Quarantine Act 1892 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMC! QUINTO ET QUINQUA-

GESIMO SEXTO

A.D. 1892.

No* 545.

An Act to amend " The Quarantine Act, 1877."

[ A s s e ~ t e d to, December 17th~ 1892.1

E it Enacted by the Goverrlor of the Province of South Aus-

B tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of	the said province, in this present Parlirt-
rnent assembled, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Quarantine Short title.

Act Amendment Act, 1892."

2. All acts and things done by any person, whether a legally Hatification of past

qualified medical practitioner or not, acting or assuming to rta Health ~ f f l ~ 8 ~ 3, lCting

&c.

act as a Health Officer, or on behalf of such Health Officer, under as a Health Officer or Assistant Health Officer by the Governor, are hereby declared to have been lawfully done; and all rights shall be deemed to have accrued, and all liabilities, forfeitures, or penalties

Health Officer, or person acting on behalf of such Health Officer, under the said Acts, or either of them. 3. The

the Act No. 3 of 18.50, now repealed, and The Quarantine

to have been incurred and offences to have been comrnittcd under the

said Acts or either of them which would be deemed to have accrued or been incurred or corntnitted if such person so acting or assuming to act as Health Officer, or on behalf of such IIealth Officer, had been lawfully appointed a Health Officer under the said Acts, or either of them; and no action or proceeding shall be brought by any person against any person so acting or assuming t o act as aforesaid for any matter or thing done by him in pursuance of the said Acts, or either of them, by reason only that such person was not, when so acting or assuming to act as aforesaid, a lawfully appointed

55' & 56' VICTORIE, No. 545.

The Quarantine Act Amendment Act.-1892.

A pointment of 3. The Governor may, by Proclamation published in the Govewz-

2 ealth Oftlcers and

Amiatant Health went Gazette, appoint any number of legally qualified medical

0	ficers.	practitioners to be Health Officers under the provisions of "The Quarantine Act, 1877," and of this Act, and in like manner may appoint any number of persons, whether legally qualified medical practitioners or not, to be Assistant Health Officers under the pro- visions thereof; a i d all appointments whatsoever as Health Officers or Assistant Health Officers heretofore made are hereby cancelled.
Powera of Assistant

Health OfRcem & Every Assistant Health Officer shall have all the discretions,

authdrities, and powers, and be subject to all the duties and obliga-

tions, of a Health Officer under The Quarantine Act, 1877."

Repeal of oertain 5, The words "person for thc time being authorised to act on behalf of the Health Officer," and his assistant," and " other officer

phrases.

authorised to act in that behalf," and any person duly authorised in that behalf," and "person acting for him," in "The Quarantine Act, ltr77," when used with words directing the exercise or perfor- mance of any discretion, authority, power, duty, or obligation by the Health Officer, shall mean '' Assistant Health Officer."

Repeal. 6. Section 13 of "The Quarantiae Act, 1877 " is hereby re-

pealed, and section 7 hereof substituted therefor.

Any such master or person in charge of such vessel, or any such surgeon, dispenser, or other medical officer as is mentioned in section 12 of G The Quarantine Act, l81 7," who shall refuse to answer in writing or shall make false answer to the questions or any of them con- tained in theform in the First Schedule to the said Act, or in such other form as may be prescribed by the Governor in th:t,t behalf, and pub- lished in the Gove~nment Gazette, or who shall refuse to answer such questions as shall bc put to him orally, or shall make any false answer

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to any question put to him orally, as provicled in section 12 of the

not exceeding two years, or fined in any sum not exceeding 'Three said Act, shall bc guilty of a misdeimanor, and shall on conviction thereof be imprisoncd, with or without hard labor, for any period Hundred Pounds, at the discretion of' the Court or Judge before whom he shall be convicted.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

KINTORE. Governor.

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Adelaide: By authority, C. E. BRISTOW, Government Printer, North-terrace,