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plant health (pest affected plants) amendment bill 2020

South Australia

Plant Health (Pest Affected Plants) Amendment Bill 2020

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Plant Health Act 2009


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Contents

Part 1—Preliminary


1Short title


2Amendment provisions


Part 2—Amendment of Plant Health Act 2009


3Amendment of section 7—Prohibition on introducing pest affected plants or plant related products



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Plant Health (Defence—Introducing Pest Affected Plants or Plant Related Products) Amendment Act 2020.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Plant Health Act 2009

3—Amendment of section 7—Prohibition on introducing pest affected plants or plant related products

Section 7— after subsection (7) insert:

(7a) A person will, in the case of a minor offence, not be taken to commit an offence against this section if, after becoming aware that the person has brought or introduced into the State—

(a) a pest or a plant, or plant related product, affected by a pest; or

(b) a plant or plant related product of a specified class set out in a notice of the Minister under subsection (2),

the person, by the quickest possible means—

(c) surrenders the relevant item to an inspector, or a person assisting an inspector; or

(d) destroys the relevant item; or

(e) disposes of the relevant item at a quarantine station.

 


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