Plant Diseases Amendment Regulations 2003 (WA)

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AGRICULTURE

AG301*

Plant Diseases Act 1914

The amendments in these regulations are to the Plant Diseases
Regulations 1989*.

[* Reprinted as at 20 September 2002.]

Plant Diseases Amendment

Regulations 2003

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

I.           Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Plant Diseases
Amendment Regulations 2003.

2.            The regulations amended

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3.            Regulation 17A amended

(1) Regulation 17A(1) is amended as follows:

(a)	in the definition of "Perth Statistical Division" by deleting the full stop and instead inserting a semicolon;
(b)	after the definition of "Perth Statistical Division" by inserting the following definition

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"potato growing region" means —

(a)	the Shires of Gingin, Jerramungup and Ravensthorpe; and
(b)	that portion of the State described in Schedule 1 Part B condition 14(3)(b).

(2) After regulation 17A(6) the following subregulation is

inserted —

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(7) A person who takes imported potatoes into —

(a)	the Shire of Gingin, Jerramungup or Ravensthorpe; or
(b)	that portion of the State described in Schedule 1 Part B condition 14(3)(b),

commits an offence.

4. Regulation 17.k.k inserted
After regulation I 7A the following regulation is inserted —

17AA. Potatoes — Shire of Esperance

(1) In this regulation —

"Perth Statistical Division" has the same meaning as it has in regulation 17A(1)(b).

(2) A person who takes potatoes from another part of the

State into the Shire of Esperance other than —

(a)	minitubers, tissue cultured or plantlets or potatoes, other than potatoes referred to in paragraph (b), that are grown under conditions approved by the Director General; or
(b)	ware potatoes grown in this State other than those grown in the Perth Statistical Division,

commits an offence.

(3) A person who takes into the Shire of Esperance —

(a) machinery, farm equipment, bulk bins or

containers, other than bags, that have been used

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in relation to potatoes or that have been on a property on which potatoes are or have been grown; or

(b) a vehicle used to transport livestock that has been on a property on which potatoes are or have been grown,

unless accompanied by a certificate issued by an
inspector that it is free from plant material and soil

commits an offence.

(4) A person who takes bags -

(a)	that have been used in relation to potatoes; or
(b)	that have been on a property on which potatoes are or have been grown,

into the Shire of Esperance commits an offence.

5.           Schedule I amended

Schedule 1 Part B condition 14(3)(a) and "and" after it are deleted and the following is inserted instead -

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

Ravensthorpe; and

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.