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the Commonwealth of Australia, provided that every shipment of such grape-vine cuttings must be accompanied by a certificate, as set out in the Seventh Schedule hereto, signed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture in such State, setting forth the name of the district from which such grape-vine cuttings came, and certifying that the said district is free from phylloxera, and that the cuttings have been treated in such a manner as to destroy any insects or eggs thereof should such be present.

Plants other than Grape-vines or Portions thereof.

8. Plants or portions of plants, except grape-vines or portions thereof, may be introduced into New Zealand, provided that every shipment of such plants or portions of plants must be accompanied by one or other of the certificates as follows:—

(a.) In the case of plants or portions of plants grown in countries where an official inspection of nurseries is maintained, a certificate as set out in form No. 1 of the Eighth Schedule hereto, signed by the grower of such plants or portions of plants, setting out the number, kinds, packing, and marking of such plants or portions of such plants, and the name and address of the consignee, and certifying that such plants or portions of plants are wholly the produce of the nursery of which he is the occupier, and are to the best of his knowledge and belief clean and free from disease; also by a certificate as set out in form No. 2 of the Eighth Schedule hereto inscribed on the above-mentioned grower’s certificate, and signed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture or other Department carrying out the official inspection of nurseries, certifying that the nursery in which the plants or portions of plants are certified to have been grown has been officially inspected and is clean and free from disease.

(b.) A certificate in the form set out in the Ninth Schedule hereto, signed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture, or other Department performing the functions or duties relating to horticulture, in the country or place where such plants or portions of plants were grown; or, in the case of plants or portions of plants grown in the United Kingdom, signed by the director of any public or botanic gardens in the United Kingdom, certifying that such plants or portions of plants have been subjected to the one of the three following methods of treatment appropriate to the case—namely, that they have been subjected in a suitable enclosure to the fumes of hydrocyanic-acid gas for the space of one hour, or have been sprayed with or dipped in Bordeaux mixture, or have been sprayed with or dipped in red-oil emulsion of the proportion of one part of red oil to twelve parts of water.

(c.) A certificate in the form set out in the Tenth Schedule hereto, signed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture, or other Department performing the functions or duties relating to horticulture, in the country or place where such plants or portions of plants were grown; or, in the case of plants or portions of plants grown in the United Kingdom, signed by the director of any public or botanic gardens in the United Kingdom, certifying that such plants or portions of plants are clean and free from disease.

Special Provisions relating to the Admission of Pear, Apple, or Quince Trees or Portions thereof from North America.

9. In the case of pear, apple, or quince trees or portions thereof introduced into New Zealand from North America, every shipment of such pear, apple, or quince trees or portions thereof must, in addition to one of the certificates provided for in the preceding regulation, be accompanied by a certificate as set out in the Eleventh Schedule hereto, signed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture, or other Department performing the functions or duties relating to horticulture, in the country or place where such pear, apple, or quince trees or portions thereof were grown, certifying that such pear, apple, or quince trees or portions thereof came from a district which is free from pear-blight or fire-blight of the pear (Bacillus amylovorus).

GENERAL.

10. On the production of the certificates prescribed in the preceding regulations at the office of an Inspector under the said Act situate at one of the prescribed ports of entry, such Inspector may, if satisfied that the certificates apply to the fruit or plants proposed to be introduced, that the statements contained in the certificates are correct in fact, and that such fruit or plants are, in fact, free from disease as so certified, and that the law has been otherwise complied with, allow such fruit or plants to be landed and disposed of without further restriction:

Provided, however, that possession of such certificates shall not relieve any person seeking to introduce such fruit or plants from any other liabilities he may be subject to under the provisions of the said Act or these regulations.

11. If any fruit or plants, the introduction of which into New Zealand is absolutely prohibited by this Order in Council, are introduced or attempted to be introduced into New Zealand, such fruit or plants shall, together with any package containing the same, or with which the same may have come in contact, be either reshipped at once to a port or place beyond New Zealand by the person introducing or attempting to introduce them, or be destroyed, as provided in section 9 of the said Act, at the port of entry:

Provided, however, that no such fruit or plants shall be reshipped without the consent of an Inspector under the said Act first had and obtained; and provided further that in the event of destruction of such fruit or plants the fee for such destruction, as provided in these regulations, shall be paid by the owner or person in charge thereof on demand.

12. If any fruit or plants are introduced, or attempted to be introduced, into New Zealand without being accompanied by the certificates prescribed by these regulations as necessary for such fruit or plants, such fruit or plants may, together with any package containing the same or with which the same may have come in contact, be seized by an Inspector or other authorized officer, or an officer of Customs, and be disinfected, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of as such Inspector deems fit, at the expense of the owner or person in charge thereof.

13. If any fruit or plants are introduced or attempted to be introduced into New Zealand which, though accompanied by the certificates prescribed as necessary for such fruit or plants, are yet found on examination by an Inspector to be infected with disease, such fruit or plants shall, together with any packages, wrappings, &c., containing the same, be dealt with as hereinafter provided, namely:—

(a.) In the case of fruit, plants, or things infected with the diseases included in the Twelfth Schedule hereto, such fruit, plants, or things shall be held and fumigated under the directions of the Inspector or other officer authorized by him in this behalf at the port of entry before being handed over to the owner or person in charge thereof; and the fee for such fumigation as provided in these regulations shall be paid by such owner or person on demand.

(b.) In the case of fruit, plants, or things infected with the diseases included in the Thirteenth Schedule hereto, such fruit, plants, or things shall be seized and destroyed by the Inspector or other officer authorized by him in this behalf at the port of entry, as provided in section 9 of the said Act; and the fee for such destruction as provided in these regulations shall be paid by the owner or person in charge thereof on demand.

(c.) In the case of plants or things infected with the diseases included in the Fourteenth Schedule hereto, such plants or things shall be held and dipped under the directions of the Inspector or other officer authorized by him in this behalf at the port of entry before being handed over to the owner or person in charge thereof; and the fee for such dipping as provided in these regulations shall be paid by such owner or person on demand.

(d.) In the case of fruit, plants, or things infected with the diseases included in the Fifteenth Schedule hereto, such fruit, plants, or things shall be either reshipped at once to a port or place beyond New Zealand by the person introducing or attempting to introduce them, or be destroyed, as provided in section 9 of the said Act, at the port of entry: Provided, however, that no such fruit, plant, or thing shall be reshipped without the consent of an Inspector under the said Act first had and obtained; and provided further that in the event of destruction of such fruit, plant, or thing the fee for such destruction as provided in these regulations shall be paid by the owner or person in charge thereof on demand.

14. No fee shall be charged for inspection, but all labour connected with the opening and repacking of packages of fruit or plants for that purpose shall be provided at the expense of the owner or person in charge thereof.