Manual Tasmania

Plant Biosecurity Manual Tasmania 2015Edition Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Conditions and Restrictions in Relation to the Importation of Prescribed Matter Plant Quarantine Act 1997 Section 68 I, Lloyd Klumpp, being and as the holder of the office of General Manager, Biosecurity Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, as delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment under Section 7 of the Plant Quarantine Act 1997 (the Act) do hereby revoke the Notice made under Section 68 of the Act on 10 th day of December 2013 and, pursuant to Section 68 of the Act do hereby impose, effective from 17 th December 2014, the following revised conditions and restrictions in relation to the importation of prescribed matter as specified in Sections 2 & 3 of the Plant Biosecurity Manual Tasmania – 2015 Edition which forms part of this Notice. Dated this 19th day of November 2014 Lloyd Klumpp GENERAL MANAGER BIOSECURITY TASMANIA Explanatory Note: Suppliers and importers of plants, plant products and other prescribed matter, and other interested parties, should note the revised conditions and restrictions to which the Notice above refers, include but are not limited to: • Introduction of new guidelines in Section 2 on Tasmanian plant biosecurity regulations concerning soil (Section 2.4), potting media (Section 2.5), Declared weeds as contaminants (Section 2.6), alternative fumigation & treatment standards (Section 2.7), semi-processed and processed plant products (Section 2.8), amendments to rules on packaging entering the State (Section 2.11), and restrictions on fodder entering the State (Section 2.16); • Revisions to IRs for fruit fly (IR 2) and fruit fly host produce (IR’s 41-44), blueberry rust (IR28), conditions of import of bulk grain for animal feed (IR30), seed imports (IR36) and nursery stock (IR38); • Update of Tasmania’s Regulated Quarantine Pest List A & B Pests and Diseases (Appendix 1.1), and Unwanted Quarantine Pests (& Diseases) (Appendix 1.2), including the revocation of Tobacco Rattle Virus, declaration of Little Cherry Virus 2 and name changes for blueberry rust and myrtle rust. Copies of the Plant Biosecurity Manual Tasmania – 2015 Edition, may be downloaded from DPIPWE’s web site at www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au . ii Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment 2014 Information in this publication may be reproduced provided that any extracts are acknowledged Plant Biosecurity Manual Tasmania – 2015 Edition ISBN: 978-0-7246-6611-9 1. Biosecurity. 2. Quarantine. 3. Plants. 4. Tasmania. About the Manual Parts 2 and 3 of this Manual sets out conditions and restrictions for the importation of prescribed matter pursuant to s68 of the Plant Quarantine Act 1997 , as determined by the Secretary or their designated delegates, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE). The Plant Biosecurity Manual Tasmania is prepared by DPIPWE for the use of businesses and individuals involved in importing and exporting plants, plant products and other prescribed matter The Manual is a managed document. The Manual’s subsequent revision(s) and re-issue are controlled and issued by the Plant Biosecurity & Diagnostics Branch, DPIPWE. For identification of amendments, each page contains an Edition number and a page number. Changes will only be issued as a complete replacement document. Recipients should remove superseded versions from circulation. Recipients are responsible for accurate citation when referring to this Manual. Cover Photography (from left to right): Cereal crop – DPIPWE Image Library; tropical orchid - courtesy of Andrew Bishop; potatoes – courtesy of John Farrow. Cover Design: Design Unit, Information and Land Services Division, DPIPWE This publication should be cited as: Tasmania. Dept. of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (2014) Plant Biosecurity Manual Tasmania - 2015 Edition . Hobart. For more information about this Manual, please contact: Biosecurity Operations Branch, Level 3, 169 Main Rd, Moonah, TAS. 7009; Phone: + 61 (0)3 6165 3777 Fax: + 61 (0)3 6233 8885 Email: [email protected] Disclaimer The information provided in the Plant Biosecurity Manual Tasmania is provided in good faith. The Crown, its officers, employees and agents do not accept liability however arising, including liability for negligence, for any loss resulting from the use of or reliance upon the information in this manual and/or reliance on its availability at any time. 2015 Edition PLANT BIOSECURITY MANUAL Tasmania iii PLANT BIOSECURITY MANUAL TASMANIA Conditions and restrictions prepared by Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment for the import and export of plants, plant products and other prescribed matter for the purpose of the Plant Quarantine Act 1997 (Tasmania) PLANT BIOSECURITY MANUAL Tasmania 2015 Edition iv 2015 Edition PLANT BIOSECURITY MANUAL Tasmania 1 CONTENTS PAGE Biosecurity Operations Branch: 4 Biosecurity Operations Centres and Points of Contact 4 Part 1 - Background 5 1.1 Authority and Range of Powers 5 1.2 Purpose 5 1.3 Exemption 5 1.4 References 5 1.5 Manual Publication and Updates 6 1.6 Fees and Charges 6 1.7 Non-Compliance and Infringement Notices 6 1.8 Audits 6 1.9 Tasmanian Plant Biosecurity Pest Categorisation System 7 1.10 Publication of Pests and Diseases 7 1.11 Tasmanian Biosecurity Fact Sheets 8 Part 2 - Conditions and Restrictions on Prescribed Matter 9 2.1 Permitted Points of Entry 9 2.2 Provision of Notification, Certification and Clearances Notices with Imported Plants, Plant Products and/or Prescribed Matter 10 2.3 Post Importation Inspection 10 2.4 Soil 11 2.5 Potting media 11 2.6 Declared Weeds as Contaminants 11 2.7 Alternative Fumigation & Treatment Standards 11 2.8 Semi-processed and Processed Plant Products 12 2.9 Tissue Culture 12 2.10 Mail Order and On-line Purchases of Plants and Plant Products 13 2.11 Packages 13 2.12 Agricultural Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles (New and Used) 13 2.13 Vehicles of any Description 14 2.14 Vessels 14 2.15 Raw Timber, Logs and Timber Products 14 2.16 Fodder 14 2.17 False or Misleading Information 15 2.18 Interstate Certification Assurance (ICA) Scheme 15 2.18.1 Cross-Index of Tasmanian IRs by ICA Equivalent 15 2.19 Interpretation 21 2.20 Import Requirement Summary Tables 23 2.21 Import Requirement Details 43 Schedules & Notes: Import Requirements for Fruit Fly Host Produce 44 SCHEDULE 1A: FRUIT FLY HOST FRUIT 45 SCHEDULE 1B: FRUIT FLY HOST SECURE FRUIT HANDLING, STORAGE & TRANSPORT 49 PLANT BIOSECURITY MANUAL Tasmania 2015 Edition 2 1 Fruit Fly Host Produce – Area Freedom 51 2 Fruit Fly Host Produce - Disinfestation with Methyl Bromide 52 3 Fruit Fly Host Produce - Disinfestation by Cold Storage 53 4 Fruit Fly Host Produce – Disinfestation of Mango and Papaya with Heat 54 5 Fruit Fly Host Produce – Hard Green or Similar Condition 55 6 Fruit Fly Host Produce – Irradiation 57 7 Fruit Fly Host Produce – Systems Approaches for Citrus and Strawberries 58 8A Fruit Fly Host Produce – Post-harvest Treatment with Dimethoate 59 8B Fruit Fly Host Produce – Post-harvest Treatment with Fenthion 60 9 Potatoes – Import Conditions 62 10 Grape Phylloxera – Hosts and Vectors 65 11 Onion Smut and Iris Yellow Spot Tospovirus (IYSV) - Hosts and Vectors 69 12 Pea Weevil - Hosts and Vectors 71 13 REVOKED (Boil Smut – Hosts) 73 14 REVOKED (Hosts of Chrysanthemum White Rust ( Puccinia horiana Henn.)) 74 15 Red Imported Fire Ant - Vectors 75 16 REVOKED (Hosts of San Jose Scale ( Diaspidiotus perniciosus Comstock)) 78 17 REVOKED (Hosts of Tobacco Blue Mould Fungus (Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina (D.B. Adam) Skalicky)) 79 18 Fire Blight - Hosts 80 19 REVOKED (Hosts of Western Flower Thrips ( Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande)) 82 20 REVOKED (Hosts of Melon Thrips ( Thrips palmi Karny)) 83 21 REVOKED (Pyrethrum Seed) 84 22 Lupin Anthracnose Disease - Hosts and Vectors 85 23 REVOKED (Hosts of Spiralling Whitefly ( Aleurodicus dispersus Russell)) 87 24 REVOKED (Hosts of Ash Whitefly ( Siphoninus phillyreae Haliday)) 88 25 Green Snail - Vector Import Controls 89 26 REVOKED (Argentine Ant ( Linepithema humile Mayr)) 90 27 Chickpea Blight - Hosts and Vectors 91 28 Blueberry Rust - Hosts and Vectors 93 29 Plants and Plant Products, other than Potatoes, from Potato Cyst Nematode infested areas within Victoria 95 30 Grain and Grain Products Intended for Animal Feed - Import Conditions 96 31 REVOKED (Hosts and Vectors of Citrus Canker ( Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Hasse) Vauterin et al.)) 103 32 Canola Seed and Grain – Freedom from Genetically Modified (GM) Brassicaceae Seed 104 33 Silverleaf Whitefly - Hosts 105 34 REVOKED (Hosts of Impatiens Downy Mildew ( Plasmopara obducens (J. Schröt.) J. Schröt. in Cohn)) 107 2015 Edition PLANT BIOSECURITY MANUAL Tasmania 3 35 REVOKED (Hosts of Pepper Anthracnose ( Colletotrichum capsici Syd.)) 108 36 Seeds for Sowing 109 37 Plant Material and Soil for the Purpose of Laboratory Analysis or Diagnosis 114 38 Nursery Stock 116 38A Treatment of Nursery Stock 117 38B Importation of Nursery Stock by Best Practice Biosecurity 119 38C REVOKED (Importation of Nursery Stock to Approved Quarantine Place) 122 38D Importation of Nursery Stock by Special Approval 123 39 Agricultural Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles (New and Used) 127 40 European House Borer - Vectors 129 41 Fruit Fly Host Produce – Splitting and Reconsigning 131 42 Fruit Fly Host Produce – Pre-harvest Treatment and Inspection of Table Grapes 132 43 Fruit Fly Host Produce - Pre-harvest Treatment and Inspection of Stone Fruit, Pome Fruit, Persimmons and Blueberries 133 44 Fruit Fly Host Produce – Pre-harvest Treatment and Inspection of Tomatoes, Capsicums, Chillies and Eggplants 134 45 Fruit Fly & Grape Phylloxera Host Produce – Repacking and Composite Lots 135 2.22 Import Protocols 136 2.23 Plant and Plant Product Exports 136 Part 3 - Appendices 138 APPENDIX 1.1 List A and List B Declared Pests and Diseases (Tasmanian Plant Biosecurity ‘Regulated Quarantine Pests’) 139 APPENDIX 1.2 List of ‘Unwanted Quarantine Pests’ for Tasmanian Plant Biosecurity 145 APPENDIX 2.

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