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. |
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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. |
Blueberry Rust | means the exotic disease caused by the fungus Thekospora minima. |
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 Zones (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 Zones (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). |
Queensland Fruit Fly | means the pest Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt). |
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. |
Western Flower Thrips | means the pest Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). |
Page last updated: 02 Jan 2024