Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1998 No. 227 Plant Protection Act 1989 PLANT PROTECTION (BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA) QUARANTINE AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Insertion of new pt 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 1—PRELIMINARY 4 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Insertion of new pt 2 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 2—DAINTREE 6 Insertion of new pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 3—WATTLE HILLS 4 Definitions for pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Pest quarantine area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Objects of quarantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Restriction on moving, planting and cultivating plants . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Owner of land to treat banana plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SCHEDULE BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA RESISTANT CULTIVARS

s1 2 s6 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Amendment (No. 1) No. 227, 1998 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka)Quarantine Regulation 1997 . ˙ Insertion of new pt 1 hdg 3. Before section 1— insert— ‘ PART 1—PRELIMINARY ’ ˙ Amendment of s 1 (Short title) 4. Section 1, ‘notice’— omit, insert— ‘regulation’. ˙ Insertion of new pt 2 hdg 5. After section 1— insert— ‘ PART 2—DAINTREE ’. ˙ Insertion of new pt 3 6. After section 3— insert—

s6 3 s6 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Amendment (No. 1) No. 227, 1998 ‘ PART 3—WATTLE HILLS ˙ ‘ Definitions for pt 3 ‘ 4. In this part— “banana plant” means a plant of the genus Musa , other than a banana black Sigatoka resistant cultivar mentioned in the schedule, and includes the fruit of the plant. “pest quarantine area” means the pest quarantine area declared under section 5. ˙ ‘ Pest quarantine area ‘5. The area within a 50 km radius of the point at latitude 12°34' south and longitude 143°04' east is declared to be a pest quarantine area. ˙ ‘ Objects of quarantine ‘ 6. The objects of the quarantine are— (a) to prevent the banana black Sigatoka pest being spread in Queensland; and (b) to eradicate the banana black Sigatoka pest in the pest quarantine area. ˙ ‘ Restriction on moving, planting and cultivating plants ‘ 7. A person must not, without an inspector’s approval— (a) move a banana plant out of the pest quarantine area; or (b) move a banana plant (other than the fruit of the plant) from a parcel of land in the pest quarantine area to another parcel of land within the area; or (c) plant a banana plant in the pest quarantine area; or (d) cultivate a banana plant in the pest quarantine area.

s6 4 s6 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Amendment (No. 1) No. 227, 1998 ˙ ‘ Owner of land to treat banana plants ‘ 8.(1) This section applies to an owner of land who grows a banana plant within 5 km of a place where the banana black Sigatoka pest has been found in the pest quarantine area. ‘ (2) The owner must treat each banana plant growing within 5 km of the place as follows— (a) treat the leaf tissue that is dead or not green in colour by— (i) burning it; or (ii) burying it under at least 600 mm of soil; (b) treat the corm, suckers and butt of each pseudostem by— (i) removing them from the soil; and (ii) cutting them into pieces of not more than 50 mm diameter; and (iii) leaving the pieces to rot on the surface of the soil; (c) treat the pseudostem and leaf tissue (other than leaf tissue that is dead or not green in colour) by— (i) cutting them into pieces not more than 600 mm long; and (ii) leaving the pieces to rot on the surface of the soil.

s6 5 s6 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Amendment (No. 1) No. 227, 1998 ‘ SCHEDULE ‘ BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA RESISTANT CULTIVARS section 4 Blue Java Bluggoe Ducasse FHIA 02 Gold Finger Kluai Namwa Khom Pisang Ceylan Sh 3436 Yangambi 5km’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 6 August 1998. 2. Notified in the gazette on 7 August 1998. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries. © State of Queensland 1998