Quarantine (Animals) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1980 No. 117

REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908*

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 this twenty-second day of May 1980.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd Michael MacKellar)

Minister of State for Health

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AMENDMENTS OF THE QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS 

Person in quarantine station to obey officer in charge

1. Regulation 46 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by omitting “ One hundred pounds ” and substituting “ $1,000 ”.

Animals not to be removed from quarantine station

2. Regulation 47 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “ One hundred pounds ” and substituting “ $2,000 ”.

Offences

3. Regulation 97 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by omitting “ Fifty pounds ” and substituting “ $1,000 ”.

Application

4. The amendments made by these Regulations do not apply in relation to offences committed before the commencement of these Regulations.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 May 1980.

Statutory Rules 1935 No. 71 as amended to date. For previous amendments see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1980 No.16 and see also Statutory Rules 1980 No. 16.

 

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