Quarantine (General) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1972 No.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1969.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Quarantine Act 1908-1969,

Dated this second day of June 1972.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

 

Minister of State for Health.

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Amendments of the Quarantine (General) Regulations 

Hours of clearance.

1.  Regulation 7 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“ 7.— (1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the hours during which the passengers on, or the crew of, a vessel (not being an aircraft) subject to quarantine may be inspected by a quarantine officer are the hours from and including the hour of six o'clock in the morning to and including the hour of ten o'clock in the next succeeding evening.

“ (2.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to or in relation to the inspection by a quarantine officer of the passengers on, or the crew of, a vessel (not being an aircraft) subject to quarantine if the Chief Quarantine Officer has, upon application made in writing by the master, owner or agent of the vessel, exempted the vessel from the application of that sub-regulation.”.

Sanitary measures.

2.  Regulation 33 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “ the next succeeding regulation ” and inserting in their stead the words “ regulation 34 of these Regulations ”.

Master of oversea aircraft may be required to deliver list of passengers.

3.  Regulation 72 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“ 72.—(1.) At any time after an oversea aircraft on a flight to Australia arrives at its first airport of entry and before it departs from that airport on that flight, a quarantine officer may require the master of the aircraft to furnish to the quarantine officer, within a time specified by the quarantine officer, a statement in writing setting out the names of the persons who were on board the aircraft at the time of its arrival at the airport on that flight and. if the quarantine officer so requires, the address in Australia of each of those persons.

“ (2.) The master of an aircraft of whom a requirement is made in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation shall not fail to comply with the requirement.

Penalty; Two hundred dollars.”.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1972.

  Statutory Rules 1956, No. 114 as amended by Statutory Rules 1957, No. 13; 1958, No, 34; and 1965, Nos. 80 and 188.

21685/68—Price 8c 9/19.4.1972

Persons arriving by air to be vaccinated.

4.  Regulation 73 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“ (a) a date specified in the certificate as a date on which the person was successfully vaccinated or re-vaccinated against smallpox is—

(i) if the certificate shows that the person was vaccinated against smallpox on that date—a date that is not less than eight days and not more than three years immediately preceding the day on which the person arrived in Australia; and

(ii) if the certificate shows that the person was re-vaccinated against smallpox on that date—a date that is not more than three years immediately preceding the day on which the person arrived in Australia: and”.

First Schedule —Form M.

5.  The First Schedule to the Quarantine (General) Regulations is amended by omitting Form M.

Amendments in relation to decimal currency.

6.—(1.) The Quarantine (General) Regulations are amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2.) The Second Schedule to the Quarantine (General) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—

SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 80.

PART I.

Fees Payable by the Master, Owner or Agent of a Vessel

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Matter in respect of which fee is payable	Amount of fee
$
1	Fumigation, by means of sulphur dioxide gas, of a vessel or part of a vessel—
(a) where the space fumigated contains not more than 2,000 cubic feet..................	5.20
(b) where the space fumigated contains more than 2,000 cubic feet but not more than 10,000 cubic feet ...................................................................................	6.50
(c) where the space fumigated contains more than 10,000 cubic feet but not more than 20,000 cubic feet...................................................................................	8.00
(d) where the space fumigated contains more than 20,000 cubic feet —
(i) for the first 20,000 cubic feet ..............................................................	8.00
(ii) for each 20,000 cubic feet, or part of 20,000 cubic feet, by which the space exceeds 20,000 cubic feet.........................................................	2.00
2	Fumigation, by means of hydrocyanic acid gas, of a vessel or part of a vessel—
(a) where the space fumigated contains not more than 1,000 cubic feet.................	4.50
(b) where the space fumigated contains more than 1,000 cubic feet but not more than 20,000 cubic feet—
(i) for the first 1,000 cubic feet ...............................................................	4.50
(ii) for each 1,000 cubic feet or part of 1,000 cubic feet by which the space exceeds 1,000 cubic feet ....................................................................	0.50
(c) where the space fumigated contains more than 20,000 cubic feet—
(i) for the first 20,000 cubic feet..............................................................	14.00
(ii) for each 1,000 cubic feet or part of 1,000 cubic feet by which the space exceeds 20,000 cubic feet ..................................................................	0.25

 

Second Schedule—continued.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3.
Item	Matter in respect of which fee is payable	Amount of fee
3	Disinfection, by fogging with wet spray by means of a thermal aerosol machine, of a vessel or part of a vessel—	$
(a) where the space disinfected contains not more than 100,000 cubic feet	27.00
(b) where the space disinfected contains more than 100,000 cubic feet—
(i) for the first 100,000 cubic feet..........................................................	27.00
(ii) for each 100,000 cubic feet or part of 100,000 cubic feet by which the space exceeds 100,000 cubic feet .....................................................	17.00
4	Disinfection, by fogging by means of a thermal aerosol machine (otherwise than with wet spray), of a vessel or part of a vessel—
(a) where the space disinfected contains not more than 100,000 cubic feet...........	20.00
(b) where the space disinfected contains more than 100,000 cubic feet—
(i) for the first 100,000 cubic feet..........................................................	20.00
(ii) for each 100,000 cubic feet, or part of 100,000 cubic feet by which the space exceeds 100,000 cubic feet .....................................................	10.00
5	Disinfection of a vessel or part of a vessel by fogging by means of a portable mechanical aerosol or spray generator or a hand aerosol or smoke generator—
for each 1,000 cubic feet, or part of 1,000 cubic feet, of space disinfected	0.20
6	Destroying rodents, by means of trapping or poisoning, on a vessel of—
(a) not more than 50 tons.................................................................................	2.10
(b) more than 50 tons—
(i) for laying not more than 250 poison baits ..........................................	1.05
(ii) for each 250 poison baits or part of 250 poison baits by which the number of baits laid exceeds 250 .....................................................	0.70
(iii) for setting not more than 50 traps........................................................	3.00
(iv) for re-setting not more than 50 traps ...................................................	2.10
(v) for each 50 traps or part of 50 traps by which the number of traps set exceeds 50 ......................................................................................	2.10
(vi) for each 50 traps or part of 50 traps by which the number of traps re-set exceeds 50 ......................................................................................	2.10
7	Supervising the fumigation or disinfection of a vessel by persons employed by the owner or master of the vessel ..............................................................................	4.20
8	Disinfecting packages of second-hand clothing brought into Australia on a vessel otherwise than as mail—
(a) for each package of clothing disinfected on shore .........................................	0.15
(b) where not more than 20 packages of clothing are disinfected on a vessel for each package so disinfected .......................................................................	0.15
(c) where more than 20 packages of clothing are disinfected on a vessel in a compartment of not more than 1,000 cubic feet ...........................................	3.50
(d) where more than 20 packages of clothing are disinfected on a vessel in a compartment of more than 1,000 cubic feet—
(i) for the first 1,000 cubic feet .............................................................	3.50
(ii) for each 1,000 cubic feet or part of 1,000 cubic feet by which the compartment exceeds 1,000 cubic feet .............................................	2.00

PART II.

Fees Payable by the Addressee of a Parcel

Column 1	Column 2	Column 1
Item	Matter in respect of which fee is payable	Amount of fee
$
1	Disinfecting parcels of second-hand clothing brought into Australia by mail—for each parcel ................................................................................................................	0.15

   

 THE SCHEDULE  Regulation 6 (1.)

Amendments in Relation to Decimal Currency

Provisions amended	Omit—	Insert—
Regulation 18 (1.)......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 19 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 22 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 23 ............................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 24 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 25 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 25 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 25 (5.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 26 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 27 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 29 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 30 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 30 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 32 ............................	Two pounds two shillings	Four dollars twenty cents
Regulation 33 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 33 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 33a (1.) ....................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 33a (2.) ...................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 33d (1.) ...................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 34 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 35 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 36 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 36 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 40 (12.) ....................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 41 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 42 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 42 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 45 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 47  ...........................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 48 (3.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 51 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 53 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 54 ............................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 55 ............................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 60 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 61 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 62 ............................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 65 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 66 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 67 (2.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 69 ............................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 70 ............................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 73 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 74 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 75 (1.) ......................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Regulation 81 (2.) (a) .................	Ten shillings	One dollar
Regulation 81 (2.) (b) ................	One pound five shillings	Two dollars fifty cents
Regulation 82 (3.)......................	Five pounds	Ten dollars

  

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