Plant Diseases Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2003 (WA)

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AG302*

Plant Diseases Act 1914

Plant Diseases Amendment Regulations

(No. 4) 2003

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.
Citation Amendment Regulations (NO. 4) 2003.
2. The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Plant Diseases
Regulations 1989*.
[* Reprinted as at 20 September 2002.
For amendments to 17 January 2003 see Gazette
10 January 2003.]
3. Schedule 1 amended

(1) Schedule 1 Part A is amended by deleting the item commencing
"Cherry" and inserting the following item instead
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Cherry see Stonefruit see Stonefruit see Stonefruit 26

the IRA.

(2) Schedule 1 Part B is amended by inserting the following
condition after condition 25-
"
26. Cherry fruit (Prunus avium) — General diseases

(1) In this item —
"IRA" means the Import Risk Analysis entitled
Categorisation of Pests of Stone Fruit from Eastern
Australia — Final State Import Risk Analysis of Cherry
Fruit (Prunus avium) from South Australia into
Western Australia. (21 September 2001).

(2) For States and Territories other than South Australia, cherry
fruit entry not allowed under any condition.
(3) From South Australia to be certified as from an orchard and
packed in a packing house registered in accordance with

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(4) From South Australia to be accompanied by a written
verification from an officer of the Department of Primary
Industry and Resources of that State stating -

(a)

the name and address of the orchard on which the cherry fruit was grown and the packing house in which it was packed;

(b)

that that orchard and that packing house are registered by that Department for growing or packing cherry fruit, as the case may be, that may be exported to Western Australia; and

(c)

the cherry fruit has been inspected in accordance with the IRA and the fruit has been found to be free from pests that the fruit is required to be free from by the IRA.

(5) From South Australia to be accompanied by a written
verification from an officer of the Department of Primary
Industry and Resources of that State stating that the cherry
fruit -

(a) has been grown on a property that was found before harvest to be free of Oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) by pheromone trapping carried out in accordance with the IRA; and
(b) has been grown on a property that was inspected before harvest in accordance with the IRA and found to be free of Oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta).

(6) Sub-item (5) does not apply if from South Australia and if certified as having been fumigated with methyl bromide in accordance with the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service fumigation standards specified in the document
AQIS Quarantine Treatments - Aspects and Procedures
Version 1.0.

(7) From South Australia to be accompanied by a written
verification from the person who gave the certification

under sub-item (6) stating the -

(a) name of the fumigation facility;
(b) date of the fumigation;
(c) initial dosage (g/m3) of methyl bromide used;

(d)

concentration time product (ghr/m3) of methyl bromide achieved by the fumigation;
(e) duration of fumigation;
(0 ambient air temperature during fumigation; and
(g) minimum cherry pulp temperature during
fumigation.

(8) From South Australia to be -
(a) transported in containers with -
(i) the name of the producer of the cherry fruit and the address of the property on which it was grown; and

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(ii) the name of the packer and the address of the property on which the cherry fruit was packed,
printed on an external surface in letters not less than
5mm in height;

(b) packed in clean new packaging; and

(c)

free from leaves, soil and other plant debris, other than a peduncle or pedicel.

(9) From South Australia to be inspected on arrival in Western
Australia in accordance with the sampling procedures set
out under the heading "Fruit inspection" on page 75 of the
IRA and found to be free from the pests specified in the
IRA.

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By Command of the Governor,
ROD SPENCER, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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(1)	Schedule 1 Part A is amended by deleting the item commencing "Cherry" and inserting the following item instead
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(2)	For States and Territories other than South Australia, cherry fruit entry not allowed under any condition.
(3)	From South Australia to be certified as from an orchard and packed in a packing house registered in accordance with

(a)	the name and address of the orchard on which the cherry fruit was grown and the packing house in which it was packed;
(b)	that that orchard and that packing house are registered by that Department for growing or packing cherry fruit, as the case may be, that may be exported to Western Australia; and
(c)	the cherry fruit has been inspected in accordance with the IRA and the fruit has been found to be free from pests that the fruit is required to be free from by the IRA.

(a)	has been grown on a property that was found before harvest to be free of Oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) by pheromone trapping carried out in accordance with the IRA; and
(b)	has been grown on a property that was inspected before harvest in accordance with the IRA and found to be free of Oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta).

under sub-item (6) stating the -
(a)	name of the fumigation facility;
(b)	date of the fumigation;
(c)	initial dosage (g/m3) of methyl bromide used;
(d)	concentration time product (ghr/m3) of methyl bromide achieved by the fumigation;
(e)	duration of fumigation;
(0	ambient air temperature during fumigation; and

(b)	packed in clean new packaging; and
(c)	free from leaves, soil and other plant debris, other than a peduncle or pedicel.