EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM:

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

PLANT DISEASES REGULATIONS.

No. 4 of 1957

	The necessity for the registration of orchards was included in the original regulations so that record could be kept of what trees were grown, and where, in order to properly police pest and disease requirements.

	With the growth of the city, registration of orchards is no longer practical, and these amendments remove the requirement.

	Amendments are made for the adoption of the more up to date methods of control of pests and diseases in conformity with N.S.W. practice.