AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

AMENDMENT OF THE PLANT DISEASES REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 7 of 1981

The Plant Diseases Regulations amend the principal Regulations in consequence of the Plant Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance 1981 which allows the prompt authorisation of the use of new preparations as they become available for the control of plant pests.

Regulation 1 deletes from Regulation 36 of the principal Regulations reference to specific codling moth sprays and refers instead to an “approved insecticide”.

Regulation 2 deletes from Regulation 37 of the principal Regulations reference to specific fruit fly sprays (a “prescribed spray”) and refers instead to an “approved insecticide”.

Regulation 3 deletes Regulation 40 of the principal Regulations (a repeal provision) which is now superfluous.