Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsacceptable assurance certificate means--
(a) an assurance certificate given by an accredited person in accordance with the conditions of the person's accreditation; or
(b) a certificate given under a corresponding law to part 4.
accreditation conditions see section 21C(1).
accreditation document means a document given to an accredited person by the chief executive for the accreditation.
accredited person means a person who is accredited under part 4 to give assurance certificates.
amending Act, for part 8, see section 36.
amendment of an accreditation document, includes amendment of an accreditation condition.
another jurisdiction means the Commonwealth or another State.
appliance includes any vehicle, machinery, equipment or apparatus of any kind.
approved form see section 34.
assurance certificate means a certificate under part 4 about a plant or other thing, including, for example, a certificate that a plant or thing--
(a) is free of any or a stated pest infestation; or
(b) is free of any or a stated pest, disease, pest infestation, infection or condition within the meaning of a corresponding law to this Act; or
(c) is in a stated condition; or
(d) is from a stated area; or
(e) has been treated in a stated way; or
(f) complies with accreditation conditions or stated accreditation conditions; or
(g) meets other stated requirements, including requirements prescribed under a regulation.
authorised person means a person who holds appointment as an authorised person under section 6D.
business document, for an area, see section 6N.
business movement, for an area, see section 6M.
canker notice, for part 8, see section 36.
commencement, for part 8, see section 36.
corresponding law, to this Act or a provision of this Act, means a law of another jurisdiction that is declared under a regulation to be a corresponding law to this Act or the provision.
crop plant means a plant that is intentionally grown for its consumption as food or fodder or for its resale or the sale of its products or for a commercial use.
crop plant district means a district established under section 10(1).
executive officer, of a corporation, means a person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation's management, whether the person is a director or the person's position is given the name of executive officer.
government and industry cost sharing agreement see section 21LA.
in, a place, includes at or on the place.
inspector means a person who is appointed under this Act as an inspector.
inspector's certificate see section 19A(1).
intergovernmental agreement see section 21L(1).
interim period, for part 8, see section 36.
land includes premises.
movement includes movement by any form of transport.
owner includes--
(a) in relation to land, every person other than the Crown--
(i) who is for the time being entitled to receive the rent of the land, or who, if the land were let to a tenant at a rack rent, would be entitled to receive the rack rent; or
(ii) who is the holder of any lease, licence or other permission to occupy the land from the Crown or a person deriving title thereunder; or
(iii) who is the occupier of the land or who has the care, control or management of the land; and
(b) in relation to a thing, the person who has the thing in the person's possession.
pest means any organism of the plant or animal kingdom (excluding vertebrates) or any virus or viroid or disorder or condition or cause of specified symptoms that is declared to be a pest under section 4.
pest infestation means a condition whereby the land, plant, soil, appliance or other matter or thing in respect of which the term is used supports a pest physically, nutritionally or in any other way or a condition whereby the presence of the pest in or on the land, plant, soil, appliance or other matter or thing in question exposes any plant either directly or indirectly to pest infestation.
pest quarantine area means a quarantine area declared under section 11.
plant means a member of the plant kingdom and includes the seed or seedling of or a part of a plant, whether living or dead and whether attached to a plant but does not include timber in service.
possess a thing, for a person, includes have under control anywhere--
(a) whether for the use or benefit of the person or anyone else; and
(b) although someone else has the actual possession or custody of the thing.
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).
relevant area, for part 8, see section 36.
relevant officer means--
(a) an inspector; or
(b) an authorised person.
relevant pest quarantine instrument, for part 8, see section 36.
sale includes sale by barter or exchange, agreement to sell, offering or exposure or having in possession for sale, receiving, forwarding or delivery for or on sale, and attempted sale.
serious pest see section 6O.
State includes Territory.
vehicle includes a conveyance of any kind, whether or not it is at the material time capable of being operated or moved in any manner, and includes any aircraft, vessel or any caravan, trailer or railway rolling stock.
volunteer plant means a plant that has not been intentionally grown or cultivated, and includes an uncultivated self-sown plant occurring on land on which plants of the same species have been growing as crop plants.