Plant Diseases Amendment Regulations 1994 (WA)

2840	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	[24 June 1994
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PLANT DISEASES ACT 1914

PLANT DISEASES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1994

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in Executive

Council.

Citation

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

Regulations 1994.

Principal regulations

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

as the principal regulations.

of subregulation (2).

{* Published in the Gazette of 30 June 1989 at pp. 1980-93.

For amendments to 13 June 1994 see 1993 Index to Legislation of

Western Australia, Table 4, p. 205.]

Regulation 17C repealed

3.      Regulation 17C of the principal regulations is repealed.

Regulation 17E inserted

4.      After regulation 17D of the principal regulations the following regulation

is inserted —

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Palm plants and cut palm foliage — Palm Leaf Beetle

17E. (1) A person shall not remove palm plants or cut palm foliage from an area in Western Australia that is infested with Palm Leaf Beetle to any other part of Western Australia unless the palm plants or cut palm foliage comply with the requirements

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(2) Palm plants and cut palm foliage comply with this

subregulation if —

(a) a Department of Agriculture officer has certified —

(i) in the case of palm plants, that the throat and spear of each plant has been sprayed with a solution of carbaryl at a concentration of not less than 0.1% active ingredient, together with a commercial wetting agent —

(I)	between 7 and 9 days prior to removal from the area; and
(II)	within 24 hours prior to removal from the area;

(ii) in the case of cut palm foliage, that the foliage has 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 withm 24 hours prior to removal from the area;

or

(b) the palm plants or cut palm foliage come from an approved nursery that carries out the appropriate treatments set out in paragraph (a) (i) or (a) (ii).

(3) For the purposes of regulation 16 (1) infestation with

palm leaf beetle is a specified disease.

commits an offence. (4) A person who fails to comply with subregulation (1)

Schedule 1 amended

5. Schedule 1 to the principal regulations is amended —

(a) in Part A —

(i)       in the item commencing "Chrysanthemums (for planting)" by deleting "11," in columns 2 and 3; and

(ii)      in the item commencing "Chrysanthemums (cut flowers)" by deleting "11," in columns 2 and 3; and

(b) in Part B by deleting item 11.

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor.

D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.