Plant Diseases Amendment Regulations 1992 (WA)

4668	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	(18 September 1992
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PLANT DISEASES ACT 1914

PLANT DISEASES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1992

Made by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator in

Executive Council.

Citation

1.     These regulations may be cited as the Plant Diseases Amendment

Regulations 1992.

Principal regulations

2.      In these regulations the Plant Diseases Regulations 1989* are referred to

as the principal regulations.

(* Published in the Gazette of 30 June 1989 at pp. 1980-1993.	For amendments to 17 August 1992 see 1991 Index to Legislation of	Western Australia, p. 446-7 and Gazettes of 24 July and 7 August
1992.]

Regulation 4 amended

3.     Regulation 4 of the principal regulations is amended by repealing

subregulation (1) and substituting the following subregulations —

(1) The conditions under which a potential carrier, referred to in Schedule 1 Part A column 1, shall be allowed into the State are referred to by number in columns 2 to 5, opposite the name of the potential carrier to which those conditions apply and are set out numerically in Schedule 1 Part B.

(la) The conditions under which a potential carrier, referred to in Schedule 1 Part AA column 1, shall be allowed into the State are referred to by number in column 2, opposite the name of the potential carrier to which those conditions apply and are set out	ft.
numerically in Schedule 1 Part B.

listed alphabetically in column 1.

Schedule 1 amended

4.      Schedule 1 to the principal regulations is amended —

(a) by repealing the preamble to Schedule 1 and substituting the

following preamble —

4i

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

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

Alternative conditions are separated by a slash.

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

(b) inPartA —

(i) by deleting "Part A" and substituting the following
heading -

it

PART A - POTENTIAL CARRIERS - PLANTS

(ii) in the item commencing "Grape", by inserting after "1" in	column 2 the following -
" AA
(iii) in the item commencing "Heliconia", by deleting in	columns 2 and 3 the following -
it

40

(iv) by inserting in column 1 after the item commencing "Monsteria" the following item -

44

Mushroom (fruit) ";

(v) in the item commencing "Palms", by inserting after "39" in
columns 2 and 3 the folfowing -

44

,39A ";

(vi) in the item commencing "Pawpaw" , by inserting after "31" in	columns 2,3 and 5 the following -
" '.,

, ,

(vii) in the item commencing "Potato (for planting)" -

(I) by deleting "(for planting)" and substituting the following -

41

(seed) "; and

(II)	it
by inserting in column 2 before "13" the following -

1

(viii) in the item commencing "Potato (for consumption)" -

(I) by deleting "(for consumption)" and substituting the following -

it

(Ware) "; and

(II)	by inserting in column 2 the following -
" 1

(ix) in the item commencing "Tissue culture", by deleting "Tissue	culture" and substituting the following -
41

Tissue cultured plants ";

(x) by inserting after "17" wherever it appears in column 2 the	following -
it

, ,

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(xi)     by inserting after "31" wherever it appears in columns 2, 3

and 5 the following -

44

41          "; and

(xii)    by deleting the following items -

44

Fruit containers

(used) ............ see Part B Condition 1

Grape machinery!

equipment (used)	. .. see Part B Condition 1
Mushroom -	fruit
growing medium ....	see Part B Condition 32
Potato machinery,
equipment and
containers (used) . . . .	see Part B Condition 6
Soil	.............. see Part B Condition 2

Vegetable containers

(used) ............ see Part B Condition 1

(c) after Part A by inserting the following Part -

LU

PART AA - POTENTIAL CARRIERS -

OTHER THAN PLANTS

Column 1 Column 2

Potential Carrier	Conditions for Entry
Agricultural machinery	42
Animals	42
Animal skins/coats	42
Aquatic fish	42,43
Fruit containers (used)	1
Grape machinery/equipment (used)	1
Mushroom - growing medium	32
Potato machinery, equipment and
containers (used)	6
Soil	2

Vegetable containers (used) i I

and

(d) inPartB —

(i)      in clause 1 -

(I) by inserting after the clause designation "1." the

subclause designation "(1)";

(II)	following -
by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position the

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

and

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(III) by inserting the following subclause -

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

"minituber" means potatoes which
are grown under conditions

pproved by the Director

General.

(ii) in clause 11 by deleting "(Tissue culture is" and substituting the following -

(Tissue cultured plants are

(iii)    by repealing clause 14 and substituting the following clause -

14. All Potatoes (Seed and Ware - including	potatoes for processing) -
Victoria) - From all States and Territories (other than

(1) Subject to subclauses (2), (3), (4), (5) and

(6) to be certified by an officer from the	Department of Agriculture of the exporting State
or Territory -

(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 for growers to report to the disease (i.e. a legislative requirement
Department of Agriculture, 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 per cent 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) approved by the Director General that they were not, unless otherwise

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

08182-2 been handled;

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(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 one per cent solution of formaldehyde or sodium hypochiorite (one per cent available chlorine);

(g) that harvested potatoes have been the Department of Agriculture of the originating State or Territory and found to be free from -	inspected by an authorized officer in
(i) solanczcearum); and

Bacterial Wilt (Pseudomonas

Irish Blight (Phytophthora

(ii)      infestans);

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

(i) as washed and free from soil and	then dipped in sodium h>rpochlorite
in the State of origin, or, if approved

the Director eneral in Western General

Australia -

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

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

(iii) washed and then dipped in sodium hypochlorite at rates approved the Director by

(general in Western Australia;
and

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

and
(j)	that procedures for fork testing, soil sampling and sodium hypoch lorite 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 W.

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For the purposes of this subclause -

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

entry into - (3) All imported potatoes are prohibited

(a)

the Shire of Gingin; and

(b)

the area bounded by a line startin from a point on the sea coast situate west from the south-west corner of Mandurah townsite and extending south-easterly to the south corner of Coolup townsite; thence south-south- easterly 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-

that portion of the State comprising 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

be - (5) Potatoes imported as ware must also

(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".

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

(a) vary any of the conditions referred to

in; or

(b) exempt any person or class of persons

from complying with,

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

(iii) in clause 29 by deleting "Plants (Tissue culture exempt)" and

substituting the following -

11

Plants (Tissue cultured exempt) ;

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(iv) in clause 39 by deleting "Palm plants - (family Palmae) imported" and substituting the following -

Palm plants other than cut palm foliage - (family Palmae) Palm Leaf Beetle (Brontispa longissima). When imported

(v) by inserting after clause 39 the following clause -

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 one per cent active ingredient together with a commercial wetting agent within 24 hours before export.

(vi) by inserting after clause 39A the following clauses -

40. Pawpaw plants or fruit - imported from other States or Territories to be certified by the Department of Agriculture of the exporting State or Territory as -

(a)	not being from a State or Territory where the Pawpaw disease Black Spot known to occur; and (Asperisporium caricae) is
(b)	not being from a State or Territory where the Pawpaw disease ringspot virus type P" is known to occur.

41. Cut flowers and foliage, fruit, plants and Territories in which Thrips palini has been	vegetables (Thrips palmi) from States and
detected to be certified -

(a)	as having been fumigated with methyl bromide at the following rates for 2 hours -
56 g/m3 at 5° - 10°C;

48 g/m3 at 11° - 15°C; 40 g/m3 at 16° -20°C; 32 g/m3 at 21° - 25°C; 24 g/m3 at 26° - 30°C; or

16 gfm3 at 31° and above; or
(b)	as grown and packed at least 50 km from a known outbreak of Thrips palmi;

or

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(c) as having been fumigated with ethylene di bromide at 12/gm3 for 2 hours at 20°C or above or in the manner prescribed by the conditions under this Part for the control of fruit fly in the particular plant, fruit or vegetable;

or

(d) with respect to palm plants only - that the property of origin is free from Thrips palmi.

42.	Agricultural machinery, animals, animal skins/coats.
free from the seeds of any prohibited weeds Shall be subject to regulation 20 (2), and

specified in Schedule 5.

43.      Aquatic fish.

Shall be free from aquatic snails and any prohibited weeds specified in Schedule 5.

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 by a certificate given by an officer of the Department of

State or Territory certifying department) of the exporting	Agriculture (or corresponding
that -
(i) grapevine was produced

the tissue cultured

in an approved
laboratory;

(ii)    the source of the tissue cultured grapevrne was free from Downy Mildew at the time the grapevine material was taken;

the tissue was initiated

(iii)  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

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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;

(H!) light in the area in which the tissue was held was produced by coot white fluorescent tubes which provided 50iEm 2s' at the culture level;

(v)   the tissue cultured grapevine was inspected

an officer of the Agriculture (or corresponding department) of the exporting State or Territory and found to be free from Downy Mildew and other contaminant micro-organisms; Ode Department of

(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 authorized officer of the Department of Agriculture shall be sent to an approved propagation house where it may be removed from the growth media;
(d)	more than 30 days after bein sent to an approve propagation house, the tissue cultured grapevine shall be inspected by an authorized officer of the Department of
not less than 20 days but not from disease;

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(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.

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) or

methyl bromide; (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)    been obtained from an in a soil mix which has

area more than 20 km from an outbreak of potato cyst nematode

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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 from when the minutes (timed
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.

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and trees — (4) In relation to bulbs, potted plants

(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 growh is not exposed to —

(i)	the same irrigation source as a property; or
(ii)	run-off from a property,

where potato cyst nematode SI

has been found.

By His Excellency's Command,

D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.