II)         a pesticide registered as a soil fumigant by the relevant authority in the State or Territory where the bulbs were grown,

                where a Solanaceous crop has been grown on the property not less than 5 years, preceding the commencement of accreditation;

                and

            (b)         that the bulbs are cleaned and graded prior to sale.

        (2)         In relation to potted plants — 

            (a)         that plants are grown — 

                  (i)         in containers using a soil-less mix; or

                  (ii)         in a soil mix which has been obtained from an area more than 20 km from an outbreak of potato cyst nematode and that the soil has been — 

                        (I)         fumigated with methyl bromide at the rate of 600 g per cubic metre for 24 hours where the mix is up to 300 mm deep and 72 hours where the mix is up to 600 mm deep; or

        (II)         steam air pasteurized at 60°C for 30 minutes (timed from when the mix has reached 60°C);

                and

            (b)         that containers are not in contact with the soil.

        (3)         In relation to trees — 

            (a)         that — 

                  (i)         cropping records have been inspected and demonstrate that Solanaceous crops have not been grown on the property of origin for a period of 10 years preceding the commencement of accreditation; or

                  (ii)         the soil has been fumigated at the manufacturer’s recommended rate with — 

                        (I)         methyl bromide; or

        (II)         a pesticide registered as a soil fumigant by the relevant authority in the State or Territory where the bulbs were grown, where a Solanaceous crop has been grown on the property not less than 5 years preceding the commencement of accreditation;

                and

            (b)         that trees are bare rooted and practically free of soil.

        (4)         In relation to bulbs, potted plants and trees — 

            (a)         that the property on which the bulbs, potted plants or trees, as the case may be, are grown does not share machinery with — 

                  (i)         a potato grower; or

                  (ii)         other property, not being an accredited property, which is situated within 20 km of an outbreak of potato cyst nematode;

                and

            (b)         that the property on which the bulbs, potted plants or trees, as the case may be, are grown is not exposed to — 

                  (i)         the same irrigation source as a property; or

                  (ii)         run-off from a property,

                where potato cyst nematode has been found.

        [Item 45 inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 1992 p. 4677-9.]

46.         Avocado plants and fruit — cercospora leaf spot ( Pseudocercospora purpurea synonym Cercospora purpurea )

        To be certified as being — 

            (a)         from an area where the disease cercospora leaf spot has not been detected; and

            (b)         packed in premises which do not and have not previously handled avocado fruit or plants from an infected area; or

            (c)         from a State or Territory where cercospora leaf spot ( Pseudocercospora purpurea synonym Cercospora purpurea ) has not been recorded.

        [Item 46 inserted in Gazette 5 Mar 1993 p. 1435.]

47.         ( Malvaceae ) Cotton, hibiscus and okra plants —  Eriophyes hibisci Nalepa — known as hibiscus erineum mite or leaf crumpling mite

        (1)         Subject to subitem (2), entry into Western Australia of plants and parts of plants of the family Malvaceae is prohibited unless certified as — 

            (a)         from an area which has been inspected and found free from hibiscus erineum mite; or

            (b)         fumigated with methyl bromide at one of the following rates for a period of 2 hours — 

56 g/m 3 at 5° — 10°C;
48 g/m 3 at 11° — 15°C;
40 g/m 3 at 16° — 20°C;
32 g/m 3 at 21° — 25°C;
24 g/m 3 at 26° — 30°C;
16 g/m 3 at 31° and above; or

            (c)         from a State or Territory where hibiscus erineum mite has not been recorded.

        (2)         This condition does not apply to aseptic cultures of plant material grown on agar in sealed flasks (i.e. tissue culture).

        [Item 47 inserted in Gazette 5 Mar 1993 p. 1435-6; amended in Gazette 21 Sep 2004 p. 4120.]

48.         Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata ssp . unguiculata ) and mungbean seed ( Vigna radiata ) for planting — tan spot ( Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens )

        Entry into Western Australia is prohibited unless certified as — 

            (a)         grown in an area where tan spot is not known to occur; or

            (b)         from a State or Territory where tan spot has not been recorded.

        [Item 48 inserted in Gazette 5 Mar 1993 p. 1436; amended in Gazette 20 Aug 1996 p. 4055.]

49.         Apple tissue culture — apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis )

        Entry into Western Australia of apple tissue culture is permitted where the exporting State or Territory complies with the following conditions.

        (1)         The tissue culture laboratory must be approved.

        (2)         The mother plants must be free from apple scab.

        (3)         The apple tissue culture must be packed in transparent sealed sterile containers.

        (4)         The growth media must be free from antibiotics and fungicides.

        (5)         Prior to dispatch to Western Australia the apple tissue culture must be kept for 6 weeks at 20°C.

        (6)         The apple tissue culture must be inspected prior to dispatch and certified free from — 

            (a)         apple scab;

            (b)         contaminant micro-organisms; and

            (c)         discolouration or necrotic tissue.

        Following entry into Western Australia apple tissue culture must be dealt with in accordance with regulation 19DA.

        [Item 49 inserted in Gazette 17 Sep 1993 p. 5041; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4665.]

50.         Apple machinery or equipment (used) — apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis )

Entry into Western Australia is prohibited unless the machinery or equipment —

            (a)         has been treated with an approved biocide; and

            (b)         does not contain any porous part that, in the opinion of an inspector —

                  (i)         is capable of carrying apple scab ( Venturia inaequalis ); and

                  (ii)         cannot be effectively treated with an approved biocide.

        [Item 50 inserted in Gazette 23 Jan 2004 p. 305-6.]

50A.         Citrus, fortunella and poncirus plants — orange stem pitting strain of the citrus tristezea virus

        Entry of plants, cuttings and budwood from other States and Territories is permitted if certified as being from a State or Territory where the orange stem pitting strain of the disease citrus tristeza virus has not been recorded.

        [Item 50A, formerly item 50, inserted in Gazette 28 Oct 1994 p. 5462; amended in Gazette 11 Nov 1994 p. 5689.]

51.         Plants — citrus canker ( Xanthomonas axonopodis pv . citri )

        (1)         In this item —

        PQA means the pest quarantine area declared under section 131F of the Plant Protection Regulation 2002 of Queensland.

        (2)         Plants (other than seed) from Queensland grown inside the PQA are prohibited entry into the State.

        (3)         Plants (other than fruit and seed) from Queensland packed inside the PQA are prohibited entry into the State.

        (4)         Fruit (other than seed) from Queensland grown outside the PQA and packed inside the PQA to be certified as —

            (a)         grown in an area free from citrus canker; and

            (b)         packed in a packing house approved by the Department of Primary Industries, Queensland.

        (5)         Plants (other than seed) from Queensland grown and packed outside the PQA to be certified as grown and packed in an area free from citrus canker.

        [Item 51 inserted in Gazette 21 Apr 2006 p. 1574.]

52.         Plants, fruit and vegetables — silver leaf white fly ( Bemisia argentifolii )

        (1)         Subject to subitem (2), the entry of any plant other than — 

            (aa)         fruit, seeds, underground parts or dried or processed plant material; or

            (ab)         plants of species of the families Agavaceae , Amaryllidaceae , Arecaceae , Bromeliaceae , Cyathaceae , Cyadaceae , Cyperaceae , Iridaceae , Liliaceae , Marantaceae , Orchidaceae , Sapindaceae , Theaceae , Conifers and Ferns,

        is prohibited from any area within 500 km of an outbreak of Bemisia argentifolii unless certified as — 

            (a)         grown and packed in an area free from Bemisia argentifolii established by an approved trapping and inspection programme; or

            (b)         grown and packed on a property free from Bemisia argentifolii established by an approved trapping and inspection programme; or

            (c)         in the case of approved plant material inspected at an approved rate and found to be free from Bemisia argentifolii ; or

            (d)         fumigated with methyl bromide for 2 hours at one of the following rates — 

56 g/m 3 at 5° — 10°C
48 g/m 3 at 11° — 15°C
40 g/m 3 at 16° — 20°C
32 g/m 3 at 21° — 25°C
24 g/m 3 at 26° — 30°C
16 g/m 3 at 31°C and above; or

            (e)         fumigated with ethylene di-bromide for 2 hours at one of the following rates — 

Flesh temperature
(degrees C)

Rates


Grams

mls

10° to 11°

32.0

14.7

11.1° to 13.5°

30.0

13.8

13.6° to 15.5°

26.0

12.0

15.6° to 17.5°

23.5

10.8

17.6° to 19.5°

21.0

9.7

19.6° to 21.5°

19.0

8.7

more than 21.6°

18.0

8.3

                or

            (f)         when post harvest, treated in an approved manner.

        (2)         This condition does not apply to aseptic cultures of plant material grown on agar in sealed flasks (i.e. tissue culture).

        [Item 52 inserted in Gazette 2 Feb 1996 p. 404; amended in Gazette 6 Jan 1998 p. 53; 19 Aug 1998 p. 4486; 21 Sep 2004 p. 4120-1.]

53.         Plants and cut flowers (except corms free from trash) of babiana (baboon flower, baboon root), crocos, crocosmia aurea (planchon), gladiolus, tritonia and watsonia — gladiolus rust ( Uromyces transversalis )

        To be certified as grown in an area where the disease gladiolus rust has not been detected.

        [Item 53 inserted in Gazette 4 Mar 1997 p. 1355; amended in Gazette 19 Aug 1998 p. 4666.]

[54.         Deleted in Gazette 4 Feb 2000 p. 421.]

55.         Plants (other than dried plants, seeds and underground parts) — spiraling whitefly ( Aleurodicus dispersus )

        (1)         Subject to subitem (2), entry into the State is prohibited from areas which are infested (as defined by quarantine service of the exporting State or Territory) with spiraling whitefly, unless entry is approved by the Director General.

        (2)         This condition does not apply to aseptic cultures of plant material grown on agar in sealed flasks (i.e. tissue culture).

        [Item 55 inserted in Gazette 6 Jan 1998 p. 53; amended in Gazette 21 Sep 2004 p. 4121.]

56.         Mango ( Mangifera idica ) plants and cuttings — mango leafhoppers ( Idioscopus niveosparsus and Idioscopus clypealis )

        Plants and cuttings from a State or Territory where mango leafhoppers Idioscopus niveosparsus or Idioscopus clypealis exist are not to enter the State unless —

        (1)         certified by an officer from the exporting State or Territory’s quarantine authority as follows:

                    (a)         grown more than 80 km from known infestations of Idioscopus niveosparsus or Idioscopus clypealis ; and

                    (b)         all mango plants in the exporting nursery have been inspected and neither Idioscopus niveosparsus nor Idioscopus clypealis were detected; and

                    (c)         the mango plants in the consignment have been inspected and neither Idioscopus niveosparsus nor Idioscopus clypealis were detected,

                or

        (2)         if from an area within 80 km of an outbreak of either of the mango leafhoppers Idioscopus niveosparsus or Idioscopus clypealis , the mango plants or cuttings are fumigated with methyl bromide at 32g/m 3 for 2 hours at 21° to 25°C, followed by growth in post-inspection quarantine for 3 months.

                During post-entry quarantine, the material is to be inspected and found free of those mango leafhoppers by at least 3 monthly inspections. If either of the mango leafhoppers are found, the material is to be re-exported or destroyed.

                This condition does not apply to aseptic cultures of plant material grown on agar in sealed flasks (i.e. tissue culture).

        [Item 56 inserted in Gazette 5 Jan 2001 p. 113-14; amended in Gazette 21 Sep 2004 p. 4121.]

57.         Prevention of Blueberry Rust ( Pucciniastrum vaccinii )

        (1)         Application

                This procedure applies to —

            (a)         the potential carriers of the disease Blueberry Rust ( Pucciniastrum vaccinii ) listed in item 2 that have been grown, packed or used within 200 km of a detection of Blueberry Rust; and

            (b)         any agricultural equipment that has been used in association with those listed potential carriers.

        (2)         Potential carriers of Blueberry Rust

            (a)         Plants, parts of plants and dried plant material (other than seed and dried fruit) of —

                  (i)         Vaccinium spp. (Blueberries and Cranberries);

                  (ii)         Gaylussacia spp. (Huckleberries);

                  (iii)         Tsuga spp. (Hemlock);

                  (iv)         Rhododendron spp. (Azalea);

                  (v)         Lyonia spp.;

                  (vi)         Menziesia spp.;

                  (vii)         Pernettya spp.;

                  (viii)         Hugeria spp.;

                  (ix)         Leucothoe spp.;

                  (x)         Oxycoccus spp.; and

                  (xi)         Pieris spp.,

                are potential carriers of Blueberry Rust.

            (b)         Any agricultural equipment that has been used in association with those listed potential carriers is also a potential carrier of Blueberry Rust.

        (3)         Potential carriers prohibited, subject to conditions

                Potential carriers of the disease Blueberry Rust ( Pucciniastrum vaccinii ) listed in subitem (2) that have been grown, packed or used within 200 km of the detection of Blueberry Rust cannot be brought into Western Australia unless they comply with the conditions in subitems (4), (5) and (6).

        (4)         Conditions — Fruit

                Potential carriers comprising fresh fruit may be brought into Western Australia if an officer from the exporting State or Territory’s quarantine authority has certified the following in relation to that fruit —

            (a)         that the plants of origin have been inspected no more than 14 days before the fruit is harvested and that no Blueberry Rust was detected;

            (b)         that the crop has been sprayed within 14 days of harvest with a fungicide, registered for the treatment of Blueberry Rust, as per the label recommendation, together with the name of the fungicide used, and the date on which it was applied;

            (c)         that each consignment is free from soil and plant debris and in new packages;

            (d)         that each container bears the name and address of the property where the fruit was grown and the name and address of the pack-house where the fruit was packed.

        (5)         Conditions — Agricultural equipment

                Potential carriers comprising agricultural equipment may be brought into Western Australia if an officer from the exporting State or Territory’s quarantine authority has certified the following in relation to that equipment —

            (a)         that the equipment is free from soil and plant debris;

            (b)         that the equipment is identified with the locality where it was last used;

            (c)         that the equipment has been —

                  (i)         steam cleaned;

                  (ii)         treated with a solution containing not less than 100 ppm available chlorine, used as a spray rinse or dump treatment; or

                  (iii)         treated in a manner approved by the Quarantine Plant Pathologist, Department of Agriculture  2 , Western Australia.

        (6)         Conditions — Plants

            (a)         Potential carriers comprising plants may be brought into Western Australia if the entry is approved by the Director General of Agriculture, Western Australia.

            (b)         Plants that have entered Western Australia under subitem (1) are to be grown in post-entry quarantine, screened and cannot be released unless they are found to be free of Blueberry Rust.

            (c)         If Blueberry Rust is detected on plants growing in post-entry quarantine, the plants must be destroyed in a manner approved by an Inspector.

        [Item 57 inserted in Gazette 17 May 2005 p. 2132-4.]

58.         Prevention of Lettuce Aphid ( Nasonovia ribisnigri )

                Quarantine Conditions for Lettuce Aphid Hosts Imported into Western Australia

        (1)         Interpretation

                In this procedure —

        cut flowers and foliage means any part of a host plant, excluding fruit and nursery stock, not used for human consumption;

        fruit means a part of a plant that could or does contain a seed and includes the peduncle (the stalk of the fruit cluster) and pedicel (the stalk of a single fruit);

        head lettuce means any lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ) or part thereof attached at the leaf base where the inner leaves cannot be 100% inspected;

        head vegetable means any leaf vegetable attached at the leaf base where the inner leaves cannot be 100% inspected;

        lettuce aphid means Nasonovia ribisnigri ;

        loose leaf lettuce means any lettuce leaf ( Lactuca sativa ) not attached at the leaf base and where all leaves can be 100% inspected;

        loose leaf vegetable means any vegetable leaf not attached at the leaf base and where all leaves can be 100% inspected;

        nursery stock means any potted or bare rooted primary or secondary host plant and any cuttings or any above ground part used for vegetative propagation, but does not include plant tissue culture or seed;

        PRA means the Final State Pest Risk Analysis: Lettuce Aphid ( Nasonovia ribisnigri ) Into Western Australia via Host Fruit, Vegetables, Nursery Stock, Cut Flowers and Foliage;

        primary host plants means the winter hosts of the lettuce aphid sexual form and includes Ribes spp. (currants), specifically Ribes alpinum , Ribes aureum , Ribes nigrum (blackcurrant), Ribes rubrum (red currant) and Ribes uva-crispa (gooseberry);

        secondary host plants means hosts of the lettuce aphid asexual form and includes liguliforous and latex Asteraceae ( Compositae ) (set out in Schedule 10), including Cichorium spp. (chicory), Cichorium endivia (endives), Cichorium intybus (chicory), Crepis spp. (hawk’s beard), Hieracium spp. (hawkweed), Lactuca spp., Lactuca sativa (lettuce), Lapsana spp. (nipplewort), Leontodon taxacacoides (hawkbit), Nicotiana spp. (tobacco), Petunia spp. (petunia), Scrophularia spp. (figwort) and Veronica spp. (speedwell).

        (2)         Head lettuce and other head vegetables from secondary host plants are prohibited entry into Western Australia except under the following condition.

                Must be certified and endorsed with the following information —

            (a)         the name and address of the property on which the consignment was grown;

            (b)         the name and address of the packing house;

            (c)         that it was grown and packed within a State or Territory where lettuce aphid is known not to occur or in accordance with approved conditions.

        (3)         Primary host plants and secondary host plants and parts thereof (including vegetables but not fruit or below ground parts of plants) are prohibited entry into Western Australia unless certified and endorsed with the following information —

            (a)         the name and address of the property on which the consignment was grown;

            (b)         the name and address of the packing house.

                Entry of those primary host plants, secondary host plants or parts thereof must not occur unless the following conditions are satisfied —

            (a)         they are certified and endorsed as being “Grown and packed within a State or Territory where lettuce aphid is known not to occur”; or

            (b)         if they are from a State or Territory where lettuce aphid is known to occur —

                  (i)         for loose leaf lettuce and other loose leaf vegetables — they must be processed as approved by the Director General of Agriculture Western Australia, and certified as such;

                  (ii)         for secondary host plants including nursery stock, cut flowers and foliage, and cuttings — they must be treated within 7 days of export with Imidacloprid 200g/L at a rate of 25ml/100L water or 300ml/ha, mixed and applied to meet the specification in the permit or on the label, and certified as such;

                  (iii)         for primary host plants and secondary host plants — they must be fumigated with methyl bromide at 32g/m 3 at 21°C for 2 hours in accordance with “AQIS Quarantine Treatments Aspects and Procedures Version 1.0.” and be certified and endorsed with the following details —

                        (I)         the name of the fumigation facility;

        (II)         the date of fumigation;

        (III)         the rate of methyl bromide used, that is initial dosage (g/m 3 );

        (IV)         the concentration time (CT) product of methyl bromide achieved by the fumigation (ghr/m 3 );

                        (V)         the duration of fumigation (hours);

        (VI)         the ambient air temperature during fumigation (°C);

        (VII)         the minimum core temperature during fumigation (°C).

        (4)         Containers must be endorsed with the name and address or registration number of the property on which the consignment was grown.

        [Item 58 inserted in Gazette 17 May 2005 p. 2106-10; amended in Gazette 16 Jun 2006 p. 2110.]

59.         Fruit, vegetable and plant containers (used) other than potato containers — general diseases

        (1)         To be constructed in an approved manner using approved material.

        (2)         To be certified as having been —

            (a)         cleaned of all soil and plant material; and

            (b)         treated in an approved manner.

        [Item 59 inserted in Gazette 21 Apr 2006 p. 1574.]

60.         Grape machinery or equipment (used) — grape phylloxera ( Daktulosphaira vitifolii )

                Entry into the State is prohibited except with the prior approval of the Director General.

        [Item 60 inserted in Gazette 21 Apr 2006 p. 1574.]



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