Plant Biosecurity Regulations 2016.

These Regulations, consisting of 17 sections divided into six Parts and completed by four Shedules, are made under section 141 of the Plant Biosecurity Act 2010. The objectives of these Regulations are: (a) to require possession of an assurance certificate, a plant health certificate or a plant health declaration in certain circumstances and to provide exemptions from this requirement; and (b) to prescribe particulars for assurance certificates, plant health certificates and plant health declarations in certain circumstances; and (c) to require the presentation of prescribed material, certificates or declarations in certain circumstances; and (d) to prescribe the manner of attaching a warning to seized or detained packages, plants or plant products; and (e) to prescribe plants for the purposes of the Plant Biosecurity Act 2010; and (f) to specify activities for which inspectors can impose fees and charges; and (g) to prescribe offences under that Act which may be enforced by infringement notices and penalties for infringement notices. The Regulations are divided as follows: Preliminary (Part 1); Plant pest and disease control, including: Prescribed materials, Requirement to possess certificate with prescribed materials, etc.; Property identification codes (Part 3); Marking and identification, including: Prescribed fruit and vegetables for marking locality (Part 4); Fees and charges (Part 5); Infringement notices, offences and penalties (Part 6). Schedules deal with: Prescribed plants; Prescribed fruit and vegetables; Warning ;Infringement offences and infringement penalties.