Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka-Wattle Hills) Quarantine Notice 1998 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1998 No. 210 Plant Protection Act 1989 PLANT PROTECTION (BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA—WATTLE HILLS) QUARANTINE NOTICE 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Pest quarantine area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Objects of quarantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Restriction on moving and planting banana plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Owner of land to treat banana plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA RESISTANT CULTIVARS

s1 2 s5 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka—Wattle Hills) Quarantine No. 210, 1998 ˙ Short title 1. This notice may be cited as the Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka—Wattle Hills) Quarantine Notice 1998 . ˙ Definitions 2. In this notice— “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 3. ˙ Pest quarantine area 3. 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 4. The objects of the quarantine are— (a) to prevent the banana black Sigatoka pest being spread within Queensland; and (b) to eradicate the banana black Sigatoka pest within the pest quarantine area. ˙ Restriction on moving and planting banana plants 5. A person must not, without an inspector’s approval— (a) move a banana plant out of the pest quarantine area; or (b) plant a banana plant within the pest quarantine area.

s6 3 s6 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka—Wattle Hills) Quarantine No. 210, 1998 ˙ Owner of land to treat banana plants 6.(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 infested with the pest 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 infested with the pest) 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.

4 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka—Wattle Hills) Quarantine No. 210, 1998 ¡ SCHEDULE BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA RESISTANT CULTIVARS section 2 Blue Java Bluggoe Ducasse FHIA 02 Gold Finger Kluai Namwa Khom Pisang Ceylan Sh 3436 Yangambi 5km ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Minister for Primary Industries on 17 July 1998. 2. Notified in the gazette on 21 July 1998. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries. © State of Queensland 1998