Quarantine Amendment Proclamation 2007 (No. 4) (Cth)

Quarantine Amendment Proclamation 2007 (No. 4)

Quarantine Act 1908

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make this Proclamation under section 13 of the Quarantine Act 1908.

Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on 17 October 2007

P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

PETER MCGAURAN

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1. Name of Proclamation

This Proclamation is the Quarantine Amendment Proclamation 2007 (No. 4).

1. Commencement

This Proclamation commences on 1 November 2007.

1. Amendment of Quarantine Proclamation 1998

Schedule 1 amends the Quarantine Proclamation 1998.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(section 3)

[1]           After subsection 38 (2)

insert

(2A)   In this section and the table, animal part includes a product derived from or containing an animal or an animal part.

[2]           Section 38, table 13, items 19 and 20, including the notes

substitute

19

Prawns or prawn products, other than dried prawns or prawn meal, if:

   (a)  the prawns have been cooked in premises in the exporting country that are approved by and under the control of the Competent Authority of the exporting country; and

   (b)  as a result of the cooking process, all of the protein in the prawn meat has coagulated and no raw prawn meat remains; and

   (c)  the prawns or prawn products are accompanied by a certificate from the Competent Authority; and

   (d)  the certificate certifies that the requirements set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) have been satisfied

Note   For the importation of fish meal and crustacean meal, see section 44.

20

Prawns or prawn products (other than prawn meal) if free from insects, soil and other debris

Note   For the importation of fish meal and crustacean meal, see section 44.