This regulation may be cited as the Biosecurity (Tomato/Potato Psyllid) Amendment Regulation 2018.
This regulation amends the Biosecurity Regulation 2016.
Chapter 5, part 3, division 1—
insert—57ATomato/potato psyllid carrier
(1)A person must not move a tomato/potato psyllid carrier into the State from a State where tomato/potato psyllid has been found.(2)However, a person may move the carrier—(a)if the carrier is seed that is free of other vegetative material; or(b)if the carrier is a packing house prepared carrier; or(c)if—(i)the carrier has come from a certified interstate free area for tomato/potato psyllid and zebra chip (Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous); and(ii)the person gets an acceptable biosecurity certificate that states the carrier comes from the certified interstate free area, before moving the carrier; and(iii)for a tomato/potato psyllid carrier that is not a plant—the carrier has been continuously located in the certified interstate free area for at least 12 months immediately before being moved; or(d)if—(i)the carrier is a plant that is certified as being free of tomato/potato psyllid under—(A)a corresponding law to the Act; or(B)an inspection and certification program; and(ii)the person gets an acceptable biosecurity certificate that states the plant is certified as being free of tomato/potato psyllid under the corresponding law or program, before moving the carrier; or(e)if the person—(i)gets an acceptable biosecurity certificate that states the carrier meets the risk minimisation requirements for the carrier, before moving the carrier; and(ii)ensures, under section 46, that, until the move is completed, the carrier is dealt with in accordance with the risk minimisation requirements for the carrier.(3)In this section—inspection and certification program means a program, administered by another State, under which tomato/potato psyllid carriers are inspected and certified as being free of tomato/potato psyllid.packing house prepared carrier means a fruit or vegetable, other than a plant of the Solanaceae family or Convolvulaceae family, that—(a)is prepared, stemmed, processed, graded, sorted or packed in a packing house; and(b)is free of other vegetative material, including, for example, a calyx.permitted plant product means any of the following—(a)grain;(b)dried plant parts;(c)mulch;(d)timber;(e)chaff or hay.tomato/potato psyllid means tomato/potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli).tomato/potato psyllid carrier means—(a)a plant of the Solanaceae family; or•capsicum•potato•thornapple•tobacco•tomato(b)a plant of the Convolvulaceae family; or•sweet potato•field blindweed(c)another plant that is not a permitted plant product; or(d)soil that has come into contact with a tomato/potato psyllid carrier mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b); or(e)an appliance that has come into contact with a tomato/potato psyllid carrier mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (d).