8 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA : 



Importation of Nursery Stock, Trees, Plants, and Vegetables generally. 



2. All importers of nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables, the importation* 

 introduction, or bringing into Victoria of which is for the time being prohibited, 

 except subject to Regulations, not being of a kind in respect to which any other 

 specific Regulation or Regulations is or are for the time being in force, must give 

 notice to the Inspector under the Vegetation Diseases Act upon arrival of any 

 nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables before the removal of such nursery 

 stock, trees, plants, or vegetables from any clock, pier, wharf, station, or warehouse, 

 where such nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables have been landed. 



3. No person shall remove any nursery stock, trees, plants, or vegetables from 

 any dock, pier, wharf, station, or warehouse unless and until such nursery stock, 

 trees, plants, or vegetables shall have been examined and checked in an area, 

 enclosure, or building approved by the Inspector, and a certificate or written 

 permission for the removal shall have been obtained from the inspector. 



Importation of Bananas. 



4. No person shall land, or attempt to land, any bananas from any steam-ship 

 or other vessel until each and every bunch shall have been examined by an inspector, 

 and all diseased stalks or portions of stalks, diseased bananas, or bananas suspected 

 to contain disease or insects, shall have been removed from such bunches. 



5. No person shall land on any dock, pier, wharf, or any place whatsoever in 

 Victoria any diseased stalks or portions of stalks, diseased bananas, or bananas 

 suspected to contain disease or insects, and such diseased stalks or portions of 

 stalks, diseased bananas, or bananas suspected to contain disease or insects, shall 

 be destroyed as the inspector may direct. 



6. No person shall remove any bananas which have been permitted landing from 

 any importing vessel until such have been further examined in an area, enclosure, 

 or building approved by the inspector. 



7. No person shall remove any bananas or portions of such bananas from any 

 dock, pier, wharf, or any place whatsoever whereon bananas are awaiting certifi- 

 cation, unless and until written permission so to do shall have been obtained from 

 the inspectoi - . 



8. No person shall discharge bananas from any vessel during the hours of 

 darkness, except under special permit from the Minister of Agriculture. 



Importation of Citrus Fruits. 



9. All importers of the fruit or any part of any tree of the citrus family must 

 give notice to the inspector under the Vegetation Diseases Act, upon the arrival 

 of the fruit, or any part of any tree of the citrus family, before the removal of 

 such fruit or any part of any tree of the citrus family from any dock, pier, wharf, 

 station, or warehouse where such fruit or any part of any tree of the citrus family 

 shall have been landed. 



10. No person shall remove the fruit or any part of any tree of the citrus family 

 from any dock, pier, wharf, station, or warehouse, unless and until such fruit or 

 any part of any tree of the citrus family shall have been examined and checked 

 in an area, enclosure, or building approved by the inspector, and a certificate or 

 written permission for removal shall have been obtained from the inspector. 



