Condition definitions

agricultural equipment	means any equipment which has been used for the culture, harvesting, handling, packing, processing of any plant or plant product and includes any vehicle.
annual ryegrass toxicity	means the disease of livestock caused by eating annual ryegrass plant material infected jointly with the nematode (Anguina funesta) and the bacterium (Rathayibacter toxicus).
APVMA	means the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
area freedom certificate	means a certificate provided by the chief inspector responsible for quarantine in a state or territory stating that the state or territory, or part thereof is known to be free from a pest or disease.
asparagus stem blight	means the exotic disease caused by the fungus Phomopsis asparagi (Sacc.) Bubák.
citrus canker	means the exotic disease caused by the bacteria Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri.
citrus red mite	means the exotic pest Panonychus citri (McGregor).
citrus tristeza virus	means the exotic disease caused by the stem pitting strain of the citrus tristeza virus.
commodity	means a type of plant, plant product, or other article being moved for trade or other purpose.
compliance agreement	means a written agreement between the department and a business to enable an authorised person to verify certification with specified plants and plant products imported from interstate.
earth material	means soil, gravel, sand or rocks.
electric ant	means the exotic pest Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger).
European house borer	means the exotic pest Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus).
fire ant	means the exotic pest Solenopsis invicta (Buren).
filtered Juice	means the liquid fraction of grape must that has been processed (including but not limited to filtration or centrifugation) to achieve a maximum particle size of 50 microns.
fruit	means fresh, not processed, fruit.
grape phylloxera	means the pest Daktulosphaira vitifolii (Fitch).
green snail	means the exotic pest Cantareus apertus (Born).
hay and straw	includes baled organic material and fodder.
interstate certification assurance (ICA)	means a system of certification assurance developed to meet the requirements of state and territory governments for the certification of produce for interstate and intrastate quarantine purposes.
landscaping material	means any non‐liquid combination of organic material, potting media, sand, coal fines, dried bio‐solids or mulch.
lupin anthracnose	means the exotic disease caused by the fungus Colletotrichum lupini (Bondar) Nirenberg et al.
Mediterranean fruit fly	means the exotic pest Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann).
onion smut	means the exotic disease caused by the fungus Urocystis cepulae (Frost).
package	means an article in which a plant or plant product is, or has been, contained, wrapped or packed, and includes bulk containers.
phylloxera exclusion zone (PEZ)	means a part of the state that has completed a recognised surveillance program to determine the region is free of phylloxera, is identified under a control order for the purpose of preventing the entry of grape phylloxera into area and has an area freedom certificate issued by the Chief Plant Health Officer of the state.
phylloxera infested zone (PIZ)	means a part of the state where phylloxera is known to be present. Restrictions are in place to prevent the spread of phylloxera from the area.
phylloxera risk zone (PRZ)	means a part of the state where phylloxera has not been detected and has not been through a recognised surveillance program.
pinewood	means any wood from trees of the genera Abies, Picea, Pinus or Pseudotsugata.
plant	means any member of the vegetable kingdom and includes any tree, vegetable, vine and edible fungi but does not include any plant product.
plant health assurance certificate (PHAC)	means a certificate issued by a person accredited by the department responsible for agriculture in a state or territory.
plant health certificate (PHC)	means a certificate issued by an inspector, inspection agent or officer of a department responsible for agriculture in a state or territory.
plant health declaration	means a declaration issued by an authorised person.
plant part	means any part of a plant including cuttings, leaves or roots, but not fruit.
plant product	means the whole or part of any flower, fruit, nut, seed, leaf, bulb, corm, tuber or stem which has been separated from a plant and includes dried plant material and sawn or dressed timber.
polyphagous shot-hole borer	means the exotic pest Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff).
potato cyst nematode	means the pest Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Skarbilovich.
processed fruit	means fruit which has been processed into another form for domestic consumption and includes cooking, drying, freezing, pickling, segmenting.
pyriform scale	means the pest Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell).
seasoned pinewood	means pinewood that has a moisture content of 20% or less when tested in accordance with AS1080.1–1997 Timber: methods of test – moisture content.
spiralling whitefly	means the exotic pest Aleurodicus dispersus (Russell).
state department of agriculture	includes a department in another state or territory administering the Act of that state of territory corresponding with the Plant Biosecurity Act 2010.
Structural pinewood	means any pinewood which is part of an existing building or is to be used in the construction of a building.
tomato potato psyllid	means the pest Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc).
treatment	means a process or procedure required to be carried out in respect of any plant or plant product and includes the specification of the condition or maturity of a plant product.
turf	means any grass sod with soil or potting media attached.
used package	means any article in which a plant or plant product has been contained, wrapped or packed, and includes bulk containers.
verification	means the examination of a consignment to ensure the contents match details on accompanying certification and the certification is correct by an inspector or a person accredited to do so.