Quarantine (Animals) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 2761

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Quarantine (Animals) Regulations2 (Amendment)

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

Dated 27 September 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health

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Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 November 1981.

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

2. Regulation 95a of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (9) the definition of “meat” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘meat’ means meat or edible parts of animals, other than meat or edible parts of animals contained in hermetically sealed cans or tins or in hermetically sealed containers of a type approved by the Director of Quarantine;”.

 

S.R. No. 218/80—Cat. No. —Recommended retail price 20c 15/23.7.1981

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 September 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1935 No. 71 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1981 No. 168 and see also Statutory Rules 1981 No. 168.

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