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| Plant Quarantine Manual Tasmania 2012If you are not a regular user of the Plant Quarantine Manual you may find it easer to get the information you want from our interactive facility TBIRD .
 One of the key goals of the Tasmanian Biosecurity Policy is to minimise the threat to Tasmania's primary industries, natural environment and public health from disease and pest risks associated with plants and plant products brought into the State. In practice, this means that there are a large number of rules relating to the conditions of entry for a wide range of plants and plant products that are imported into Tasmania – these rules are known as 'Import Requirements'.
The Tasmanian Plant Quarantine Manual (PQMTas) has been developed to help importers, exporters and the broader public understand the current requirements for the import and export of plants, plant products, and other prescribed matter authorised by the Plant Quarantine Act 1997 (Tasmania).
Below you can download the 2012 edition of the PQMTas. Each new edition is likely to contain changes to some import requirements so, if you do download the Manual or any extract from it (from below), please check that the hard copy you are using is the current edition.
In most cases, changes to import requirements are minor and will come into effect as the next edition of PQMTas is published. However, there may be rare occasions when we have to make changes to import requirements that necessarily come into effect immediately. We will be posting any such changes on this web page. If you use the PQMTas regularly, please bookmark this page so that you will be aware of any such emergency declarations.
Changes made to import requirements during 2012 will not appear in the Manual until the next edition is published. So, please check this page regularly for changes not in the Manual.
Printer Friendly Version of the Entire Manual
List of Contents
Summary of Import Requirements by Commodity (If you are not a regular user of the PQMTas, this is the best place to start)
List A and List B Pests and Diseases
Quarantine Forms - Once you have worked out which import requirements apply in your case you can get the relevant forms online.
If you would like to be notified by direct email about any changes, as they occur, to import requirements relevant to your situation, please register for biosecurity updates.
Please send enquiries or feedback about the Plant Quarantine Manual to Biosecurity.planthealth@dpipwe.tas.gov.au.
Further information
Quarantine Tasmania
Hobart (03) 6233 3352
Launceston (03) 6398 8400
Devonport (03) 6421 7622
After Hours 0418 125 634
Email: Quarantine.Enquiries@dpipwe.tas.gov.au
Or call 1800 084 881 for quarantine service in your state.
Department switchboard: 1300 368 550 (Local call cost, Australia-wide)
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