Green snail and carriers
24 Green snail and carriers
A person must not import into the State any of the following—
a green snail (Cantareus apertus),
a green snail host,
any soil from within 25 kilometres of a place at which the person knows or ought reasonably to know that a green snail has been detected or has been suspected of having been detected (green snail host soil),
any covering that has contained or been in contact with a green snail host or green snail host soil.
Without limiting subclause (1)(c), a person is taken to know that a green snail has been detected at a place if there is in force in respect of green snail at the place an order (however described) by a public authority that—
identifies the place, or land on which that place is located, and
establishes measures to prevent, eliminate, minimise or manage the biosecurity risk or biosecurity impact of green snails, and
has been made publicly available.
In this clause—
green snail host means any leafy vegetable, cutting, potted plant, turf, bare rooted plant, mature tree, cut flower, foliage, hay, chaff or straw and includes any part of any of those things but does not include a plant in a sterilised plant tissue culture medium.
Note 1.
See Subdivision 4 of Division 3 of Part 2 of the Biosecurity Order (Permitted Activities) 2019, which sets out exceptions to this clause.
Note 2.
The presence of Cantareus apertus (Green snail) is required to be notified under Division 2.
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