Quarantine (Animals) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1941. No. 83.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1924.*

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 1908-1924.

Dated this Fourth day of April, 1941.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health.

 

Amendments of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations.

Interpretation.

1. In these Regulations, any reference to a regulation shall be read as a reference to a regulation contained in the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations, as amended prior to the commencement of these Regulations.

Notice of arrival.

2. Regulation 7 is amended by omitting the words “except New Zealand” and inserting in their stead the words “(except New Zealand) from which animals of the particular kind are permitted to be imported”.

Horses, assesand mules from Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire.

3. Regulation 11 is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “Northern Ireland, Eire or the Channel Islands” and inserting in their stead the words “Northern Ireland or Eire”; and

(b) by omitting sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—

“(i) that the animal has been in one or more of those countries during the whole of the period of six months next preceding the date of shipment and that it has been free from disease during that period;”.

Repeal of regulation 12.

4. Regulation 12 is repealed.

Horses, asses and mules from Fiji.

5. Regulation 13 is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) the words “Northern Ireland, Eire, the Channel Islands, Canada or the United States of America” and inserting in their stead the words “Northern Ireland or Eire”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1941.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 71, as amended by Statutory Rules 1936, No. 37; 1937, No. 69; 1938, No. 95 and 1939, No. 139.

825.—15/25.3.1941.—Price 5d.

 

Asses from Spain and Portugal.

6. Regulation 14 is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—

“(i) that the animal has been in Spain or Portugal only, as the case may be, during the whole of the period of twelve months next preceding the date of shipment, and that it has been free from disease during that period;”.

Cattle from Great Britain.

7. Regulation 16 is amended by omitting the words “, Northern Ireland, Eire or the Channel Islands” (wherever occurring).

Sheep and goats from Great Britain.

8. Regulation 19 is amended by omitting the words “, Northern Ireland, Eire or the Channel Islands” (wherever occurring).

Sheep and goats from Canada and the United States of America.

9. Regulation 20 is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—

“(iv) that the diseases Tularemia and Brucellosis are not known to exist in sheep or goats in the Province or State from which the animals are exported; and”.

Swine from New Zealand.

10. Regulations 21 and 22 are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

“21. Swine from New Zealand shall not be landed unless the following documents have been delivered to the Chief Quarantine Officer in respect of each animal:—

(a) a declaration by the owner stating—

(i) that the animal has been in New Zealand during the whole of the period of six months next preceding the date of shipment and that it has been free from disease during that period;

(ii) that it has not, during that period, been in contact with any animal suffering from disease; and

(iii) that it has been subjected to a blood test for Brucellosis suis during the period of fourteen days next preceding the date of shipment;

(b) a certificate by an approved veterinary surgeon certifying that a blood sample collected by him from the animal during the period of fourteen days next preceding the date of shipment and subjected to the agglutination test for Brucellosis suis at a laboratory proved negative; and

(c) a certificate of general health by a Government veterinary surgeon at the port of shipment.

Swine from Great Britain and Canada.

“22. Swine from Great Britain or Canada shall not be landed unless the following documents have been produced to the Chief Quarantine Officer in respect of each animal:—

(a) a declaration by the owner stating—

(i) that the animal has been in either Great Britain or Canada during the whole of the period of six months next preceding the date of shipment and that it has been free from disease during that period;

(ii) that it has not, during that period, been in contact with any animal suffering from disease; and

 

(iii) that it has been subjected to a blood test for Brucellosis suis,in the case of an animal shipped from England, during the period of fourteen days next preceding the date of entering the quarantine station, or, in the case of an animal shipped from Scotland or from Canada, during the period of fourteen days next preceding the date of shipment;

(b) a certificate by an approved veterinary surgeon that a blood sample collected by him, in the case of an animal shipped from England, during the period of fourteen days next preceding the date of entering the quarantine station, or, in the case of an animal shipped from Scotland or from Canada, during the period of fourteen days next preceding the date of shipment, and submitted to the agglutination test for Brucellosis suis at a laboratory proved negative;

(c) a certificate by a responsible Government veterinary surgeon certifying that after due inquiry he is satisfied—

(i) that the animal has not, within three months next preceding the date of shipment, been kept, pastured or housed upon, and has not passed on foot through, any area within fifteen miles of any place where foot and mouth disease has occurred during that period;

(ii) that there is no reason to doubt the truth of the declaration referred to in paragraph (a) of this regulation;

(iii) either that there has been no case of foot and mouth disease in the country from which the animal is exported during the period of three months next preceding the date of shipment, or that the fodder and bedding (being bedding derived from any cereal) have been obtained from districts which have been free from foot and mouth disease during the whole of the period of three months next preceding the date of shipment and that the fodder and bedding have not been exposed to contamination during that period;

(iv) in the case of an animal shipped direct from England, that it has passed the fourteen days immediately prior to the date of shipment in a quarantine station under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in England; and

(v) in the case of an animal shipped direct from Scotland, that it is shipped on a vessel that will not call at a port in England;

(d) in the case of an animal shipped from Scotland on a vessel calling at a port in England, a certificate by an approved veterinary surgeon certifying that, during the stay of the vessel at any port in England, the animal has been kept isolated under the supervision of an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in England; and

 

(e) a certificate of health by an approved veterinary surgeon at the port of shipment.”.

Dogs and cats from Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Eire and New Zealand.

11. Regulation 24 is amended by omitting the words “, the Channel Islands”.

12. Regulation 25 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Poultry from New Zealand.

“25. Fowls, ducks, turkeys, geese and Guinea fowls from New Zealand shall not be landed unless the following documents have been produced to the Chief Quarantine Officer:—

(a) a declaration by the owner stating—

(i) that the birds have been in New Zealand during the whole of the period of six months next preceding the date of shipment and have been free from disease during that period; and

(ii) that the birds have not been in contact with any bird suffering from disease;

(b) in the case of fowls and turkeys, a certificate by a Government veterinary surgeon certifying that they have been tested under Government supervision by the agglutination test for bacillary white diarrhoea with negative results; and

(c) a certificate of general health by a Government veterinary surgeon at the port of shipment.”.

Poultry from Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire.

13. Regulation 26 is amended by omitting the words “Northern Ireland, Eire or the Channel Islands” and inserting in their stead the words “Northern Ireland or Eire”.

Birds other than poultry.

14. Regulation 27 is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) the word “and”; and

(b) by inserting after that sub-paragraph the following sub-paragraph:—

“(iia) in the case of pigeons, pheasants and quail, that the country from which the birds are exported is free from equine encephalomyelitis; and”.

Rabbits from Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Eire and New Zealand.

15. Regulation 30 is amended by omitting the words “, the Channel Islands”.

16. Regulation 34 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “, the Channel Islands”.

Removal from vessel.

17. Regulation 59 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Ship’s animals and skins.

“59. The Master of any vessel on which there is—

(a) any animal which is not prohibited from being brought into an Australian port; or

(b) the hide or skin of any animal,

which is neither intended nor permitted to be imported into Australia shall—

(c) immediately on arrival at the first port in Australia, give to the Chief Quarantine Officer a notice in accordance with Form E;

(d) keep, or cause to be kept, the animal on board the vessel for the whole time during which the vessel is in any Australian port;

 

(e) in the case of a dog, confine, or cause to be confined, the dog in such a manner as will prevent contact with the public or with other animals, and, in the case of all other animals (including birds) control, or cause to be controlled, the animal in such a manner as is directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer; and

(f) enter into a bond, for such amount, and with such sureties, as the Chief Quarantine Officer requires, for compliance with the provisions of this regulation and of the next succeeding regulation.”.

Removal of skins, &c.

18. Regulation 60 is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) the words “hide or skin” and inserting in their stead the words “carcass, hide, skin or other part”.

Eggs for hatching purposes.

19. Regulation 66 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“66.—(1.) Eggs for hatching purposes from New Zealand shall not be imported unless there has been delivered to the Chief Quarantine Officer a declaration by the owner of the eggs stating that they are from a farm upon which the disease bacillary white diarrhoea does not exist.

“(2.) Eggs for hatching purposes from Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Eire, Canada or the United States of America shall not be imported unless the following documents have been delivered to the Chief Quarantine Officer:—

(a) a declaration by the owner of the eggs stating—

(i) that the birds from which they were obtained were in his possession for the period of three months next preceding the date of shipment; and

(ii) that the birds are free from disease and that the disease bacillary white diarrhoea does not exist on the farm from which the eggs were obtained;

(b) a certificate by an approved veterinary surgeon certifying that after due inquiry he has no reason to doubt the truth of the declaration referred to in the last preceding paragraph; and

(c) a certificate by a Government veterinary surgeon certifying—

(i) that no variety of the disease known as fowl pest exists in the country from which the eggs are exported; or

(ii) that no variety of the disease known as fowl pest exists within fifty miles of the farm from which the eggs were obtained.”.

Strawpacking.

20. Regulation 69 is amended by omitting from the proviso thereto the words “Northern Ireland, Eire and the Channel Islands,” and inserting in their stead the words “Northern Ireland and Eire,”.

21. Regulation 82 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

Meat, edible parts of animals, &c.

“82.—(1.) Meat, edible parts of animals, animal casings, dried blood and dried blood albumen shall not be landed unless there has been produced to the Chief Quarantine Officer a certificate by a Government veterinary surgeon certifying—

(a) that the goods were derived from animals slaughtered for human consumption in the country in which the certificate is issued;

 

(b) that the animals from which the goods were derived were subjected to ante mortem and post mortem veterinary inspection at the time of slaughter and were free from contagious and infectious disease;

(c) that the goods were not exposed to infection prior to exportation;

(d) in the case of meat edible parts of animals (other than poultry), dried blood or dried blood albumen, that the diseases foot and mouth disease, rinderpest and swine fever do not exist in the country in which the certificate is issued; and

(e) in the case of carcasses of poultry, that the disease fowl pest in any of its varieties does not exist in the country in which the certificate is issued.

“(2.) This regulation shall not apply to—

(a) the carcasses of birds commonly known as ‘game’ imported from and having their origin in—

(i) Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Eire or New Zealand; or

(ii) any country other than Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Eire or New Zealand provided that all the internal organs and the head and feet have been removed;

(b) fish; or

(c) samples of meat, edible parts of animals and animal casings imported subject to the permission of the Chief Quarantine Officer and under such conditions as he directs.”.

SecondSchedule.

22. The Second Schedule to the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—

“THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

 

PERIOD OF DETENTION IN QUARANTINE STATION.

Column 1.	Column 2.	Column 3.
Animal.	Days.	Days.
Horses, asses and mules from Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Eire or Fiji	14	..
Asses from Spain or Portugal...............................................................	28	7
Cattle from Great Britain, Canada or the United States of America.........	60	30
Swine from Great Britain or Canada.....................................................	14	7
Sheep and goats from Great Britain, Canada or the United States of America	30	21
Dogs from Great Britain and Northern Ireland or Eire............................	120	60
Rabbits from Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Eire or New Zealand...	14	14”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.