Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998

Queensland Plant Protection Act 1989 PLANT PROTECTION (SPIRALING WHITEFLY) REGULATION 1998 Reprinted as in force on 1 September 2002 (regulation not amended up to this date) This is the reprint current on the repeal date Reprint No. 1A 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 1 September 2002. This page is specific to this reprint. See previous reprint for information about earlier changes made under the Reprints Act 1992. A table of earlier reprints is included in the endnotes. See endnotes for information about when provisions commenced. Dates shown on reprints Reprints dated at last amendment All reprints produced on or after 1 July 2002, hard copy and electronic, are dated as at the last date of amendment. Previously reprints were dated as at the date of publication. If a hard copy reprint is dated earlier than an electronic version published before 1 July 2002, it means the legislation was not further amended and the reprint date is the commencement of the last amendment. If the date of a hard copy reprint is the same as the date shown for an electronic version previously published, it merely means that the electronic version was published before the hard copy version. Also, any revised edition of the previously published electronic version will have the same date as that version. Replacement reprint date If the date of a hard copy reprint is the same as the date shown on another hard copy reprint it means that one is the replacement of the other.

Queensland PLANT PROTECTION (SPIRALING WHITEFLY) REGULATION 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 2—GENERAL PEST CONTROL MEASURES 3 General control over spread of spiraling whitefly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Notifiable pest declaration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 3—PEST QUARANTINE AREAS Division 1—Declarations 5 Cairns pest quarantine area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Cape York pest quarantine area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Division 2—Pest control measures 7 Movement restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Pest control measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Restriction on selling plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 Date to which amendments incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

s1 3 s3 Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998 PLANT PROTECTION (SPIRALING WHITEFLY) REGULATION 1998 [reprinted as in force on 1 September 2002] PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998. 2 Definitions In this regulation— “pest quarantine area” means a pest quarantine area declared under section 5 or 6. “wet tropics area” see the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 , section 4. 1 PART 2—GENERAL PEST CONTROL MEASURES 3 General control over spread of spiraling whitefly (1) This section applies to the parts of Queensland that are not in a pest quarantine area. 1 Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 , section 4 (Definitions)— “wet tropics area” means the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area described in the World Heritage list kept under the World Heritage Convention.

s4 4 s5 Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998 (2) A person must not without an inspector’s approval knowingly move a spiraling whitefly or a plant infested with spiraling whitefly from a parcel of land to another parcel of land 4 Notifiable pest declaration Spiraling whitefly is declared to be a notifiable pest for section 12 2 of the Act. PART 3—PEST QUARANTINE AREAS Division 1—Declarations 5 Cairns pest quarantine area (1) The Cairns pest quarantine area described in subsection (2) is declared to be a pest quarantine area. 3 (2) The Cairns pest quarantine area is the area bounded by an imaginary line drawn— • from the point where the eastern boundary of the wet tropics area intersects the southern bank of the Barron River • then south along the boundary of the wet tropics area to the north bank of Crowleys Creek • then east along the north bank of Crowleys Creek to the point where it intersects the Bruce Highway • then north along the Bruce Highway to the point where it intersects Anderson Road • then along Anderson Road in a generally easterly direction to the end of Anderson Road 2 The Act, section 12 (Notification of pests). See section 12(2) for the notification requirements imposed on owners of land and others. 3 Maps of the quarantine areas declared under this part are available for inspection at the Department’s offices at 80 Ann Street, Brisbane and 21–23 Redden Street, Cairns.

s6 5 s8 Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998 • then east from the end of Anderson Road to the mainland shoreline at high water mark • then north along the mainland shoreline at high water mark to the point where it intersects the eastern tip of the southern bank of the Barron River at high water mark • then west along the southern bank of the Barron River to the point where the eastern boundary of the wet tropics area intersects the southern bank of the Barron River. 6 Cape York pest quarantine area The area north of latitude 13º45' south is declared to be a pest quarantine area. Division 2—Pest control measures 7 Movement restrictions A person must not, without an inspector’s approval— (a) move a spiraling whitefly or a plant out of a pest quarantine area; or (b) move a spiraling whitefly or a plant infested with spiraling whitefly from a parcel of land within a pest quarantine area to another parcel of land within the area. 4 8 Pest control measures (1) This section applies if an inspector is reasonably satisfied land in a pest quarantine area is infested with spiraling whitefly. (2) The inspector must take the pest control measures on the land that the inspector considers is reasonably necessary to eradicate the infestation. (3) If practicable, the inspector must, before entering the land, notify the owner or other person occupying the land that the inspector proposes to enter the land at a stated time to carry out stated pest control measures. 4 Under the Act, section 11(7) (Pest quarantine area), an inspector may, amongst other things, permit an exemption from this section.

s9 6 s9 Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998 (4) If notice was not given before entering the land, the inspector must, after taking the measures, notify the owner or occupier of the entry and the measures. (5) A notice under this section may be oral or written. (6) In this section— “pest control measures” includes— (a) releasing the biological control parasite Encarsia sp; and (b) another measure described in section 13(1) or (2) 5 of the Act. 9 Restriction on selling plants A person must not sell a plant in a pest quarantine area that— (a) has a visible symptom showing that the plant may be infested with spiraling whitefly; or (b) is infested with spiraling whitefly. Examples of visible symptoms under paragraph (a) — • white flocculence (spiralling trail of insect residue) on the plant’s fruit or leaves • the presence of the adult, larvae, nymph or other life stage of spiraling whitefly. 5 The Act, section 13 (Special powers in relation to specific pest infestations)

7 Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 5 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 6 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 2 Date to which amendments incorporated This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). However, no amendments have commenced operation on or before that day. 3 Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Key AIA amd amdt ch def div exp gaz hdg ins lap notfd o in c om orig p para prec pres Explanation = Acts Interpretation Act 1954 = amended = amendment = chapter = definition = division = expires/expired = gazette = heading = inserted = lapsed = notified = order in council = omitted = original = page = paragraph = preceding = present Key prev (prev) proc prov pt pubd R[X] RA reloc renum rep s sch sdiv SIA SIR SL sub unnum Explanation = previous = previously = proclamation = provision = part = published = Reprint No.[X] = Reprints Act 1992 = relocated = renumbered = repealed = section = schedule = subdivision = Statutory Instruments Act 1992 = Statutory Instruments Regulation 1992 = subordinate legislation = substituted = unnumbered

8 Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998 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. 1 Amendments included none Reprint date 15 September 1998 5 List of legislation Plant Protection (Spiraling Whitefly) Regulation 1998 SL No. 81 made by the Governor in Council on 9 April 1998 notfd gaz 9 April 1998 pp 1530–32 commenced on date of notification rep 1 September 2002 (2002 SL No. 205 s 132(1)) 6 List of annotations PART 4—AMENDMENT AND REPEAL pt 4 (ss 10–12) exp 10 April 1998 (see s 12) © State of Queensland 2002