Quarantine (Animals) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1956. No. 36.

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 Quarantine Act 1908-1950.

Dated this third day of May, 1956.

W. J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) Donald A. Cameron

Minister of State for Health.

 

Amendments of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations.

Bond by owner of registered premises for compliance with this Part.

1. Regulation 53 ofthe Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “on the first day of” and inserting in their stead the words “during the month of”.

Meat, edible parts of animals, &c.

2. Regulation 82 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after paragraph (c), the following paragraph:—

“(ca)in the case of hog casings imported from the United States of America—

(i) that the animals from which the casings wore derived came from a State of that country in which vesicular exanthema of swine is not known to have existed during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of slaughter of the animals;

(ii) that the animals from, which the casings were derived were slaughtered and the casings prepared under the supervision of a Government veterinary surgeon; and

(iii) that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the animals were free from vesicular exanthema of swine at the time of slaughter and the casings were not exposed to contamination during the course of preparation;”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1956.

  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; and 1955, No. 10.

 

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

2048/56.—Price 3d. 9/4.4.1956.