Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Notice 1997 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1997 No. 148 Plant Protection Act 1989 PLANT PROTECTION (BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA) QUARANTINE NOTICE 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Pest quarantine area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Restriction on plant movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine No. 148, 1997 ˙ Short title 1. This notice may be cited as the Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Notice 1997 . ˙ Pest quarantine area 2. The area within 50 km of the place situated at latitude 16° 13' 59" south and longitude 145° 22' 06" east is declared to be a pest quarantine area (the “pest quarantine area” ). ˙ Restriction on plant movement 3.(1) A person must not, without an inspector’s approval, move a banana plant— (a) from a property within the pest quarantine area to another property within the area; or (b) out of the pest quarantine area. (2) A person must not, without an inspector’s approval, move any machinery, equipment, package or other thing that has been in contact with a banana plant— (a) from a property within the pest quarantine area to another property within the area; or (b) out of the pest quarantine area. (3) In this section— “banana plant” includes the fruit of the plant. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry on 12 June 1997. 2. Notified in the gazette on 13 June 1997. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry.

3 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine No. 148, 1997 © State of Queensland 1997