Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Proclamation 2004 (Cth)
Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Proclamation 2004
made under section 13 of the
Quarantine Act 1908
Compilation No. 4
Compilation date: 1 January 2015
Includes amendments up to: Quarantine Legislation Amendment (2014 Measures No. 2) Proclamation 2014
Registered: 22 January 2015
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This compilation
This is a compilation of the Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Proclamation 2004 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 January 2015 (the compilation date).
This compilation was prepared on 16 January 2015.
The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.
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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary 1
1............ Name of this Proclamation............................................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Meaning of permit to import something........................................................................ 2
5............ References to a thing being intended for a particular use............................................... 2
6............ Tables............................................................................................................................ 2
Part 2—First ports of entry and landing places 3
8............ First port of entry for overseas vessels other than for aircraft (Quarantine Act ss 13(1)(aaa) and 13(1B)) 3
9............ First port of entry and landing place for overseas aircraft (Quarantine Act ss 13(1)(aaa), (aa) and 13(1B)) 3
10.......... Ports where imported animals, plants or other goods may be landed (Quarantine Act ss 13(1)(b)) 3
Part 3—Human quarantine 4
Division 1—General 4
11.......... Quarantinable diseases (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) (definition of quarantinable disease) and 13(1)(ca)) 4
Division 2—Importation of corpses and human body parts 5
12.......... Corpses and human body parts for burial or cremation (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e)) 5
13.......... Importation of human body parts (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e)).......... 5
Part 4—Biological materials 6
Division 1—Preliminary 6
14.......... Meaning of terms.......................................................................................................... 6
Division 2—Importation of biological materials 8
15.......... Introduction or importation of biological materials (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e)) 8
16.......... Introduction or importation of disease or pest (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e)) 9
Part 5—Articles and things likely to introduce a disease or pest 13
Division 1—Introductory 13
17.......... Meaning of article or thing likely to introduce a disease or pest................................. 13
Division 2—Importation of articles and things likely to introduce diseases or pests 15
18.......... Importation of certain articles or things likely to introduce diseases or pests (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e))........................................................................................................................ 15
19.......... Importation of certain articles or things from Australia............................................... 15
20.......... Importation of certain articles or things from other countries (Quarantine Act ss 5 (1) and 13(1)(d) and (e)) 15
Part 6—Animal quarantine 16
Division 1—General 16
21.......... Definitions for Part...................................................................................................... 16
22.......... Quarantinable diseases (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) (definition of quarantinable disease) and 13(1)(ca)) 17
Division 2—Importation of animals, animal parts and animal products 18
23.......... Importation of live animals (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d), (e) and (f))........... 18
24.......... Importation of dead animals, animal parts and animal products................................... 18
Part 7—Plant quarantine 21
Division 1—General 21
25.......... Definitions for Part 7................................................................................................... 21
26.......... Quarantinable diseases of plants, and quarantinable pests (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) (definitions of quarantinable disease and quarantinable pest) and 13(1)(ca))....................................................................... 21
Division 2—Importation of plants 22
27.......... Importation of plants (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d), (e) and (f))..................... 22
Part 8—Timber and wood quarantine 23
Division 1—General 23
28.......... Definitions for Part 8................................................................................................... 23
Division 2—Importation of sawn timber, processed wood, wooden packaging and wooden articles (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e)) 24
29.......... Importation of sawn timber (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))............................. 24
30.......... Importation of processed wood (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))....................... 24
31.......... Importation of wooden packaging (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))................... 24
32.......... Importation of wooden articles (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))........................ 25
33.......... Importation from Australia (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e)).............................. 25
Part 9—Administration 26
34.......... Things a Director of Quarantine must take into account when deciding whether to grant a permit for importation 26
Part 10—Savings 27
35.......... Saving of permits already granted............................................................................... 27
Schedule 1—Quarantinable animal diseases 28
Schedule 2—Quarantinable plant diseases and quarantinable pests 38
Part 1—Plant diseases that are quarantinable diseases 38
Part 2—Plants that are quarantinable pests 48
Endnotes50
Endnote 1—About the endnotes 50
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key 51
Endnote 3—Legislation history 52
Endnote 4—Amendment history 53
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name of this Proclamation
This Proclamation is the Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Proclamation 2004.
2 Commencement
This Proclamation commences on 1 January 2005.
3 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this Proclamation are defined in the Quarantine Act, including the following:
(a) Christmas Island;
(b) Cocos Islands;
(c) Director of Quarantine;
(d) Officer.
In this Proclamation:
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, but does not include Christmas Island or the Cocos Islands.
biological material means any material originating from an animal, plant or microbial source.
fish means an elasmobranch or a teleost.
Gene Technology Act means the Gene Technology Act 2000.
hermetically‑sealed container means a container that, when closed, does not allow micro‑organisms or any other material to enter it.
hull proper, of a vessel (other than an aircraft), means its overall length measured from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the hull structural material, excluding anything mounted on the hull.
Quarantine Act means the Quarantine Act 1908.
retorted means in an unopened hermetically‑sealed container that has been heated for a time, and to a temperature, sufficient to make the contents commercially sterile.
veterinary therapeutic use means use in or in connection with:
(a) preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating a disease or condition in animals; or
(b) preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating the infestation of animals by a pest; or
(c) curing or alleviating an injury suffered by animals; or
(d) influencing, inhibiting or modifying a physiological process associated with a disease or condition in animals.
4 Meaning of permit to import something
A reference in this Proclamation to a permit to import something includes:
(a) a permit to import the thing that was granted under the Quarantine Proclamation 1998; and
(b) a permit that relates to an act or a class of acts specified in the permit in relation to a thing or a class of things specified in the permit.
5 References to a thing being intended for a particular use
For this Proclamation, a thing is taken to be intended for a particular use if:
(a) a person importing a thing tells an officer that the thing is intended for that use; and
(b) there is no evidence known to an officer that the thing is intended for some other use.
6 Tables
(1) A table in this Proclamation that immediately follows the end of a section is part of the section.
(2) A table in this Proclamation that is within a section is part of the section.
Part 2—First ports of entry and landing places
8 First port of entry for overseas vessels other than for aircraft (Quarantine Act ss 13(1)(aaa) and 13(1B))
Cocos Island is a first Cocos Islands port of entry for all overseas vessels other than aircraft.
9 First port of entry and landing place for overseas aircraft (Quarantine Act ss 13(1)(aaa), (aa) and 13(1B))
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport is a first port of entry, and a landing place, for overseas aircraft.
10 Ports where imported animals, plants or other goods may be landed (Quarantine Act ss 13(1)(b))
Each of the following is a port where imported animals, plants or other goods may be landed:
(a) Cocos Island;
(b) Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport.
Part 3—Human quarantine
Division 1—General
11 Quarantinable diseases (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) (definition of quarantinable disease) and 13(1)(ca))
Each disease mentioned in table 4 is a quarantinable disease for the Cocos Islands.
Table 4 Quarantinable diseases of humans
Item Disease 1 Cholera 2 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Humans (HPAIH) 3 Plague 4 Rabies 5 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 6 Smallpox 7 Viral haemorrhagic fevers of humans 8 Yellow fever
Division 2—Importation of corpses and human body parts
12 Corpses and human body parts for burial or cremation (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e))
The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands of a corpse or part of a corpse for burial or cremation is prohibited:
(a) unless:
(i) the corpse or part is accompanied by an official copy of an official certificate or official extract from an entry in an official register, in which the date, place and cause of death of the deceased person are set out; and
(ii) when the corpse or part is landed in the Cocos Islands, the certificate or copy is produced to an officer at the port where the corpse or part is landed; or
(b) unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
13 Importation of human body parts (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e))
The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands of a human body part mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 5 is prohibited unless:
(a) it complies with the condition in column 3 of the item; or
(b) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
Table 5 Human body parts
Column 1
ItemColumn 2
PartColumn 3
ConditionBones, teeth etc 1 Human bones and teeth for use as curios or jewellery If clean and without adhering tissue, blood or faeces Hair 2 Hair If cleaned by an approved method, free of adhering material and not for use in animal foods or fertilisers, nor for growing purposes
Part 4—Biological materials
Division 1—Preliminary
14 Meaning of terms
In this Part:
animal does not include a micro‑organism or an infectious agent.
animal secretions, excretions or exudates does not include silk or wax.
animal tissue does not include:
(a) a living animal; or
(b) any of the following things, if without adhering tissue—skin, hide, wool, hair, bristles, feathers, tusks, teeth, antlers, horn, glue pieces, bones.
human therapeutic use means therapeutic use (within the meaning given by section 3 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989) in relation to humans.
human tissue does not include:
(a) a corpse, or part of a corpse, that is being imported for burial or cremation; or
(b) any of the following things, if without adhering tissue—hair, teeth, bones.
infectious agent includes:
(a) a virus; or
(b) a prion; or
(c) a plasmid; or
(d) a viroid; or
(e) genetic material coding for an infectious agent.
micro‑organism includes:
(a) a single‑celled organism (whether an animal or a plant); or
(b) a bacterium (including chlamydia, coxiella, ehrlichia, mycoplasma, phytoplasma and rickettsia); or
(c) a protozoan; or
(d) a fungus (not including a fungus for human consumption, other than a fungus of Ganoderma spp. or of the genus Cordyceps).
prohibited biological material means a substance mentioned in table 6.
Table 6 Prohibited biological materials
Item Material 1 Animal blood or blood components 2 Animal enzymes 3 Animal secretions, excretions or exudates 4 Animal semen, embryos or ova 5 Animal tissue extracts 6 Animal tissues 7 Antisera 8 Cell components (including microbial components) 9 Cell lines 10 Cell or microbial culture media 11 Glue made from animal material 12 Human blood or blood components (other than blood or blood components intended only for human therapeutic use) 13 Human enzymes (other than enzymes intended only for human therapeutic use) 14 Human secretions, excretions or exudates (other than secretions, excretions or exudates intended only for human therapeutic use) 15 Human semen, embryos or ova (other than semen, embryos or ova intended only for human therapeutic use, or use for artificial insemination or in an in‑vitro fertilisation program) 16 Human tissue extracts (other than tissue extracts intended only for human therapeutic use) 17 Human tissues 18 Hybridomas 19 Infectious agent extracts (for example, DNA or cell wall protein) 20 Infectious agents 21 Microbial enzymes 22 Microbial extracts 23 Microbial fermentation products (other than lactic acid, citric acid, xanthum gum, alcohols, purified vitamins or purified amino acids) 24 Micro‑organisms (other than semen, embryos or ova) 25 Sera of animal origin 26 Toxins of animal or microbial origin 27 Toxoids 28 Vaccines
Division 2—Importation of biological materials
15 Introduction or importation of biological materials (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e))
(1) The introduction or importation into the Cocos Islands of the following things is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to introduce or import the thing into the Cocos Islands:
(a) an article (other than an article to which subsection (2) or (3) applies) that is prohibited biological material;
(b) an article (other than an article to which subsection (2) or (3) applies) that contains prohibited biological material;
(c) an article (other than an article to which subsection (2) or (3)applies) of which prohibited biological material is an ingredient.
Note 1: For the meaning of prohibited biological material, see the definition of that term in section14.
Note 2: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
(2) This subsection applies to an article mentioned in any of the following items in table 6, if the article is for hospital use:
(a) item 4;
(b) item 10;
(c) item 15;
(d) item 18;
(e) item 20;
(f) item 24.
(3) This subsection applies to an article:
(a) that in its normal use, is generally meant for human consumption, human therapeutic use or veterinary therapeutic use; and
(b) that is commercially prepared and packaged in a form that requires no further processing or repackaging before retail sale; and
(c) that is biological material listed in table 6A, or that contains ingredients that are biological material listed in table 6A and no other biological material; and
(d) that is not otherwise prohibited by this Proclamation.
Table 6A—Biological materials Item Biological materials 1 Alcohols 2 Purified amino acids (other than those derived from neural material) 3 Highly processed biochemicals derived from wool grease (including cholesterol, cholecalciferol vitamin D3, lanolin and lanolin alcohols) 4 Essential oils 5 Esters 6 Fish oil (other than salmon oil) 7 Commercially prepared gelatin derived from animal tissues (other than ruminant tissues) 8 Homeopathic preparations 9 Pectins 10 Plant acids 11 Plant extracts (other than flours or powders) 12 Plant gums 13 Plant juices 14 Plant oils 15 Plant waxes 16 Resins 17 Starches 18 Sugars 19 Tinctures 20 Vinegars 21 Vitamins or provitamins 22 Water 23 Glucosamine, chondroitin or chitosan of aquatic animal origin (unless derived from fish of the family Salmonidae or intended for veterinary therapeutic use in aquatic animals) 24 Purified avermectin compounds manufactured without the use of materials of animal origin 25 Purified antibiotics or antimycotics manufactured without the use of materials of animal origin
16 Introduction or importation of disease or pest (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e))
(1) The introduction or importation into the Cocos Islands of a substance or article (other than a substance or article to which subsection (2) applies) containing, or likely to contain, a disease or pest is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to introduce or import the substance or article into the Cocos Islands.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
(2) This subsection applies to a substance or article that is a starter culture, or a derivative of a starter culture (including an enzyme) listed in table 7, if the substance or article is not contained in a milk‑based carrier, and:
(a) the substance or article is intended for human food, beverage, or cosmetic use; or
(b) the substance or article is:
(i) intended for human therapeutic use; and
(ii) is commercially prepared and packaged in a form that requires no further processing or repackaging before retail sale.
Table 7—Starter cultures Item Starter cultures 1 Acetobacter spp. 2 Aspergillus niger 3 Aspergillus oryzae 4 Bacillus acidopullulyticus 5 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 6 Bacillus coagulans 7 Bacillus halodurans 8 Bacillus licheniformis 9 Bacillus subtilis 10 Baker’s yeast 11 Bifidobacterium spp. 12 Brevibacterium linens 13 Brewer’s yeast 14 Candida spp. 15 Chaetomium gracile 16 Citeromyces spp. 17 Clavispora spp. 18 Debaryomyces spp. 19 Dekkera spp. 20 Enterococcus durans 21 Enterococcus faecalis 22 Enterococcus faecium 23 Geotrichum candidum 24 Hansenula spp. 25 Hasagawaea spp. 26 Humicola insolens 27 Hypopichia spp. 28 Issatchenkia spp. 29 Kluyveromyces spp. 30 Lactic acid bacteria 31 Lactobacillus spp. 32 Lactococcus spp. 33 Leuconostoc spp. 34 Monascus spp. 35 Pediococcus pentasaceus 36 Penicillium camemberti (also known as Penicillium camembertii) 37 Penicillium funiculosum 38 Penicillium roqueforti (also known as Penicillium roquefortii) 39 Phaffia spp. 40 Pichia spp. 41 Propionibacterium spp. 42 Rhizopus spp. 43 Saccharomyces spp. 44 Schizosaccharomyces spp. 45 Schwanniomyces spp. 46 Staphylococcus carnosus 47 Staphylococcus xylosus 48 Streptococcus cremoris 49 Streptococcus diacetilactis 50 Streptococcus durans 51 Streptococcus faecalis 52 Streptococcus lactis 53 Streptococcus salivarius 54 Streptococcus thermophilus 55 Streptomyces olivaceus 56 Streptomyces olivochromogenes 57 Streptomyces mobaraensis (formerly Streptoverticillium mobaraensis) 58 Streptomyces murinus 59 Streptomyces rubiginosus 60 Streptomyces violaceoruber 61 Talaromyces emersonii (formerly Penicillium ermersonii) 62 Torulaspora spp. 63 Torulopsis spp. 64 Trichoderma harzianum 65 Trichoderma reesei (formerly Trichoderma longibrachiatum) 66 Trichoderma viride 67 Wine culture 68 Yoghurt/Kefir culture 69 Zygoascus spp. 70 Zygosaccharomyces spp.
Part 5—Articles and things likely to introduce a disease or pest
Division 1—Introductory
17 Meaning of article or thing likely to introduce a disease or pest
In this Part:
article or thing likely to introduce a disease or pest means an article or thing mentioned or described in table 8.
Table 8—Article or thing likely to introduce a disease or pest
Item Article or thing Soil etc 1 Soil, articles with soil adhering and articles containing soil, unless treated by an approved treatment on arrival Sand, rock and minerals 2 Sand, rock or minerals if the sand, rock or minerals contain soil, animal or plant material Water 3 Water other than:
(a) commercially bottled water; or
(b) rose water; or
(c) orange flower water; or
(d) holy water for personal use, in a consignment of less than 5 litres
4 Sea or ocean water, unless:
(a) free from suspended and solid material and marine pathogens; and
(b) in a consignment of less than 5 litres; and
(c) intended for use in a testing laboratory
Coir etc 5 Coir, coir peat and coir peat products Peat etc 6 Peat, peat products and peat moss Bark 7 Bark, being the external natural layer covering the wood of a plant Fertilisers etc 8 Fertiliser of any type, including synthetic fertiliser, mined fertiliser, chemical fertiliser, and guano, but not including:
(a) chemical liquid fertiliser; and
(b) chemical fertiliser packed at the place of production, in new packaging, in units of 25kg or less
9 Potting mix of any type, but not including potting mix packed at the place of production, in new packaging, in units of 25kg or less 10 Soil conditioners of animal, plant or microbial origin 11 Growth supplements of any type Beehives and beekeeping equipment 12 Beehives, used 13 Beekeeping equipment, used Birds’ nests etc 14 Birds’ nests (including nests intended for use in making soup) 15 Birds’ nest products, other than commercially manufactured and retorted birds’ nest products for consumption by the person wishing to import the product Used packaging 16 Bags, boxes, cartons and packaging that has been in contact with articles the importation of which without a permit is prohibited 17 Used egg crates, containers and packaging that have been in contact with eggs Used machinery and vehicles 18 Used earth‑moving, agricultural, construction or timber felling machinery, including assembled parts, that have come into contact with soil or material of plant origin 19 Used tyres, with or without rims (other than those imported as part of a vehicle or as a spare tyre for an imported vehicle) 20 Used mining machinery, including oil‑field drilling machinery that has come into contact with soil 21 Used grain‑milling machinery 22 Field‑tested or trialled machinery or vehicle that has come into contact with soil or material of animal or plant origin 23 Used food‑processing equipment, other than equipment for domestic use, that has been in contact with:
(a) cooked or uncooked animal products; or
(b) cooked or uncooked plant products
New machinery and vehicles 24 New machinery or vehicles that are not:
(a) clean as new; and
(b) free of soil, material of plant or animal origin, or other contamination
Division 2—Importation of articles and things likely to introduce diseases or pests
18 Importation of certain articles or things likely to introduce diseases or pests (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d) and (e))
The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands of an article or thing specified in any of items 1 to 4, or item 7, 12 or 13, of table 8 is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
19 Importation of certain articles or things from Australia
The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands from Australia of an article or thing specified in item 5 or 6, in any of items 8 to 11, in any of items 14 to 16 or in any of items 18 to 24, of table 8 is prohibited unless the article or thing is:
(a) accompanied by evidence that satisfies a Director of Quarantine that the article or thing is not likely to introduce a pest or disease; or
(b) carried in a person’s accompanied passenger baggage, or imported by post, and is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination.
20 Importation of certain articles or things from other countries (Quarantine Act ss 5 (1) and 13(1)(d) and (e))
(1) The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands:
(a) from a country other than Australia; or
(b) from Christmas Island;
of an article or thing specified in item 5 or 6, in any of items 8 to 11, or in any of items 14 to 24, of table 8 (other than an article or thing to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
(2) This subsection applies to an article or thing that is:
(a) accompanied by evidence that satisfies a Director of Quarantine that the article or thing is not likely to introduce a pest or disease; or
(b) carried in a person’s accompanied passenger baggage, or imported by post, and is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination.
Part 6—Animal quarantine
Division 1—General
21 Definitions for Part
In this Part:
animal part means a part of an animal and (unless the contrary is stated) includes:
(a) blood; and
(b) tissue; and
(c) animal reproductive material; and
(d) skin (whether or not tanned); and
(e) bone, tooth and horn; and
(f) hair, bristles, feathers and wool; and
(g) egg shells; and
(h) scales; and
(i) chitin.
Note: See subsection 5(1) of the Quarantine Act for definition of animal.
animal product means any of the following:
(a) meat or meat products;
(b) uncooked crab, uncooked crab meat or uncooked crab products;
(c) uncooked avian meat or uncooked avian meat products;
(d) dairy products;
(e) uncooked eggs and uncooked egg products;
(f) bee products;
(g) fishing flies;
(h) cosmetics of, or partly of, animal origin;
(i) gelatine.
Note: See subsection 5(1) of the Quarantine Act for definition of animal.
animal reproductive material means a part of an animal from which another animal can be reproduced, and includes semen, ova, or an embryo.
Note: See subsection 5(1) of the Quarantine Act for definition of animal.
animal tissue product means a product that contains animal tissue, or of which animal tissue is an ingredient.
Note: See subsection 5(1) of the Quarantine Act for definition of animal.
avian meat means meat from a bird that is intended or able to be used as food by a human being or an animal (including blood, bone‑meal, meat meal, offal and fat).
avian meat product means a product that contains avian meat, or of which avian meat is an ingredient.
bee product means a product produced by bees.
crab means an animal of a species of the infraorder Brachyura or infraorder Anomura, and includes part of a crab.
crab meat means meat from a crab.
crab product means a product that contains crab or crab meat, or of which crab or crab meat is an ingredient.
dairy product means:
(a) milk (including condensed, concentrated, dried and powdered milk); or
(b) goods produced from milk (including butter, cheese, casein, cream, ghee, whey, ice cream, milk albumin and yoghurt).
egg means an egg of a bird.
egg product:
(a) includes:
(i) whole egg in any form; and
(ii) egg albumen in any form; and
(iii) egg yolk in any form; and
(iv) goods produced from egg (including egg noodles and mooncakes); but
(b) does not include egg shells and egg shell ornaments that are clean and free of adhering material (such as faeces, feathers and uncooked egg).
meat means meat that is intended or able to be used as food by a human being or an animal, (including blood, bone‑meal, meat meal, offal, tallow and fat), but does not include avian meat or crab meat.
meat product means a product that contains meat, or of which meat is an ingredient.
uncooked means not cooked throughout.
uncooked egg does not include a pickled egg or a salted egg.
22 Quarantinable diseases (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) (definition of quarantinable disease) and 13(1)(ca))
Each disease mentioned in Schedule 1 is a quarantinable disease for the Cocos Islands.
Note: The Schedule includes many parasites of animals. Disease includes a parasite, see the definition of disease in the Quarantine Act, subsection 5(1).
Division 2—Importation of animals, animal parts and animal products
23 Importation of live animals (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d), (e) and (f))
The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands of a live animal is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
24 Importation of dead animals, animal parts and animal products
(1) The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands of a dead animal, an animal part or an animal product (except a dead animal, an animal part or an animal product to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
(2) This subsection applies to a dead animal, an animal part or an animal product that:
(a) is mentioned in an item in table 9; and
(b) complies with any restriction or condition set out in the item.
Table 9 Dead animals, animal parts and animal products
Column 1
ItemColumn 2
Animal, animal part or animal productAnimals and animal parts 1 Animals and animal tissues (including fish), if:
(a) preserved and fixed in 70% alcohol or 10% formalin or a minimum of 2% glutaraldehyde, or plastinated using curable polymers; and
(b) stored in a container that is reliably sealed; and
(c) certified by the laboratory or facility that preserved the animal or tissue as being treated to ensure complete preservation and fixation; and
(d) no animal is, or will be, exposed directly or indirectly to the animal or tissue, or any of its derivatives; and
(e) the animal or tissue is not intended to be used for isolation or synthesis of viable microorganisms or infectious agents or their homologues
2 Animals (including fish), if preserved by taxidermy for display, or cremated 3 Bees of the genus Apis, if preserved in 70% alcohol or 10% formalin or a minimum of 2% gluteraldehyde 4 Insects (other than bees of the genus Apis), spiders and scorpions, if preserved for collections or display 5 Aquatic animals and aquatic animal parts (other than uncooked crab, uncooked crab meat and uncooked crab product), if non‑viable and clean Skins and hides 6 Animal (including fish) skins, if preserved or tanned 7 Rawhide dog chews, if accompanied by a manufacturer’s declaration stating that the product has been soaked in a lime solution of pH 14 for not less than 8 hours 8 An article containing rawhide, if:
(a) it is intended for the personal use of the person seeking to import the article; and
(b) it is to be imported by itself or with no more than 4 other articles of the same kind; and
(c) it is treated on arrival, before release from quarantine, to limit the level of quarantine risk to one that is acceptably low
Bones, teeth, horn etc 9 Animal bones, tusks or teeth, for use as curios or jewellery 10 Animal horn without velvet Hair, bristles, feathers, wool etc 11 Bristles and hair (other than hair covered by item 13 or 14), if clean, not for use in animal foods or fertilisers, and, if for animal husbandry or animal or human grooming purposes, accompanied by a certificate confirming that the bristles or hair have been scoured or sterilised in a way approved by a Director of Quarantine 12 Feathers, if not intended for stockfeed 13 Wool, goat fibre or other animal fibre in commercial consignments, if scoured and with certification confirming the scouring process, and free from contamination by extraneous material (for example faeces, plant material or insects) 14 Wool, goat fibre or other animal fibre for the personal use of the person wishing to import the item, and if scoured and free from contamination by extraneous material (for example faeces, plant material or insects) Egg shells 15 Egg shells and egg shell ornaments, if clean and free of adhering material (such as faeces, feathers and uncooked egg) Animal products 16 Fishing flies, if clean and no animal tissue is present 17 Cosmetics of, or partly of, animal origin, if commercially manufactured and packaged and for the personal use of the person wishing to import the item 18 Gelatine, if commercially prepared 19 Uncooked avian meat or uncooked avian meat products, if from Australia 20 Uncooked eggs or uncooked egg products, if from Australia 21 Dairy products, if from Australia 22 A dairy product from Christmas Island, or from a country other than Australia, that is specified in one of the following paragraphs, if it is not intended to be used for stockfood:
(a) a commercially prepared dairy product that is an infant food;
(b) goods of which each individually packaged unit contains less than 10% by weight (other than any added water) of a dairy product;
(c) commercially prepared and packaged chocolate;
(d) lactose, and its derivatives;
(e) commercially prepared and packaged clarified butter oil;
(f) commercially prepared and packaged dairy products that are:
(i) intended for human consumption; and
(ii) manufactured in a country recognised by the Office International des Epizooties as free of foot‑and‑mouth disease; and
(iii) approved by a Director of Quarantine;
(g) biscuits, bread and cooked cakes (other than cheese cakes and cakes containing dairy fillings or toppings that have not been cooked with the cake);
(h) cheese cakes and cooked cakes that contain dairy fillings or toppings and that are:
(i) intended for human consumption; and
(ii) manufactured in a country recognised by the Office International des Epizooties as free of foot‑and‑mouth disease; and
(iii) approved by a Director of Quarantine
23 A bee product that is specified in one of the following paragraphs, if it is pure and free of extraneous matter:
(a) honey (whether or not containing honeycomb);
(b) bee venom;
(c) honeycomb;
(d) propolis;
(e) royal jelly
24 Meat and meat products, if from Australia 25 A meat or meat product from Christmas Island, or from a country other than Australia, if specified in one of the following paragraphs:
(a) meat products that are retorted or cooked throughout;
(b) meat‑based flavoured products that are commercially manufactured and packaged;
(c) commercially prepared meat floss
Part 7—Plant quarantine
Division 1—General
25 Definitions for Part 7
In this Part:
fruit or vegetable includes a fungus for human consumption, other than a fungus of Ganoderma spp. or of the genus Cordyceps.
plant product means a product, wholly or partly of plant origin, that has been processed to prevent:
(a) the plant material from being infected or contaminated with a quarantinable disease; and
(b) the plant material being capable of propagation.
processed fruit or vegetable means a fruit or vegetable that is deep‑frozen, dried, retorted, juiced, conserved, preserved or processed in some other way.
26 Quarantinable diseases of plants, and quarantinable pests (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) (definitions of quarantinable disease and quarantinable pest) and 13(1)(ca))
(1) Each disease mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 2 is a quarantinable disease for the Cocos Islands.
Note: Part 1 of Schedule 2 lists plant diseases, including plant parasites. Disease includes a parasite, see the definition of disease in the Quarantine Act, subsection 5 (1).
(2) Each pest mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 2 is a quarantinable pest for the Cocos Islands.
Note: Part 2 of Schedule 2 lists pest plants.
Division 2—Importation of plants
27 Importation of plants (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(d), (e) and (f))
(1) The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands of a plant (except a plant to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note 1: See subsection 5 (1) of the Quarantine Act for the definition of plant.
Note 2: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
(2) This subsection applies to a plant that is:
(a) a processed fruit or vegetable; or
(b) a fresh fruit or vegetable that:
(i) is not intended for propagation; and
(ii) is clean and free of pests and diseases; or
(c) a plant product.
Part 8—Timber and wood quarantine
Division 1—General
28 Definitions for Part 8
In this Part:
processed wood means wood:
(a) that is comprised of thin veneers and wood fibres or pulp; and
(b) that has undergone processing to make a composite product.
sawn timber means solid wood:
(a) that has undergone a milling process, including squaring off; and
(b) that is less than 200 mm in thickness at the smallest dimension.
wooden article means an article that is made wholly or partly of solid wood.
wooden packaging means packaging made wholly or partly of solid wood or processed wood.
Division 2—Importation of sawn timber, processed wood, wooden packaging and wooden articles (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))
29 Importation of sawn timber (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))
(1) The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands:
(a) from a country other than Australia; or
(b) from Christmas Island;
of sawn timber (other than sawn timber to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
(2) This subsection applies to sawn timber that is accompanied by evidence that satisfies a Director of Quarantine that it is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination.
30 Importation of processed wood (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))
(1) The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands:
(a) from a country other than Australia; or
(b) from Christmas Island;
of processed wood (other than processed wood to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
(2) This subsection applies to processed wood that is:
(a) accompanied by evidence that satisfies a Director of Quarantine that it is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination; or
(b) carried in a person’s accompanied passenger baggage, or imported by post, and is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination.
31 Importation of wooden packaging (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))
(1) The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands of wooden packaging (other than wooden packaging to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
(2) This subsection applies to wooden packaging that is:
(a) accompanied by evidence that satisfies a Director of Quarantine that it is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination; or
(b) carried in a person’s accompanied passenger baggage, or imported by post, and is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination.
32 Importation of wooden articles (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))
(1) The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands:
(a) from a country other than Australia; or
(b) from Christmas Island;
of a wooden article (other than a wooden article to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit for the importation.
Note: For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 9.
(2) This subsection applies to a wooden article that is:
(a) accompanied by evidence that satisfies a Director of Quarantine that it is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination; or
(b) carried in a person’s accompanied passenger baggage, or imported by post, and is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination.
33 Importation from Australia (Quarantine Act ss 5(1) and 13(1)(e))
The importation by a person into the Cocos Islands from Australia of sawn timber, processed wood or a wooden article is prohibited unless it is:
(a) clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination; or
(b) carried in a person’s accompanied passenger baggage, or imported by post, and is clean, and free of pests, diseases, bark or other contamination.
Part 9—Administration
Note: A reference to a Director of Quarantine includes a delegate—see the Quarantine Act, section 10B.
34 Things a Director of Quarantine must take into account when deciding whether to grant a permit for importation
In deciding whether to grant a permit to import a thing into the Cocos Islands, a Director of Quarantine:
(a) must consider the level of quarantine risk if the permit were granted; and
(b) must consider whether, if the permit were granted, the imposition of conditions on it would be necessary to limit the level of quarantine risk to one that is acceptably low; and
(c) for a permit to import a seed of a kind of plant that was produced by genetic manipulation—must take into account any risk assessment prepared, and any decision made, in relation to the seed under the Gene Technology Act; and
(d) may take into account anything else that he or she knows that is relevant.
Note: Level of quarantine risk is defined in section 5D of the Quarantine Act. The definition is as follows:
5D Level of quarantine risk
A reference in this Act to a level of quarantine risk is a reference to:
(a) the probability of:
(i) a disease or pest being introduced, established or spread in Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island; and
(ii) the disease or pest causing harm to human beings, animals, plants, other aspects of the environment, or economic activities; and
(b) the probable extent of the harm.
Part 10—Savings
35 Saving of permits already granted
A permit to import a thing continues to have effect according to its terms if the permit:
(a) was granted in accordance with subsection 13(2A) of the Quarantine Act, under the Quarantine Proclamation 1998, on or after 7 July 1998; and
(b) was in force immediately before 1 January 2005.
Schedule 1—Quarantinable animal diseases
(section 22)
Absidia infection
acariasis of bees
actinobacillosis
actinomycosis
acute viral paralysis of bees
Aeromonas hydrophila infection
African horse sickness
African swine fever
Agmasoma sp. infection of crustaceans
aino disease
akabane disease
Aleutian disease
Amazon tracheitis virus disease
American foulbrood
Ameson sp. infection of crustaceans
amphibian chromomycosis
anaplasmosis
anthrax
apimyiasis
Aquabirnavirus infection
Arizona disease
Aspergillus flavus infection
Astacus astacus bacilliform virus infection
atrophic rhinitis
Aujeszky’s disease
avian encephalomyelitis
avian haemagglutinating adenovirus disease
avian infectious bronchitis
avian infectious laryngotracheitis
avian influenza
avian malaria
avian papovavirus infection
avian paramyxovirus type 3 infection
avian poxvirus infection
avian reovirus infection
babesiosis
bacterial kidney disease of fish
baculoviral midgut gland necrosis
Bartonella muris (haemobartonellosis)
Basidiobolus infection
bat lyssavirus infection
Beauveria infection
besnoitiosis
Bittner virus infection of mice
Black Queen cell virus infection
bluetongue
bonamiasis of molluscs
border (hairy shaker) disease
Borna disease
bovine ephemeral fever
bovine genital campylobacteriosis
bovine immunodeficiency‑like virus infection
bovine malignant catarrh
bovine papular stomatitis
bovine pestivirus infection (bovine viral diarrhoea and mucosal disease)
bovine pseudocowpox
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
branchiomycosis of fish
brucellosis
budgerigar fledgling disease
bunyamwera infection
caiman pox
Camallanus spp. infestation of fish
camelpox
candidiasis
canine distemper
canine ehrlichiosis (tropical canine pancytopaenia)
canine heartworm disease (Dirofilaria immitis)
canine parvovirus infection
canine transmissible venereal tumour
Capillaria spp. infestation of fish
caprine arthritis‑encephalitis syndrome
cardiomyopathy of rabbits
carp pox
caseous lymphadenitis
cavian leukaemia
cephalosporiosis
ceratomyxosis
cervical lymphadenitis
Chaco virus infection
chalkbrood
Channel catfish virus disease
chicken anaemia
chlamydiosis
chronic respiratory disease of rats
chronic viral paralysis of bees
chronic wasting disease of deer
chum salmon virus infection
Chrysosporium infection
cichlid rhabdovirus infection
circovirus infection
clostridial disease
coccidiodomycosis
coccidiosis
coenurosis
coital exanthema (equine herpes virus type 3)
columnaris disease
contagious agalactia of sheep
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
contagious ecthyma
contagious equine metritis
coronavirus enteritis of turkeys
Corynebacterium kutscheri infection
costiasis
Coxiella burnetii infection
crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
Crimean‑Congo haemorrhagic fever
cryptococcosis
cryptosporidiosis
cutaneous papillomatosis
cysticercosis
cytomegalovirus infection of mice
dermatophilosis (Dermatophilus spp. infection)
dourine
duck virus enteritis
duck virus hepatitis
dwarf cichlid iridovirus infection
Ebola virus disease
echinococcosis‑hydatidosis
ectromelia (mouse pox)
Edwardsiella tarda infection
eel papillomatosis
Elaphostrongylus cervi infestation
encephalitozoonosis (nosematosis)
encephalomyocarditis virus disease of pigs
entamoebiasis
Enterocytozoon salmonis infection
enteric redmouth disease
enteric septicaemia of catfish (edwardsiellosis)
enterocolitis of rabbits
enterotoxaemia
enterovirus encephalomyelitis
Entomophthora infection
enzootic abortion of ewes
enzootic bovine leukosis
enzootic pneumonia of pigs
enzootic pneumonia of sheep
eperythrozoonosis
epidemic diarrhoea of infant mice
Epizootic enterocolitis of rabbits
epizootic haematopoietic necrosis
epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer
epizootic lymphangitis
epizootic ulcerative syndrome of fish
equine encephalosis
equine encephalomyelitis
equine erhlichiosis
equine infectious anaemia
equine influenza (type A virus)
equine morbillivirus infection
equine piroplasmosis
equine rhinopneumonitis
equine viral abortion (equine herpes virus type 1)
equine viral arteritis
equine viral encephalomyelitis
erysipelas
erythrocytic inclusion body syndrome of salmonids
European brown hare syndrome
European eel virus infection
European foulbrood
fascioliasis
feline calicivirus disease
feline immunodeficiency virus infection
feline infectious enteritis
feline infectious peritonitis
feline spongiform encephalopathy
feline viral rhinotracheitis
foot abscess
foot and mouth disease
foot rot
fowl cholera
fowl plague (avian influenza type A)
fowl pox
fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum)
furunculosis
Fusarium infection
gaffkaemia
geotrichosis
Getah virus infection
giardiasis
gill disease virus infection
glanders
golden shiner virus infection
Goldfish haematopoietic necrosis
goldfish ulcer disease
goose virus hepatitis
grey patch disease of turtles
Gyrodactylus salaris infection
Hantavirus infection
haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus disease
haemorrhagic enteritis virus disease of turkeys
haemorrhagic septicaemia
haplosporidiosis (of molluscs and crustacea)
heartwater
helminthosis
Hendra virus
Henneguya spp. infestation
hepatitis A
hepatitis B
Hepatitis E of pigs
hepatopancreatic parvovirus infection of crustaceans
hepatozoonosis
herpes virus infection
hexamitiasis
histomoniasis
histoplasmosis
hitra disease
hog cholera (classical swine fever)
horse mange (Sarcoptes spp. infestation)
horse pox
Hyphomyces infection
Hypoderma bovis
Hypoderma lineatum
Ibaraki disease
Ichthyophonous hoferi infection
Ichthyophonous multifiliis infection
inclusion body conjunctivitis
inclusion body disease of birds
inclusion body rhinitis
infantile diarrhoea of mice
infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (infectious pustular vulvovaginitis)
infectious bronchitis
infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease)
infectious canine hepatitis
infectious coryza
infectious haematopoietic necrosis
infectious hypodermal and haematopoeitic necrosis (of crustaceans)
infectious pancreatic necrosis
infectious salmon anaemia
infectious stomatitis (mouthrot)
internal papillomatous disease (cloacal papillomatosis)
iridovirosis of fish
Japanese encephalitis
Jembrana disease
K virus infection of rodents
Kashmir bee virus infection
Kyashanur Forest disease
Korean haemorrhagic fever
lactic dehydrogenase virus infection
larval mycosis of crustaceans
leishmaniasis
leptospirosis
leucocytozoonosis
leucosis
lice infestation
listeriosis
Loma salmonae infection
Lucké tumor of frogs
lumpy skin disease
Lyme disease
lymphocystis
lymphocytic choriomeningitis
maedi‑visna
malignant catarrhal fever
mange
Marburg virus infection
Marco virus infection
Marek’s disease
marteiliosis (of molluscs)
melanosis of bees
melioidosis
mikrocytosis (of molluscs)
minute virus infection of mice
Moloney virus infection
monkey pox
Mortierella infection
mouse adenovirus infection
mucoid enteropathy of rabbits
Mucor infection
mud blisters of molluscs
murine colonic hyperplasia
murine hepatitis
mycobacteriosis
mycoplasmosis
mycotic dermatitis
mytilicoliasis
myxobolosis (whirling disease)
myxomatosis
Nagana
Nairobi sheep disease
Newcastle disease
New Japan virus infection of salmonids
nocardiosis of fish
nocardiosis of oysters
North American blastomycosis
nosematosis of bees
nuclear polyhedrosis baculoviroses of crustaceans (Penaeus monodon‑type baculovirus and Baculovirus penaei)
onchroconis infestation
Oncorhynchus masou virus disease
oral papillomatosis
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheal
ovine campylobacteriosis
ovine encephalomyelitis (louping ill)
oyster velar disease
Paecilomyces infection
pancreas disease of reptiles
paracoccidiodomycosis
Paraelaphostrongylus cervi infestation
paramoebiasis
paramyxovirus infection
paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease)
parvicapsula disease
parvovirus infection
Pacheco’s disease
pasteurellosis
penicilliosis
pentastomiasis
perkinsosis (of molluscs)
Peste des petits ruminants
pike fry rhabdovirosis
Pigeon herpesvirus encephalomyelitis
piroplasmosis
piscirickettsiosis
plasmacytoid leukaemia (of salmonids)
Platynosomum fastosum infection
Pleisthophora hyphessobryconis infection
pneumocystosis
pneumonia virus infection of mice
polyhedral cytoplasmic amphibian virus infection
polyoma virus infection
porcine epidemic coronavirus diarrhoea
porcine paramyxovirus disease
porcine parvovirus infection
porcine pleuropneumonia
porcine post weaning multi‑systemic wasting syndrome
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
porcine respiratory coronavirus
Potomac horse fever
Powassan virus infection
proliferative ileitis of hamsters
proliferative ileitis of rabbits (wet tail)
proliferative kidney disease of fish
proventricular dilatation (macaw wasting disease)
pseudomoniasis
pseudotuberculosis
psittacosis‑ornithosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Psoroptes ovis infestation
Psoroptes aucheniae infestation
pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum)
pulmonary adenomatosis (Jaagsiekte)
rabbit syphilis
rabbit calicivirus infection
rabies
redleg
reovirus type 3 infection
reticuloendotheliosis
rhabdovirus infection of fish
Rhizopus infection
Rift Valley fever
rinderpest
ringworm
rosette agent infection
rosy barb birnavirus infection
runting/stunting syndrome of chickens
sacbrood virus infection
salivary gland virus of guinea pigs
salmon blood spot
Salmon lice infestation (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)
salmon pancreas disease
salmon pox
salmonellosis
San Miguel sea lion virus infection
scrapie
screw worm infestation (Cochliomya hominivorax/Chrysomya bezziana)
Sendai virus infection
septicaemic cutaneous ulcerative disease of turtles
Serratia marcescens infection
sheep pox and goat pox
shell disease
shigellosis
shope fibromatosis
sialodacryoadenitis
simian B virus infection
simian haemorrhagic fever
slow paralysis of bees
spirochaetosis
spongiform encephalopathy
sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
spring viraemia of carp
Staphylococcus epidermis infection
stephanofilariasis
stonebrood
strangles
streptococcosis
surra
swine dysentery
swine erysipelas
swine influenza
swine vesicular disease
sylvatic plague
Syngamus trachea infestation
tadpole oedema virus infection
Taura syndrome (of crustaceans)
Teschen/Talfan disease
Theiler’s encephalomyelitis
theileriosis
Thelohonia infection
tick infestation
tiger prawn reovirus infection
Timbo virus infection
toxoplasmosis
tracheal mite infestation of bees
transmissible gastroenteritis
transmissible ileal hyperplasia
transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of mink
trepanematosis
trichinellosis (Trichinella spiralis)
trichomoniasis
Trichosporon infection
tropilaelaps mite infestation
trypanosomiasis
tularaemia
tuberculosis
turkey coryza (Bordetella avium)
turkey lymphoproliferative disease
turkey meningoencephalitis
turkey viral rhinotracheitis
turkey virus hepatitis
Tyzzer’s disease
ulcer disease of fish
ulcerative dermal necrosis
ulcerative lymphangitis
ulcerative pododermatitis
ulcerative shell disease
ulcerative stomatitis
vaccinia infection
varroa mite infestation
venereal spirochaetosis of rabbits (Treponema cuniculi)
vesicular exanthema
vesicular stomatitis
vibriosis
viral arthritis of chickens
viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (of fish)
viral erythrocytic necrosis
viral haemorrhagic fever
viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (of fish)
warble fly infestation
Wesselsbron disease
white spot disease (of crustaceans)
Withering syndrome of abalone (Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis)
yellow fever
yellowhead disease (of crustaceans)
yersiniosis
Schedule 2—Quarantinable plant diseases and quarantinable pests
(section 26)
Part 1—Plant diseases that are quarantinable diseases
VIRUSES
Virus name Virus group
Alfamoviruses Bromoviridae
Bromoviruses Bromoviridae
Cucumoviruses Bromoviridae
Ilarviruses Bromoviridae
Tospoviruses Bunyaviridae
Comoviruses Comoviridae
Fabaviruses Comoviridae
Nepoviruses Comoviridae
Bigeminiviruses Geminiviridae
Hybrigeminiviruses Geminiviridae
Monogeminiviruses Geminiviridae
Alphacryptoviruses Partitiviridae
Betacryptoviruses Partitiviridae
Bymoviruses Potyviridae
Ipomoviruses Potyviridae
Potyviruses Potyviridae
Rymoviruses Potyviridae
Unassigned Potyviruses Potyviridae
Fijiviruses Reoviridae
Oryzaviruses Reoviridae
Phytoreoviruses Reoviridae
Cytorhabdoviruses Rhabdoviridae
Nucleorhabdoviruses Rhabdoviridae
Unassigned Rhabdoviruses Rhabdoviridae
Sequiviruses Sequiviridae
Waikaviruses Sequiviridae
Carmoviruses Tombusviridae
Tombusviruses TombusviridaeUnclassified viruses
Badnaviruses
Capilloviruses
Carlaviruses
Caulimoviruses
Closteroviruses
Dianthoviruses
Enamoviruses
Furoviruses
Hordeiviruses
Idaeoviruses
Luteoviruses
Machlomoviruses
Macluraviruses
Marafiviruses
Nanaviruses
Necroviruses
Ourmaiviruses
Potexviruses
Satellite RNAs
Satelliviruses
Sobemoviruses
Tenuiviruses
Tobamoviruses
Tobraviruses
Trichoviruses
Tymoviruses
Umbraviruses
VaricosavirusesVIROIDS
All viroids
PHYTOPLASMAS
All phytoplasmas
BACTERIA
Division Firmicutes Arthrobacter
Bacillus
Clavibacter
Curtobacterium
Nocardia
Rathayibacter
RhodococcusDivision Gracilicutes Class Proteobacteria Alpha Subclass Family Acetobacteriaceae Acetobacter Family Rhizobiaceae Agrobacterium [Family not classified] Rhizobacter Rhizomonas Beta Subclass Family Comamonadaceae Acidovorax (formerly Pseudomonas)
Burkholderia
Ralstonia
Xylophilus
[Family not named] formerly Pseudomonas BACTERIA (continued)
Division Gracilicutes (continued) Class Proteobacteria (continued) Gamma Subclass Family Enterobacteriaceae Enterobacter
Erwinia
Pantoea
Family Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas [Family not named] Xanthomonas [Family not classified] Xylella Division Tenericutes Class Mollicutes Family Spiroplasmataceae Spiroplasma [unclassified] Family Rhizobacter Streptomyces FUNGI
Division Myxomycota Class Labyrinthulomycetes Order Labyrinthulales Class Myxomycetes Order Physarales Class Plasmodiophoromycetes Order Plasmodiophorales Division Eumycota Subdivision Mastigomycotina Class Chytridiomycetes Orders: Blastocladiales
ChytridialesClass Hyphochytridiomycetes Class Oomycetes Orders: Lagenidiales
Peronosporales
SaprolegnialesSubdivision Zygomycotina Order Mucorales FUNGI (continued)
Division Eumycota (continued) Subdivision Ascomycotina Orders: Arthoniales
Clavicipitales
Coryneliales
Diaporthales
Diatrypales
Dothideales
Endomycetales
Erysiphales
Eurotiales
Helotiales
Hypocreales
Lecanidiales
Lecanorales
Ophlostomatales
Ostropales
Pezizales
Phyllachorales
Pleosporales
Polystigmatales
Pyrenulales
Rhytismatales
Sphaeriales
SordarialesSubdivision Basidiomycotina Orders: Agaricales
Aphyllophorales
Auriculariales
Dacrymycetales
Exobasidiales
Filobasidiales
Nidulariales
Septobasidiales
Tremellales
TulasnellalesClasses: Uredinales
UstilaginalesSubdivision Deuteromycotina Classes: Hyphomycetes
Coelomycetes
AgonomycetesINSECTS, MITES AND MOLLUSCS
PHYLUM MOLLUSCA Classes: Gastropoda
BivalviaPHYLUM ARTHROPODA Class Arachnida Subclass Acari Order Acariformes Superfamily Tetranychoidea Families: Tetranychidae
TenuipalpidaeSuperfamily Eriophyoidea Family Tarsonemidae Phytonemus
Polyphagotarso‑ nemus
Stenotarsonemus
Family Penthaleidae Superfamily Acaroidea Class Insecta Orders: Isoptera
Orthoptera
Dermaptera
PhasmatodeaOrder Diptera Families: Cecidomyiidae
Sciaridae
Stratiomyidae
Phoridae
Syrphidae
Anthomyzidae
Anthomyiidae
Chloropidae
MuscidaeSuperfamilies: Tephritoidea
OpomyzoideaPHYLUM ARTHROPODA (continued) Class Insecta (continued) Order Trichoptera Families: Hydropsychidae
LeptoceridaeOrder Lepidoptera Order Hymenoptera Suborder Symphyta Suborder Apocrita Families: Cynipidae
Eurytomidae
Torymidae
Pteromalidae
Formicidae
VespidaeOrder Coleoptera Series: Elateriformia
Bostrichiformia
CucujiformiaSeries Scarabaeiformia Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Orders: Hemiptera
Thysanoptera
| NEMATODES | |||||||||||
| Order Tylenchida | |||||||||||
| Suborder Tylenchina | |||||||||||
| Superfamily Tylenchoidea | |||||||||||
| Family Anguinidae | |||||||||||
| Anguina Subanguina | |||||||||||
| Family Dolichodoridae | |||||||||||
| Dolichodorus | |||||||||||
| Family Belonolaimidae | |||||||||||
| Belonolaimus Tylenchorhynchus | |||||||||||
| Family Pratylenchidae | |||||||||||
| Naccobus Radopholus | |||||||||||
| Family Hoplolaimidae | |||||||||||
| Helicotylenchus Rotylenchus | |||||||||||
| Family Heteroderidae | |||||||||||
| Cactodera Thecavermiculatus | |||||||||||
| Superfamily Criconematoidea | |||||||||||
| Family Criconematidae | |||||||||||
| Criconema Hemicycliophora | |||||||||||
| Family Tylenchulidae | |||||||||||
| Cacopaurus Tylenchulus | |||||||||||
| NEMATODES (continued) | |||||||||||
| Order Tylenchida (continued) | |||||||||||
| Suborder Aphelenchina | |||||||||||
| Superfamily Aphelenchoidea | |||||||||||
| Family Aphelenchidae | |||||||||||
| Aphelenchus | |||||||||||
| Family Aphelenchoididae | |||||||||||
| Aphelenchoides Bursaphelenchus | |||||||||||
| Suborder Sphaeruliina | |||||||||||
| Superfamily Sphaerularioidea | |||||||||||
| Family Allantonematidae | |||||||||||
| Allantonema | |||||||||||
| Order Dorylaimida | |||||||||||
| Suborder Dorylaimina | |||||||||||
| Superfamily Dorylaimoidea | |||||||||||
| Family Longidoridae | |||||||||||
| Longidorus Xiphinema | |||||||||||
| Suborder Diptherophorina | |||||||||||
| Superfamily Trichodoroidea | |||||||||||
| Family Trichodoridae | |||||||||||
| Paratrichodorus Trichodorus | |||||||||||
Part 2—Plants that are quarantinable pests
Aegilops spp.
Alhagi maurorum
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ambrosia spp.
Amsinckia spp.
Asclepias syriaca
Asphodelus tenuifolius
Cabomba caroliniana
Calotropis procera
Carduus nutans
Carthamus glaucus
Carthamus leucocaulos
Cenchrus spp.—all that have burrs
Cenchrus gracillimus
Chondrilla juncea
Chromolaena odorata
Conium chaerophylloides
Cuscuta spp. (other than C. australis)
Cyperus aromaticus
Datura spp.
Eichhornia crassipes (Eichhornia speciosa)
Eleocharis palustris
Elodea spp.
Galeopsis tetrahit (Galeopsis bifida)
Halogeton glomeratus
Harrisia spp.
Helenium spp.
Homeria spp. (other than H. miniata, H. flaccida and H. ochroleuca)
Ibicella lutea
Iva axillaris
Kochia scoparia (Bassia scoparia)
Lactuca pulchella
Lagarosiphon major
Lantana camara
Linaria dalmatica
Malachra fasciata
Mimosa invisa
Mimosa pigra
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Myriophyllum spicatum
Nassella trichotoma (Stipa trichotoma)
Opuntia spp. (other than O. aurantiaca, O. elatior, O. ficus‑indica, O. imbricata, O. stricta, O. tomentosa and O. vulgaris)
Orobanche spp.
Parthenium hysterophorus
Picnomon acarna
Prosopis spp.
Rorippa austriaca
Saccharum spontaneum
Sagittaria montevidensis
Salvinia spp.
Senecio pterophorus
Setaria faberi
Solanum dimidiatum
Sonchus arvensis
Stipa brachychaeta
Stratiotes aloides
Striga spp.
Taeniatherum caput‑medusae
Toxicodendron radicans
Trapa spp.
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.
The following endnotes are included in every compilation:
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation historyEndnote 4—Amendment history
Endnotes about misdescribed amendments and other matters are included in a compilation only as necessary.
Abbreviation key—Endnote 2
The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.
Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4
Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.
The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.
The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.
Misdescribed amendments
A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is set out in the endnotes.
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
A = Act orig = original ad = added or inserted par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) am = amended /sub‑subparagraph(s) amdt = amendment pres = present c = clause(s) prev = previous C[x] = Compilation No. x (prev…) = previously Ch = Chapter(s) Pt = Part(s) def = definition(s) r = regulation(s)/rule(s) Dict = Dictionary Reg = Regulation/Regulations disallowed = disallowed by Parliament reloc = relocated Div = Division(s) renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have rep = repealed effect rs = repealed and substituted F = Federal Register of Legislative Instruments s = section(s)/subsection(s) gaz = gazette Sch = Schedule(s) LI = Legislative Instrument Sdiv = Subdivision(s) LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 SLI = Select Legislative Instrument (md) = misdescribed amendment SR = Statutory Rules mod = modified/modification Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s) No. = Number(s) SubPt = Subpart(s) o = order(s) underlining = whole or part not Ord = Ordinance commenced or to be commenced Endnote 3—Legislation history
Title FRLI registration or gazettal Commencement Application, saving and transitional provisions Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Proclamation 2004 21 Dec 2004 (Gazette 2004, No S532) 1 Jan 2005 Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Amendment Proclamation 2006 (No. 1) 10 May 2006 (F2006L01296) 11 May 2006 — Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Amendment Proclamation 2006 (No. 2) 15 Dec 2006 (F2006L04010) 16 Dec 2006 — Quarantine Legislation Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Proclamation 2014 26 Mar 2014 (F2014L00352) Sch 1 (items 5–8): 27 Mar 2014 — Quarantine Legislation Amendment (2014 Measures No. 2) Proclamation 2014 17 Dec 2014 (F2014L01734) Sch 3: 1 Jan 2015 (s 2) — Endnote 4—Amendment history
Provision affected How affected Readers Guide........................ rep F2014L00352 Part 1 heading s 3.......................................... am F2006L01296; F2014L01734 s 7.......................................... rep F2014L00352 Part 2 heading s 8.......................................... rs F2014L00352 s 10........................................ rs F2014L00352 Part 4 heading Division 1 heading s 14........................................ am F2014L01734 Division 2 heading s 15........................................ am F2014L01734 s 16........................................ am F2006L01296; F2014L01734 Part 5 heading Division 1 heading s 17........................................ am F2006L01296; F2014L01734 Part 6 heading Division 1 heading s 21........................................ am F2006L01296 Division 2 heading s 24........................................ am F2006L01296; F2006L04010; F2014L01734 Part 7 heading Division 1 heading s 25........................................ am F2006L01296 Schedule 1 heading................ am F2006L01296
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