Act No. 25, 1897.
| Quarantine. | An Act to consolidate the Laws relating* to |
Quarantine. \^tli December, 1897.]
" |3 E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and w ith I / the advice and consent of tlie Legislative Council and Legislative
Assembly of New South Wales in Parliam ent assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
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Preliminary.
| Short title | 1. | This Act may be cited as the “ Q uarantine Act, 1897,” and |
| and division. | is divided into Parts, as follows:— |
| PA R T | I .—Preliminary.—ss. 1-3. |
| PA R T | I I .— Quarantine stations.—ss. 4-5. |
PA R T I I I .—Liability to quarantine.—ss. 6-11.
PA R T IV .—Proceedings on arrival o f vessels.—ss. 12-20.
PA R T V.— Performance o f quarantine.—ss. 21-32.
| PA R T | V I.—Miscellaneous provisions.—ss. 33-37. |
| Act No. 25, 1897. | 195 |
Quarantine.
| 2. | ( i ) | The Acts mentioned in the Schedule to this A ct arc hereby Eopc.u of Acts, |
| repealed. | Scinduie. |
| (ii) All rules, regulations, and orders made under the authority of any A ct herehy repealed and being in force a t the time of the passing of this A ct shall he and continue in force hereunder, and shall he deemed to have been made under this Act. |
3. In this Act, unless the context or subject m atter otherwise intorprdntinn.
| indicates or requires— | 5S vic. No. 2, s. 2. |
“ Board” means the Board of H ealth incorporated by the Noxious Trades and Cattle-slaughtering Act, 1894.
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Quarantine stations.
4. The Governor may by proclamation published in the Gazette Govcnior moy
appoint places in New South W ales to he stations for the perforniance
of (piarantine by all vessels, persons, and things liable to perform mance of (nmiMntine.
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5. (i) The Governor may by proclamation published in the GoTomor may
Gazette prohibit all persons, vessels, and boats whatsoever from going
under any pretence whatsoever w ithin the limits of any station lazarets,
| appointed by the Governor for the performance of quarantine as afore- | s- s. |
| said. | |
| (li) I f any person whatsocA'cr, after the publication of such proclamation, presumes, under any pretence whatsoever, to go Avithin the limits of any such station, he shall for every such otfence forfeit the sum of tAVO hundred pounds. |
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LiahlUti) to quarantine.
6. (i) W henever any vessel arrives in any port or harbour in Conditions inToiving
| New South Wales, and | _ | _ | _ | ' | . | quamnUnl |
| [ а ) there is at the time any infectious or contagious dis(;aso on hoard such vesse l; | ^ |
| or | 58 â c. No. 2, s. 6. |
| (б) | there has been during the A 'o y a g c of such vessel any infectious or contagious disease… |