Quarantine (General) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

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1981 No. 10

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 nineth day of January 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health

 

AMENDMENTS OF THE QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 

Interpretation

1. Regulation 5 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of “last oversea port” in sub-regulation (1) the following definition:

“‘master’, in relation to a vessel, means—

(a) in the case of a vessel used in navigation by sea, the person (other than a pilot) in charge or command of the vessel; and

(b) in the case of an aircraft, the person in charge or command of the aircraft;”.

Methods of disinfecting parts of vessels and goods

2. Regulation 39 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (f) of sub-regulation (1) “ or ” (last occurring); and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5th February 1981.

  Statutory Rules 1956 No. 114 as amended by Statutory Rules 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 No. 51.

S.R. No. 45/80 Cat. No.—Recommended retail price 20c 14/6.4. 1981.

 

(b) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1) the following paragraphs:

“(h) by being exposed to ethylene oxide—

(i) at a concentration of 1.5 grams per litre;

(ii) at a pressure of 50.5 kilopascals; and

(iii) at a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius,

for not less than 4 hours or for not less than such shorter period as a quarantine officer, in the particular case, determines; or

(i) by irradiation with gamma rays to a dose of not less than 25 kilograys.”.

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