Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act, subject
to the context —
authorised inspector means an inspector appointed
under section 7A;
covering includes any case, box, bag, wrapper,
packing, or material of whatsoever description used to cover any thing or
designed to contain or be used in the packing of anything;
Director General means Director General of
Agriculture or a person authorised by him;
disease means any disease that commonly attacks
plants and includes any plant, animal, fungus, bacteria, virus or nematode
commonly found in or on plants;
fruit means the product of any plant, and includes
the peel, skin, or shell of any such product, and also the seeds of any plant;
infected means actually infected with disease or
liable, by reason of contact or proximity, to be infected;
inspector means a person appointed as an inspector
under or for the purposes of this Act;
occupier as applied to any orchard or other land
or premises includes any person having the charge, management, or control
thereof;
orchard means any land used for the purpose of
growing or cultivating plants, and includes any garden, farm, vinery,
vineyard, and hothouse, and any place where any plant is cultivated or where
any plant which has been cultivated is growing;
owner , as applied to land, means any person who
is in possession or entitled to possession of the land, or in receipt or
entitled to the receipt of rents and profits of the land,
as —
(a) the
holder of a legal or equitable estate of freehold in possession therein; or
(b) the
holder of an estate less than freehold under a lease or agreement granted or
made by or with the Crown; or
(c) a
mortgagee of the land; or
(d) the
trustee, attorney, or authorised agent of any such holder or mortgagee;
plant includes any part of a plant, and extends to
fruit;
potential carrier means anything capable of
carrying and transmitting disease and includes —
(a)
animals;
(b)
plants;
(c)
coverings and any movable thing used for or in connection with plants; and
(d) the
clothing and personal effects of persons handling plants; and
(e) any
other thing declared by the Director General to be a potential carrier;
private inspection and treatment premises means
private inspection and treatment premises registered under this Act.
[Section 4 amended by No. 3 of 1949
s. 3; No. 3 of 1974 s. 3; No. 51 of 1984 s. 4;
No. 40 of 1993 s. 4.]