26Mediterranean fruit fly—carriers

26 Mediterranean fruit fly—carriers

26 Mediterranean fruit fly—carriers

(1) A person must not import into the State any of the following—

(a) any Mediterranean fruit fly host fruit,

(b) any soil in which a Mediterranean fruit fly host plant has been grown (Mediterranean fruit fly host soil),

(c) any covering that has contained or been in contact with a Mediterranean fruit fly host fruit or Mediterranean fruit fly host soil.

(2) In this clause—

Mediterranean fruit fly host fruit means the fruit of a Mediterranean fruit fly host plant but it does not include fruit that has been processed, including—

(a) by being cooked, dried, canned, juiced, pickled or frozen, or

(b) by being cut up and packaged.

Mediterranean fruit fly host plant means any plant set out in Schedule 2.

Note 1.

See Subdivision 6 of Division 3 of Part 2 of the Biosecurity Order (Permitted Activities) 2019, which sets out exceptions to this clause.

Note 2.

Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) is a prohibited matter under Part 4 of the Act.

cll 24–31: Am 2019 (604), Sch 2[3].