Quarantine (General) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 2151

 

Quarantine (General) Regulations2

(Amendment)

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government 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 30 July 1981.

STANLEY BURBURY

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd) Michael MacKellar

Minister of State for Health

 

Parts

1.Regulation 2 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is repealed.

Schedule of amendments

2.The Quarantine (General) Regulations are amended as set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS OF THE QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

Provision	Amendment
Sub-regulation 5 (1), definition of "airport of entry"	Omit "overseas", substitute "oversea".
Sub-regulation 5 (1), definition of "International Sanitary Regulations 1951"	Omit the definition, substitute "‘International Health Regulations’ means the regulations adopted by the Twenty-second World Health Assembly on 25 July 1969".
Sub-regulation 5 (1), definition of "the Act"	Omit "Quarantine Act 1908-1950", substitute "Quarantine Act 1908",
Sub-regulation 5 (2)........................	Omit "the Schedule 1", substitute "Schedule 1".
Sub-regulation 6 (2)........................	(a) Omit "six feet", substitute "2 metres".
(b) Omit "two miles", substitute "2 nautical miles".

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SCHEDULE—continued

Provision	Amendment
Sub-regulation 6 (3).........................	Omit "twenty feet", substitute "6 metres".
Paragraph 25 (3) (b).........................	Omit "three feet", substitute "1 metre",
Paragraph 25 (4) (a).........................	Omit "twenty-four inches", substitute "600 millimetres".
Paragraph 25 (4) (d).........................	(a) Omit "one foot", substitute "300 millimetres".
(b) Omit "three feet", substitute "1 metre".
Sub-paragraph 31 (1) (b) (i)	(a) Omit "five ounces", substitute "150 grams".
(b) Omit "six and one-quarter ounces", substitute "180 grams".
(c) Omit "one thousand cubic feet", substitute "30 cubic metres".
Sub-paragraph 31 (1) (b) (ii)	(a) Omit "four ounces", substitute "125 grams".
(b) Omit "one thousand cubic feet", substitute "30 cubic metres".
Sub-paragraph 31 (1) (b) (iii)	(a) Omit "two and three-quarters ounces", substitute "100 grams".
(b) Omit "one thousand cubic feet", substitute "30 cubic metres".
Paragraph 31 (1) (c).........................	Omit "((Ch2 FCO2)Na)", substitute "(CH2 FCO2 Na)".
Sub-regulation 31 (2).......................	(a) Omit "three pounds", substitute "1.5 kilograms".
(b) Omit "one thousand cubic feet", substitute "30 cubic metres".
Sub-regulation 31 (3).......................	Omit "one thousand cubic feet" (twice occurring), substitute "30 cubic metres".
Sub-regulation 31 (4).......................	Omit "one thousand cubic feet" (wherever occurring), substitute "30 cubic metres".
Sub-regulation 33c (4)....................	Omit "The Director of Quarantine", substitute "The Director".
Paragraph 37 (f) ..............................	Omit "benzene-hexa-chloride", substitute "benzene hexachloride".
Paragraph 38 (1) (d).........................	(a) Omit "six ounces", substitute "175 grams".
(b) Omit "one gallon", substitute "5 litres".
Paragraph 39 (1) (a).........................	Omit "ten pounds per square inch", substitute "70 kilopascals".
Paragraph 39 (1) (f).........................	Omit "one thousand cubic feet", substitute "30 cubic metres".
Sub-paragraph 39 (1) (f) (i)	Omit "one pint", substitute "600 millilitres".
Sub-paragraph 39 (1) (f) (ii)	(a) Omit "eight ounces", substitute "250 grams",
(b) Omit "one and one-half pints", substitute "1 litre".
Sub-paragraph 39 (1) (f) (iii)	(a) Omit "one pint", substitute "600 millilitres".
(b) Omit "ten ounces", substitute "300 grams".
Paragraph 39 (1) (g).........................	(a) Omit "twenty inches of mercury", substitute "65 kilopascals".
(b) Omit "two pints", substitute "1.25 litres".
(c) Omit "three hundred cubic feet", substitute "10 cubic metres".
Sub-regulation 39 (2).......................	(a) Omit "one and one-half pints", substitute "1 litre".
(b) Omit "one thousand cubic feet", substitute "30 cubic metres".
Sub-regulation 39 (5).......................	Omit "one thousand cubic feet" (wherever occurring), substitute "30 cubic metres".
Sub-regulation 39 (6).......................	Omit "three hundred cubic feet" (wherever occurring), substitute "10 cubic metres".
Paragraph 40 (8) (c).........................	Omit "one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit", substitute "66°
Celsius".
Sub-regulation 41 (2).......................	(a) Omit "one ounce", substitute "30 grams".
(b) Omit "two gallons", substitute "10 litres".
Sub-regulation 43 (1).......................	Omit "Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1950", substitute "Postal Services Act 1975".
Sub-regulation 43 (3).......................	Omit "sub-regulation (1) of the last preceding regulation", substitute "sub-regulation 42 (1)".
Sub-regulation 51 (1).......................	Omit "performing a quarantine", substitute "performing quarantine".
Paragraph 68 (a)...............................	Omit "twenty-seven inches", substitute "675 millimetres".
Paragraph 68 (b)...............................	(a) Omit "one hundred yards", substitute "100 metres".
(b) Omit "two feet", substitute "600 millimetres".
Regulation 70...................................	Omit "thirty yards", substitute "30 metres".
Sub-regulation 75 (1).......................	Omit "two hundred dollars", substitute "$200".
Sub-regulation 80 (1).......................	Omit "the Schedule 2", substitute "Schedule 2".
Sub-regulation 80 (2).......................	Omit "the Schedule 2", substitute "Schedule 2".
Sub-regulation 80 (3).......................	Omit "the Schedule 2", substitute "Schedule 2".
Sub-regulation 80 (7).......................	Omit "the Schedule 2", substitute "Schedule 2".
Regulation 83...................................	Omit "the Schedule 1", substitute "Schedule 1".

SCHEDULE—continued

Provision	Amendment
Schedule 1, Forms A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, N, and Q	Omit "Quarantine Act 1908-19", substitute "Quarantine Act 1908".
Schedule 1, Form H.........................	(a) Omit "tonnage" (wherever occurring), substitute "tonnes".
(b) Omit "cubic feet" (twice occurring), substitute "cubic metres".
Schedule 2, Part 1............................	(a) Omit "1,000 cubic feet" (wherever occurring), substitute "30 cubic metres".
(b) Omit "2,000 cubic feet (wherever occurring), substitute "60 cubic metres".
(c) Omit "10,000 cubic feet (wherever occurring), substitute "300 cubic metres".
(d) Omit "20,000 cubic feet (wherever occurring), substitute "600 cubic metres".
(e) Omit "100,000 cubic feet" (wherever occurring), substitute "3,000 cubic metres".
(f) Omit "tons" (twice occurring), substitute "tonnes".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 August 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1956 No. 114 amended by 1957 No. 13; 1958 No. 34; 1965 Nos. 80 and 188; 1972 Nos. 82, 129 and 190; 1973 No. 252; 1976 No. 193; 1978 No. 167; 1979 Nos. 15 and 286; 1980 Nos. 51 and 116; 1981 Nos. 10 and 42

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