Apiaries Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1996 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1996 No. 123 Apiaries Act 1982 APIARIES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1996 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Omission of s 4 (Forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 5 (Form of application for classification as apiary class C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 6 (Certificate of classification of apiary class C) . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 8 (Form of application for classification as apiary class D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 9 (Certificate of classification of apiary class D) . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 10 (Prescribed marking of hives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Replacement of s 11 (Prescribed diseases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 Information to be contained in certificates—Act, s 31(1) . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of s 13 (Lodgment of duplicate copy of certificate for introduction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 Amendment of s 14 (Duration of certificate for introduction) . . . . . . . . . . . 4 12 Amendment of s 15 (Restriction on introduction of queen bees and escorts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 13 Insertion of new ss 19–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 19 Diseases—Act, s 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 20 Exclusion of parts of the State from the Act, part 3—Act, s 10 . . . 5

2 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) No. 123, 1996 21 Diseases about which a beekeeper need not give notice—Act, s 27(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 22 No restriction on introduction of refined beeswax—Act, s 31(5) . . 6 23 Registration fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 24 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 14 Omission of sch 1 (Forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 15 Amendment of sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 16 Insertion of new schs 2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SCHEDULE 2 DISEASES OF QUEEN BEES, ESCORTS OR QUEEN CELLS SCHEDULE 3 DISEASES PART 1—DISEASES PART 2—PARASITES PART 3—PESTS

s1 3 s6 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) No. 123, 1996 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Apiaries Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1996 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Apiaries Regulation 1983 . ˙ Omission of s 4 (Forms) 3. Section 4— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 5 (Form of application for classification as apiary class C) 4. Section 5, ‘Form 7’— omit, insert — ‘the approved form’. ˙ Amendment of s 6 (Certificate of classification of apiary class C) 5. Section 6, ‘Form 8’— omit, insert — ‘the approved form’. ˙ Amendment of s 8 (Form of application for classification as apiary class D) 6. Section 8, ‘Form 9’— omit, insert — ‘the approved form’.

s 7 4 s 11 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) No. 123, 1996 ˙ Amendment of s 9 (Certificate of classification of apiary class D) 7. Section 9, ‘Form 10’— omit, insert — ‘the approved form’. ˙ Amendment of s 10 (Prescribed marking of hives) 8. Section 10(2)(a)(ii)(B), ‘the Department of Agriculture or other equivalent Department in’— omit, insert — ‘an appropriate official of’. ˙ Replacement of s 11 (Prescribed diseases) 9. Section 11— omit, insert — ˙ ‘ Information to be contained in certificates—Act, s 31(1) ‘ 11. For section 31(1) of the Act, a certificate in the approved form must state that the bees, hives, bee products or appliances are free of disease and have not been in an area where a disease mentioned in schedule 1 exists.’. ˙ Amendment of s 13 (Lodgment of duplicate copy of certificate for introduction) 10. Section 13, from ‘either’— omit, insert— ‘the approved form’. ˙ Amendment of s 14 (Duration of certificate for introduction) 11. Section 14, ‘Form 14’— omit, insert — ‘the approved form’.

s 12 5 s 13 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) No. 123, 1996 ˙ Amendment of s 15 (Restriction on introduction of queen bees and escorts) 12. Section 15, from ‘make’— omit, insert— ‘declare that honey used for manufacturing food stores for the bees was disease free and— (a) the queen bees, escorts or queen cells— (i) for 3 months immediately before introduction, were not within a 5 km radius of bees, hives, bee products or appliances infected with a disease stated in schedule 1; or (ii) when introduced, were free from the diseases stated in schedule 1; and (b) the queen bees, escorts or queen cells are from hives that did not have macroscopic symptoms, or were otherwise substantially free, of the diseases stated in schedule 2.’. ˙ Insertion of new ss 19–24 13. After section 18— insert — ˙ ‘ Diseases—Act, s 5 ‘ 19. The following things are diseases under the Act— (a) a disease stated in schedule 3, part 1; (b) a parasite stated in schedule 3, part 2; (c) a pest stated in schedule 3, part 3. ˙ ‘ Exclusion of parts of the State from the Act, part 3—Act, s 10 ‘ 20. The following provisions of the Act, part 3, do not apply to the State—

s 13 6 s 13 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) No. 123, 1996 (a) section 18, in relation to a class A, B or C apiary; 1 (b) section 20. 2 ˙ ‘ Diseases about which a beekeeper need not give notice—Act, s 27(2) ‘ 21. A beekeeper need not give notice of the following diseases of hives or bee products under section 27 of the Act— (a) acute bee paralysis virus; (b) chalk brood ( Ascophaera apis ); (c) chronic bee paralysis virus; (d) european foulbrood ( Streptococcus pluton ); (e) kashmir virus; (f) larger wax moth ( Galleria mellonella ); (g) lesser wax moth ( Achroia grisella ); (h) nosema ( Nosema apis ); (i) sacbrood virus; (j) slow bee paralysis virus. ˙ ‘ No restriction on introduction of refined beeswax—Act, s 31(5) ‘ 22. Section 31(1) of the Act does not apply to the introduction of refined beeswax into the State from another State if the entry consignment for the beeswax is accompanied by a certificate, in the approved form, from an appropriate official of the other State, certifying that the beeswax is free from american foulbrood ( Bacillus larvae ). ˙ ‘ Registration fee ‘ 23. The fee for an application for or renewal of registration is $10.00. 1 Section 18 (Notice to be given of the establishment or removal of an apiary) 2 Section 20 (Notice to be given of sale of apiary)

s 14 7 s 16 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) No. 123, 1996 ˙ ‘ Repeal ‘ 24. All subordinate legislation under the Act, other than this regulation, is repealed.’. ˙ Omission of sch 1 (Forms) 14. Schedule 1— omit . ˙ Amendment of sch 2 15. Schedule 2, heading— omit, insert — ‘ SCHEDULE 1 ‘ CERTIFICATE DISEASES section 11’. ˙ Insertion of new schs 2 and 3 16. After schedule 1 (as renumbered)— insert —

s 16 8 s 16 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) No. 123, 1996 ‘ SCHEDULE 2 ‘ DISEASES OF QUEEN BEES, ESCORTS OR QUEEN CELLS section 15(b) ‘ Common name acute bee paralysis virus chronic bee paralysis virus european foulbrood kashmir virus larger wax moth lesser wax moth nosema sacbrood virus slow bee paralysis virus Scientific name ( Streptococcus pluton ) ( Galleria mellonella ) ( Achroia grisella ) ( Nosema apis )

s 16 9 s 16 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) No. 123, 1996 ‘ SCHEDULE 3 ‘ DISEASES section 19 ‘ PART 1—DISEASES ‘ Common name acute bee paralysis virus american foulbrood chalk brood chronic bee paralysis virus european foulbrood kashmir virus nosema sacbrood virus slow bee paralysis virus Scientific name Bacillus larvae Ascophaera apis Streptococcus pluton Nosema apis ‘ PART 2—PARASITES ‘ Common name acarine mite asian mite bee louse varroa mite Scientific name Acarapis woodii Tropilaelaps clareae Braula coeca Varroa jacobsonii

s 16 ‘ Common name larger wax moth lesser wax moth 10 Apiaries Amendment (No. 1) s 16 No. 123, 1996 ‘ PART 3—PESTS Scientific name Galleria mellonella Achroia grisella ’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 6 June 1996. 2. Notified in the gazette on 7 June 1996. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry. © State of Queensland 1996