Quarantine (Plants) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1950. No. 27.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1947.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Quarantine Act 1908-1947.

Dated this fourteenth day of June, 1950.

W.J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health.

 

Amendments of the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations.

Certificates, permits, &c.

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

(a) by omitting paragraph C;

(b)by omitting from the definition of “ seed ” in sub-paragraph (1.) of paragraph F the word “ or ” (fourth occurring); and

(c)by adding at the end of that definition the words—

“ (f) the genus Sorghum (including grain sorghums, sweet sorghums, broom millets, Sudan grass and related plants) ;

(g) the species Lycopersicum esculenlum Mill. (tomato) ;

(h) the genus Phaseolus (including cultivated beans such as French, kidney, stringless, navy, butter, haricot, lima and climbing beans) ;

(i) the genus Avena (including all varieties and types of cultivated oats) ;

(k) the genus Hordeum (including all varieties and types of cultivated barley) ;

(l) the species Secale cereale L. (including all varieties and types of cultivated rye) ; or

(m) the genus Triticum(including all varieties and types of cultivated wheat).”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1950.

  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; and 1948, Nos. 68 and 92.

2276.—Price 3d. 14/12.5.1950.

2. After regulation 21 of the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations the following regulations are inserted :—

Permits, conditions and restrictions relating to Avocados.

“ 21a.—(1.) In this regulation ‘ bud wood, scions or seeds ’ means the bud wood, scions or seeds of the species Persea gratissima Gaertn. (Avocado).

“ (2.) An application to the Director for a permit to import into Australia bud wood, scions or seeds shall be in writing and signed by the proposed importer.

“ (3.) The proposed importer shall forward the application through the Chief Quarantine Officer in the State in which the bud wood, scions or seeds are to be sown or used for budding and the Chief Quarantine Officer shall endorse on the application such recommendation as he thinks fit.

“ (4.) Where bud wood, scions, or seeds are ordered into quarantine under section 54 of the Act, the bud wood, scions or seeds shall be detained in quarantine for a period of three years unless the Director certifies in writing, before the expiration of that period, that the plants are free from disease.

Permits, conditions and restrictions relating to plants capable of being infected with Narcissus Fly.

“ 21b.—(1.) In this regulation—

‘ Narcissus fly’ includes a fly of the type known as Merodon equestris Fab., Eumerus slrigatus Fallen or Eumerus tuberculatus Rond.;

‘plants’ means plants or any parts of plants of the following genera :—

(a) Amaryllis ;

(b) Cooperia ;

(c) Cyrtanthus ;

(d)Galanthus ;

(e) Gallonia ;

(f) Habranthus ;

(g) Hymenocallis ;

(h) Hyacinthus ;

(i) Iris ;

(j) Leucojum ;

(k) Lilium ;

(l) Narcissus ;

(m) Pancratium ;

(n) Scilla ;

(o) Tulipa ;

(p) Vallota ;

(q) Zephyranthes ;

‘ qualified authority ’ means a person who, in the opinion of the Director, is duly qualified to certify to the matters in relation to which the expression is used.

“ (2.) A person shall not import into Australia any plants unless—

(a)the plants have been grown in a country or area free from all types of Narcissus fly, or, before exportation to Australia, have been fumigated or subjected to heat treatment; and

(b) the plants have, on examination immediately prior to exportation to Australia, been certified by a qualified authority to be free from diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes.

“ (3.) For the purposes of this regulation, plants shall be deemed to have been fumigated or subjected to heat treatment if—

(a) they have been fumigated with methyl bromide at the treatment schedule the equivalent of three pounds of methyl bromide for each 1,000 cubic feet of capacity for a period of four hours at a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit;

(b)they have been fumigated with hydrocyanic acid at a gas concentration the equivalent of eighteen ounces of hydrocyanic gas for each 1,000 cubic feet of capacity for a period of twenty-four hours at a temperature of between 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 65 degrees Fahrenheit; or

(c) they have been subjected to hot-water or vapour-heat treatment in which the plants, after a preliminary heating process, are maintained for a period of not less than one and one-half hours at a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit,

and the fumigation or treatment has been carried out under the supervision of qualified persons and the plants have been so distributed whilst being fumigated or treated that the gas or boat readies each plant receiving treatment.

“ (4.) An application for a permit to import plants into Australia shall be made in writing to the Director and shall be accompanied by certificates issued by a responsible officer of the Department of Agriculture or other appropriate Department of the Government of, or a qualified authority in, the country from which the plants are exported certifying that the plants have been grown, fumigated or treated, as the case may be, and have been examined in accordance with the conditions specified in sub-regulations (2.) and (3.) of this regulation.

Permits, conditions and restrictions relating to grape vines.

“ 21c.—(1.) In this regulation ‘ plants ’ means plants or any parts of plants of the species Vitis.

“ (2.) An application to the Director for a permit to import plants into Australia shall be in writing, signed by the proposed importer, and shall specify the variety, quantity, nature and source of supply of plants in respect of which the application is made, the reason for the importation of the plants, the method of transport by which the plants are to be imported into Australia and the date upon which it is estimated that the plants will arrive in Australia.

“ (3.) Where the plants are to be grown in a State, the application shall be forwarded to the Director through the Chief Quarantine Officer for that State who shall endorse on the application such recommendation as he thinks fit.

“ (4.) Where any plants are ordered into quarantine under section 54 of the Act, the plants shall be detained in quarantine for a period of five years unless the Director certifies in writing, before the expiration of that period, that the plants are free from disease.

“ (5.) An officer or an officer of Customs may destroy any plants imported into Australia otherwise than in accordance with a permit or in contravention of these Regulations.

Permits, conditions and restrictions relating to potatoes.

“ 21d.—(1.) In this regulation—

‘ authority ’ moans the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, a Department of Agriculture of a State, or a research, institution approved, for the purposes of this regulation, by the Director;

‘ potatoes ’ means the tubers or parts of potatoes containing eyes or viable vegetative parts.

“(2.) Potatoes shall not be imported into Australia unless—

(a)they were grown in an area which is free from—

(i) the disease known as ‘ Black Wart ’ caused by Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Pere.;

(ii) the disease known as ‘ Ring Rot ’ caused by Corynebacterium sepedonicum (S. & K.) Skaptason & Burkh.; and

(iii) the ‘ Colorado Potato Beetle ’ –Leptinotarsa decemlincata (Say) ;

(b)they were grown on plants believed to be free from viruses other than Virus X;

(e)they were, immediately prior to exportation, individually examined and found to be sound, healthy, and free from soil and insects; and

(d)they are packed in clean new packages.

“ (3.) An authority may make written application to the Director for a permit to import potatoes into Australia.

“ (4.) An application for a permit to import potatoes into Australia shall be accompanied by a certificate, signed by a responsible officer of the Department of Agriculture or other Department or institution considered appropriate by the Director in the country from which the potatoes are exported, identifying the potatoes, stating the quantity and certifying that the potatoes comply with the conditions specified in sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation.

“ (5.) All bags, crates or other packages in which potatoes are imported into Australia shall be marked on the outside with the name of the country of origin and with such other marks as are necessary to identify the potatoes with the potatoes specified in the certificate furnished in accordance with sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation.

“ (6.) Where potatoes are ordered into quarantine under section 54 of the Act, the potatoes shall be detained in quarantine for two vegetative generations.”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra