Quarantine Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1) (Cth)

Quarantine Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 362

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Quarantine Act 1908.

Dated 20 March 2003

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Quarantine Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Quarantine Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Regulation 4, before definition of health administration

insert

first port of entry includes first Cocos Islands port of entry.

[2]Regulation 4, note

after

· exposed

insert

· First Cocos Islands port of entry

[3]Regulation 59, definition of infringement notice offence, paragraph (a)

omit

a contravention, by a person who travelled to Australia or the Cocos Islands on an overseas vessel,

insert

a contravention

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2000 No. 129, as amended by 2001 No. 154; 2002 Nos. 2, 60 and 285.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette