Quarantine (Animals) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1976 No. 83

REGULATION UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Quarantine Act 1908-1973.

Dated this twenty third day of March, 1976.

John R. Kerr

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

RALPH J HUNT

Minister of State for Health.

 

Amendment of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations

After regulation 11 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Cattle transported by air from New Zealand.

“ 12. (1) This regulation applies to cattle transported from New Zealand to Australia by air.

“ (2) An animal to which this regulation applies shall not be landed unless the person in charge of the vessel produces or causes to be produced to the Chief Quarantine Officer—

(a) a certificate by the Port Agricultural Inspection Service of New Zealand, or a person or authority approved by the Chief Quarantine Officer, certifying that at a specified time on a specified date the compartment of the vessel occupied by the animal was thoroughly cleaned of all foreign matter and sprayed on all surfaces with a prescribed disinfectant; and

(b) a certificate by the Port Agricultural Inspection Service of New Zealand, or a person or authority approved by the Chief Quarantine Officer, certifying, in relation to the container used to transport the animal, that at a specified time on a specified date the container was thoroughly cleaned with steam and sprayed on all surfaces with a prescribed disinfectant,

and delivers or causes to be delivered to the Chief Quarantine Officer—

(c) a declaration signed by the person in charge of the vessel stating that, subsequent to the cleaning and disinfection to which the certificate referred to in paragraph (a) relates, the vessel has not been engaged in air navigation other than air navigation directly between—

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 24 March 1976.

  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; 1956, Nos. 36, 65 and 111; 1958, Nos. 35 and 36; 1959, Nos. 72 and 87; 1960, No. 85; 1961, No. 23; 1966, Nos. 14, 109, 117 and 155; 1969, No. 98; 1971, No. 72; 1973, No. 179; and 1974, No. 260.

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(i) a place in New Zealand and another place in New Zealand or a place in Australia; or

(ii) a place in Australia and another place in Australia or a place in New Zealand;

(d) where the date specified in the certificate referred to in paragraph (a) is the date on which the animal was loaded into the compartment of the vessel to which the certificate relates—a declaration signed by the person in charge of the vessel stating that the cleaning and disinfection to which the certificate relates was completed before the animal was so loaded into the compartment;

(c) a declaration signed by the owner or consignor of the animal stating, in relation to the container used to transport the animal, that, subsequent to the cleaning and disinfection to which the certificate referred to in paragraph (b) relates, the container has not been transported otherwise than directly between—

(i) a place in New Zealand and another place in New Zealand or a place in Australia; or

(ii) a place in Australia and another place in Australia or a place in New Zealand; and

(f) where the date specified in the certificate referred to in paragraph (b) is the date on which the animal was loaded into the container to which the certificate relates—a declaration signed by the owner or consignor of the animal stating that the cleaning and disinfection to which the certificate relates was completed before the animal was so loaded into the container.

“ (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) (a), each of the following disinfectants is a prescribed disinfectant:—

(a) an aqueous solution containing 0.2 per cent of citric acid mass in volume;

(b) any other liquid disinfectant, being a disinfectant that is suitable for the disinfection of aircraft and is capable of inactivating the viruses of foot and mouth disease, approved in writing by the Director of Quarantine as a disinfectant that may be used for the purposes of paragraph (2) (a).

“ (4) For the purposes of paragraph (2) (b), each of the following disinfectants is a prescribed disinfectant:—

(a) an aqueous solution containing one per cent of sodium hydroxide mass in volume;

(b) a solution prepared by mixing one part by volume of formalin containing not less than 34 per cent mass in volume of formaldehyde with 9 parts by volume of an aqueous solution of a detergent;

(c) any other liquid disinfectant, being a disinfectant that is suitable for the disinfection of containers used to transport animals and is capable, of inactivating the viruses of foot and mouth disease and swine vesicular disease, approved in writing by the Director of Quarantine as a disinfectant that may be used for the purposes of paragraph (2) (b).”.

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