Quarantine (Animals) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1950.*
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the
Dated this 14th day of August, 1959.
W. J. Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Health.
Amendments of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations.
(
a ) by omitting from paragraph (aa ) the word “and” (last occurring); and(
b ) by adding at the end thereof the following word and paragraph:—“; and (
c ) in the case of a dog from New Zealand, a certificate of an approved veterinary surgeon certifying that the dog has been effectively treated for the disease Multiceps multiceps infestation by oral administration of arecoline hydrobromide and showing the date on which the dog was so treated.”.
*
Notified in the
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; and 1958, Nos. 35 and 36.
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(
a ) by inserting in sub-regulation (1a.), after the word “animals” (first occurring), the words “, other than cooked meat, and cooked edible parts, of birds (including poultry),”; and(
b ) by inserting after sub-regulation (1a.) the following sub-regulation:—“(1b.) Cooked meat, and cooked edible parts, of birds (including poultry) contained in hermetically sealed cans or tins shall not be landed unless there has been produced to the Chief Quarantine Officer—
(
a ) a declaration by the manufacturer stating—(i) that, in the course of manufacture, every portion of the contents of the cans or tins has been heated to a temperature of not less than 100° Centigrade; and
(ii) the temperature of the heat used for that purpose and the length of time for which it was used; and
(
b )a certificate, endorsed on the declaration, by a Government veterinary surgeon or other responsible Government officer in the country of manufacture certifying that he is familiar with process of manufacture of the goods and that he has no reason to doubt the truth of the declaration.”.
“95a.—(1.) Where meat is taken on board an oversea vessel at a port in the Commonwealth for removal by sea and unloading at another port in the Commonwealth, the master of the oversea vessel shall—
(
a ) cause the chamber in which the meat is to be carried on the oversea vessel to be cleansed by a method approved by, and to the satisfaction of, the Chief Quarantine Officer at the port at which the meat is to be taken on board; and(
b ) produce to that Chief Quarantine Officer a statement, in writing under his hand, that there is no meat other than meat of Australian origin on board the oversea vessel.
“(2.) The master of an oversea vessel so removing meat by sea from a port in the Commonwealth to another port in the Commonwealth shall not land any meat at the other port unless the master produces to the Chief Quarantine Officer at the other port a certificate of the Chief Quarantine Officer at the port at which the meat to be landed was taken on board stating that—
(
a ) the cleansing precautions referred to in paragraph (a ) of the last preceding sub-regulation had been taken to his satisfaction; and(
b )he was satisfied that there was no meat other than meat of Australian origin on board the oversea vessel at the time the meat was taken on board.
“(3.) For the purpose of this regulation—
‘meat’ means meat or edible parts of animals, other than meat or edible parts of animals contained in hermetically sealed cans or tins or 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.
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