Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997

Queensland Plant Protection Act 1989 PLANT PROTECTION (BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA) QUARANTINE REGULATION 1997 Reprinted as in force on 10 August 1999 (includes amendments up to SL No. 96 of 1999) Reprint No. 1B This reprint is prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy

Information about this reprint This regulation is reprinted as at 10 August 1999. The reprint shows the law as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before that day (Reprints Act 1992 s 5(c)). The reprint includes a reference to the law by which each amendment was made—see list of legislation and list of annotations in endnotes. This page is specific to this reprint. See previous reprints for information about earlier changes made under the Reprints Act 1992. A table of earlier reprints is included in the endnotes. Also see endnotes for information about— • when provisions commenced • editorial changes made in earlier reprints.

Queensland PLANT PROTECTION (BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA) QUARANTINE REGULATION 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 2—TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS 2 Definitions for pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Pest quarantine area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Objects of quarantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Restriction on moving, planting and cultivating banana plants . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Restriction on moving appliances and other things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Treatment of banana plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 3—WATTLE HILLS 8 Definitions for pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 Pest quarantine area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10 Objects of quarantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 Restriction on moving, planting and cultivating plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 12 Owner of land to treat banana plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA RESISTANT CULTIVARS ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

s1 3 s3 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 PLANT PROTECTION (BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA) QUARANTINE REGULATION 1997 [as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 10 August 1999] † PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 . † PART 2—TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS ˙ Definitions for pt 2 2. In this part— “banana plant” means a plant of the genus Musa , other than a banana black Sigatoka resistant cultivar mentioned in the schedule, but does not include the fruit of the plant. “pest quarantine area” means the pest quarantine area declared under section 3. ˙ Pest quarantine area 3. The area within the following boundary is declared to be a pest quarantine area— • from latitude 10°28' south, longitude 142° east • to latitude 10°28' south, longitude 143° east

s4 4 s5 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 • to latitude 10°47' south, longitude 143°east • to latitude 10°47' south, longitude 142°46' east • to latitude 10°36' south, longitude 142°27' east • to latitude 10°52' south, longitude 142°10' east • to latitude 10°52' south, longitude 142° east • to latitude 10°28' south, longitude 142° east. 1 ˙ Objects of quarantine 4. The objects of the quarantine for the pest quarantine area 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 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) move a banana plant from a parcel of land in the pest quarantine area to another parcel of land in the area; or (c) plant a banana plant in the pest quarantine area; or (d) cultivate a banana plant in the pest quarantine area. 1 Copies of a map showing the boundary of the pest quarantine area are available for inspection during office hours at— (a) the department’s head office at 80 Ann Street, Brisbane; and (b) the office of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service at the ground floor of the Pearl’s Building, Victoria Parade, Thursday Island.

s6 5 s7 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 ˙ Restriction on moving appliances and other things 6. A person must not, without an inspector’s approval, move an appliance or other thing that has been in contact with a banana plant— (a) out of the pest quarantine area; or (b) from a parcel of land in the pest quarantine area to another parcel of land in the area. ˙ Treatment of banana plants 7.(1) This section applies to an owner of land in the pest quarantine area who grows a banana plant on the land. (2) The owner must treat, or allow an inspector to treat, each banana plant growing on the land 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 pseudostem and leaf tissue, other than leaf tissue that is dead or not green in colour, by— (i) cutting them into pieces of no more than 600 mm in length; and (ii) leaving the pieces to rot on the surface of the soil or burying them under at least 1 m of soil; (c) treat the corm, suckers and butt of each pseudostem by— (i) removing them from the soil, cutting them into pieces of no more than 50 mm in diameter and either— (A) leaving the pieces to rot on the surface of the soil; or (B) burying them under at least 1 m of soil; or (ii) injecting each pseudostem at a height of 30 cm above the ground with a 3.6% solution of glyphosate solution at a rate of 15 ml for each pseudostem and spraying any regrowth with a 0.2% solution of 2,4-D.

s 8 6 s 11 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 † PART 3—WATTLE HILLS ˙ Definitions for pt 3 8. 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 9. ˙ Pest quarantine area 9. 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 10. 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 11. 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.

s 12 7 s 12 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 ˙ Owner of land to treat banana plants 12.(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.

8 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 ¡ SCHEDULE † BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA RESISTANT CULTIVARS sections 2 and 8, definitions “banana plant” Blue Java Bluggoe Ducasse FHIA 02 Gold Finger Goly Goly Pot Pot Kluai Namwa Khom (Dwarf Ducasse) Pisang Ceylan Sh 3436 Simoi TU8 Yangambi Km5

9 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 † ENDNOTES ´ 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ´ 2 Date to which amendments incorporated This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). Accordingly, this reprint includes all amendments that commenced operation on or before 10 August 1999. Future amendments of the Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 may be made in accordance with this reprint under the Reprints Act 1992, section 49. 3 ´ AIA amd amdt ch def div exp gaz hdg ins lap notfd o in c om p para prec pres = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Acts Interpretation Act 1954 amended amendment chapter definition division expires/expired gazette heading inserted lapsed notified order in council omitted page paragraph preceding present prev (prev) proc prov pt pubd R[X] RA reloc renum rep s sch sdiv SIA SL sub unnum = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = previous previously proclamation provision part published Reprint No.[X] Reprints Act 1992 relocated renumbered repealed section schedule subdivision Statutory Instruments Act 1992 subordinate legislation substituted unnumbered

10 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 ´ 4 Table of earlier reprints TABLE OF EARLIER REPRINTS [If a reprint number includes a roman letter, the reprint was released in unauthorised, electronic form only.] Reprint No. Amendments included Reprint date 1 to SL No. 227 of 1998 4 September 1998 1A to SL No. 45 of 1999 31 March 1999 ´ 5 List of legislation Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine SL No. 201 made by the Governor in Council on 3 July 1997 notfd gaz 4 July 1997 pp 1143–4 commenced on date of notification exp 1 September 2007 (see SIA s 54) Regulation 1997 as amended by— Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 SL No. 227 notfd gaz 7 August 1998 pp 1717–20 commenced on date of notification Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 SL No. 45 notfd gaz 26 March 1999 pp 1450–3 commenced on date of notification Plant Protection Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 SL No. 96 pts 1–2 notfd gaz 28 May 1999 pp 401–2 commenced on date of notification ´ 6 List of annotations PART 1—PRELIMINARY pt hdg ins 1998 SL No. 227 s 40 s 3 Short title s 1 amd 1998 SL No. 227 s 4

11 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 PART 2—TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS pt hdg prev pt 2 hdg ins 1998 SL No. 227 s 5 om 1999 SL No. 45 s 3 pres pt 2 hdg ins 1999 SL No. 96 s 2 Definitions for pt 2 s 2 prev s 2 om 1999 SL No. 45 s 3 pres s 2 ins 1999 SL No. 96 s 3 Pest quarantine area s 3 prev s 3 om 1999 SL No. 45 s 3 pres s 3 ins 1999 SL No. 96 s 3 Objects of quarantine s 4 prev s 4 renum as s 8 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 pres s 4 ins 1999 SL No. 96 s 3 Restriction on moving, planting and cultivating banana plants s 5 prev s 5 renum as s 9 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 pres s 5 ins 1999 SL No. 96 s 3 Restriction on moving appliances and other things s 6 prev s 6 renum as s 10 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 pres s 6 ins 1999 SL No. 96 s 3 Treatment of banana plants s 7 prev s 7 renum as s 11 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 pres s 7 ins 1999 SL No. 96 s 3 PART 3—WATTLE HILLS pt hdg ins 1998 SL No. 227 s 6 Definitions for pt 3 s 8 prev s 8 renum as s 12 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 pres s 8 (prev s 4) ins 1998 SL No. 227 s 6 def “pest quarantine area” amd 1999 SL No. 96 s 4 renum 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 Pest quarantine area s 9 (prev s 5) ins 1998 SL No. 227 s 6 renum 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 Objects of quarantine s 10 (prev s 6) ins 1998 SL No. 227 s 6 renum 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 Restriction on moving, planting and cultivating plants s 11 (prev s 7) ins 1998 SL No. 227 s 6 renum 1999 SL No. 96 s 5 Owner of land to treat banana plants s 12 (prev s 8) ins 1998 SL No. 227 s 6 renum 1999 SL No. 96 s 5

12 Plant Protection (Banana Black Sigatoka) Quarantine Regulation 1997 SCHEDULE—BANANA BLACK SIGATOKA RESISTANT CULTIVARS sub 1998 SL No. 227 s 6 © State of Queensland 1999