Quarantine (Animals) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1961. No. 23.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1950.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Quarantine Act 1908-1950.

Dated this 20th day of February, 1961.

DALLAS BROOKS

ADMINISTRATOR

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) Donald A. Cameron

Minister of State for Health.

 

Amendment of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations.

Regulation 95aof the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Precautions to be taken by master of oversea vessel carrying Australian meat on voyages between Australian ports.

“95a.—(1.) The master of an oversea vessel on which meat is taken on board at a port in Australia for removal by sea and unloading at another port in Australia shall take the precautions, specified in this regulation, to prevent the introduction into Australia of quarantinable diseases.

“(2.) The master shall cause the chamber in which the meat is to be carried on the oversea vessel to be cleansed before the meat is placed in the chamber, by a method approved by, and to the satisfaction of, a quarantine officer at the port at which the meat is taken on board.

“(3.) The master shall not, after the chamber has been so cleansed, place, or permit to be placed, in the chamber meat other than meat of Australian origin before meat of Australian origin has been placed in the chamber or while meat of Australian origin is in the chamber.

“(4.) The master shall, immediately after the meat is placed in the chamber, cause the chamber to be looked and a seal to be placed over the lock in the presence of a quarantine officer at the port at which the meat is taken on board.

“(5.) The master shall not unlock the chamber, or permit the chamber to be unlocked, except in the presence of a quarantine officer.

“(6.) If the meat taken on board is unloaded at two or more ports in Australia, the master shall, immediately after any of the meat is unloaded at a port other than the last port at which any of the meat is to be unloaded,

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 20th February, 1961.

 Statutory Rules 1935, No. 71, as amended by Statutory Rules 1936, No. 37; 1937, No. 69; 1938, No. 95; 1939, No. 139; 1941, No. 83; 1942, No. 61; 1944, No. 184; 1946, No. 17; 1950, No. 95; 1953, No. 15; 1955, No. 10; and 1956, Nos. 36, 65 and 111; 1958, Nos. 35 and 36; 1959, Nos. 72 and 87; and 1960, No. 85.

8986/60.––Price 3d. 10/9.12.1960.

 

cause the chamber to be locked and a seal to be placed over the lock in the presence of a quarantine officer at the port at which the meat is unloaded.

“(7.) The master of an oversea vessel on which meat is removed by sea from one port in Australia to another port in Australia shall not unload any meat at that other port unless the seal on the lock of the chamber in which the meat was carried is broken in the presence of a quarantine officer at that other port and the master produces to a quarantine officer at that other port—

(a) a certificate by a quarantine officer at the port at which the meat was taken on board that—

(i) the cleansing precautions referred to in sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation have been taken to his satisfaction; and

(ii) immediately after the meat was placed in the chamber, the chamber was locked and a seal placed over the lock; and

(b) if any of the meat has been unloaded at an intermediate port, a certificate by a quarantine officer at that intermediate port that, immediately after the meat was unloaded at that intermediate port, the chamber in which the meat was carried was locked and a seal placed over the lock.

“(8.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not prevent the unloading of meat in any case where—

(a) an oversea vessel arrives at a port with the seal on the lock of a chamber broken;

(b) the master of the vessel satisfies the Chief Quarantine Officer that the seal was broken in an emergency; and

(c) the Chief Quarantine Officer certifies in writing that he is satisfied that in all the circumstances there is no risk of the introduction into Australia of a quarantinable disease if the meat is unloaded.

“(9.) For the purposes of this regulation—

‘meat’ means meat or edible parts of animals, other than—

(a) meat or edible parts of animals contained in hermetically sealed cans or tins; and

(b) rendered fat;

‘oversea vessel’ does not include a vessel that trades exclusively between Australia and New Zealand.”.

 

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.