Amendments of the Plant Diseases Regulations (ACT)

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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

Regulations 1957. No. 4.

Regulations under the Plant Diseases Ordinance

1934-1955.*

IALLEN FAIRHALL, the Minister of State for the Interior, in pursuance hereby make the following Regulations.

, of the powers conferred by the Plant Diseases Ordinance 1934-1955,

Dated this third day of June, 1957.

ALLEN FAIRHALL

F Minister of State for the Interior.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PLANT DISEASES REGULATIONS.t

1. Regulation 2 of the Plant Diseases Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

" 2. These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:—	Parts.
Part	I.—Preliminary (Regulations 1-3).
Part	II.—Sale of Fruit and Vegetables (Regulations 4-19).

Part III.—Fruit Cases (Regulations 20-25).
Part IV.—Neglected Trees (Regulations 33-35).
Part V.—Control of Codling Moth (Regulation 36).
Part VI.—Control of Fruit Fly (Regulation 37).
Part VIA.—Control of Aphididae and Fungi (Regulation 3 7 A ) .

Part VII.—Miscellaneous (Regulations 38-40).".

2. Regulation 3 of the Plant Diseases Regulations is amended— interpretation.

(a) by omitting from the definition of " fruit fly" the words " (Chaetodacus tryoni) " and inserting in their stead the words " {Strumeta tryoni) "; and

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(b) by omitting the definition of " the Secretary".

3. The heading to Part IV. of the Plant Diseases Regulations is repealed Heading to

I and the following heading inserted in its stead:—

Part iv.

" PART IV.—NEGLECTED TREES.".

4. Regulations 26, 27, 28 and 29 of the Plant Diseases Regulations are Repeal of

r**rw*aloH	regulations 26,
repealed.	27; 28 and 29.

5. Regulations 32 and 32A of the Plant Diseases Regulations are repealed. Repeal of

3 2 a n d 32*' regulations

• Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 13th June, 1957.

t For references to the Commonwealth Gazettes in which the original Regulations and
amending Regulations made before 1939 were notified, and for a reference to the Ordinance

by which the Regulations were amended before 1939, see footnote (a) on p. 383 of Vol. II. of "Laws of the Australian Capital Territory 1911-1938" and, for later amendments, see Regu-

lations 1955, No. 5.

Prevention of 6. Regulation 36 of the Plant Diseases Regulations is amended— (a) by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) , after the

words " fifty gallons of water ", the words " , or with a mix- ture of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (D.D.T.) and water mixed in the proportion of one part of dichloro-diphenyl- trichloroethane (D.D.T.) to one thousand parts of water,"; and

(b) by omitting paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of sub-regulation (1 . ) .

Treatment to	7. Regulation 37 of the Plant Diseases Regulations is amended by " (1.) Where an inspector, by notice under his hand, requires the owner or occupier of land to take measures for the control of fruit fly, the owner or occupier, as the case may be, shall—
ftSiffly?	omitting sub-regulations (1.) , (2.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

(a) in relation to each tree or vine growing on the land, being a . tree included in a class of trees, or a vine included in a classl of vines, specified in the notice—

(i) at intervals of not more than seven days during the appropriate period apply to the foliage of the tree or vine not less than six fluid ounces of a pre- scribed spray or of a spray approved by an Inspector, being a spray that is as effectual for the control of fruit fly as a prescribed spray;

(ii) at intervals of not more than three days during the appropriate period remove from the tree or vine the fruit that is infected with fruit fly; and

(iii) at intervals of not more than three days during the appropriate period collect the fruit that has fallen from the tree or vine and treat, in a manner specified in sub-regulation (3A. ) of this regulation, any fruit so collected that is waste fruit;

(b) in relation to each nectarine, peach or quince tree (if any) growing on the land—remove all nectarines, peaches or quinces, as the case may be, from the tree not later than the thirty-first day of March next following the receipt of the notice; and

(c) in relation to each loquat tree (if any) growing on the land— remove all loquats from the tree not later than the thirty

first day of October next following the receipt of the notice
" (2.) In the last preceding sub-regulation, ' the appropriate period ', i

relation to a tree included in a class of trees, or a vine included in a clas:

of vines, specified in a notice under that sub-regulation, means the period	1
specified in that notice as the period during which measures for the control of fruit fly are to be taken in relation to that class of trees or vines, as the case may be.

" (3.) For the purpose of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, a pre-

scribed spray is a spray containing—

(a) sodium fiuosilicate, white sugar and water in the same propor- tions as the proportions in which those substances are con- tained in a mixture consisting of two ounces of sodium fiuosilicate, two and one-half pounds of white sugar and four gallons of water;

(b) tartar emetic, white sugar and water in the same proportions as the proportions in which those substances are contained in a mixture consisting of two ounces of tartar emetic, two and one-half pounds of white sugar and four gallons of water; or

(c) nicotine sulphate, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (D.D.T.) emulsion, white sugar and water in the same proportions as the proportions in which those substances are contained in a mixture consisting of one ounce of nicotine sulphate, two ounces of an emulsion containing twenty parts per centum of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (D.D.T.), two pounds of white sugar and four gallons of water.

" (3A. ) Where fruit infected with fruit fly is upon any land or premises, the owner or occupier of the land or premises shall forthwith treat the fruit by—•

m	(a) immersing it in boiling water for not less than ten minutes;
'	(b) burning it so as to destroy the eggs and larvae of fruit fly that
are in or on the fruit; or (c) placing it in a covered pit—

(i) the cover of which has an opening fitted with a lid or door, for the purpose of placing fruit in the pit, and a glass window, not less than thirty-six square inches in area, situated not less than two feet from the lid or door; and

(ii) which is kept so covered that adult fruit flies in the

pit are prevented from escaping from the pit.

" ( 3 B . ) Where an inspector, by notice under his hand, requires the owner

or occupier of a market or shop to take, during a period specified in the notice, measures for the control of fruit fly and there is, at any time during that period, waste fruit upon the market or shop, the owner or occupier, as the case may be, shall forthwith treat that waste fruit in a manner specified in the last preceding sub-regulation.".

8. The Third Schedule to the Plant Diseases Regulations is repealed.	Repeal of
Third Schedule.
9. The Fourth Schedule to the Plant Diseases Regulations is amended Amendment of

by omitting Forms A, B and C. schedule.

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