Quarantine (Plants) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1956. No. 66.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1950.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Quarantine Act 1908-1950.

Dated this twenty third day of September, 1956.

J. Northcott

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) Donald A. Cameron

Minister of State for Health.

 

Amendments of the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations.

Seeds.

Regulation 21 of the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations is amended—

(a)by inserting in sub-paragraph (1.) of paragraph F, before the definition of “permit”, the following definitions:—

“‘bean seed’ means seed of a variety or strain of the genus Phaseolus (including cultivated beans such as French, kidney, stringless, navy, butter, haricot, lima and climbing beans);

‘free from disease’ means—

(a) free from—

(i) a bacterial disease caused by Xanthomonas phaseoli (Smith) Dowson, Xanthomonas phaseoli var. fuscans (Burk.) Starr and Burk., Pseudomonas medicaginis var. phaseolicola (Burk.) Dowson or Corynebacterium flaccum-faciens (Hedges) Dowson; and

(ii) Scab or Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. and Magn.) Briosi and Cav.; and

(b)free from the virus disease Mosaic except to the extent of not more than a two per centum trace;”;

(b)by omitting sub-paragraph (4.) of paragraph F and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraphs:—

“(4.) An application for a permit to import seed for sowing shall be in accordance with Form Q.—P.6 and shall be forwarded to the Chief Quarantine Officer of the State in which the seed is to be sown.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1956.

  Statutory Rules 1935 No. 91, as amended by Statutory Rules 1936, No. 36; 1937, Nos. 30 and 116; 1939, Nos. 20 and 49; 1940, No. 43; 1948, Nos. 63 and 92; 1950, Nos. 27 and 78; 1953, No. 4; 1954, No. 3; 1955, No. 71; and 1956, No. 24.

4747/56.—Price 3d. 9/23.8.1956.

 

“(4a.) The Director shall not issue a permit to import seed for sowing unless—

(a)in the case of bean seed to be imported in a bag or parcel containing at least ten pounds in weight of seed—

(i) there is produced to the Director a certificate, given by a competent authority for or on behalf of the government of the country in which the seed was produced, certifying that the plants from which the seed was harvested were inspected during their growth and found to be free from disease;

(ii) the Director is satisfied that that inspection was thoroughly and efficiently carried out and that the harvesting, threshing, winnowing, cleaning, grading and bagging of the seed, and the sealing and labelling of the bag or parcel containing the seed, was carried out under the supervision of the competent authority or another person on his behalf; and

(iii) the Director is satisfied that measures adequate for ensuring that the seed would be free from disease were taken in respect of the selection of the stock from which the seed was grown, the selection of the soil in which the seed was grown and the isolation of the plants from which the seed was harvested from other bean plants during their growth; and

(b)in any other case—

(i) the quantity of the seed is, in the opinion of the Director, not greater than the minimum quantity of seed necessary to establish, under quarantine, a variety or strain of the particular species or genus in Australia; and

(ii) the Director is satisfied that the seed will, before sowing, be subjected to any treatment directed by the Director.”; and

(c)by inserting in sub-paragraph (5.) of paragraph F, after the word “sowing”, the words “, other than bean seed imported in a bag or parcel containing at least ten pounds in weight of seed,”.

 

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.