Quarantine (Influenza) Regulations (No. 2) 1919 (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 84.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908–1915

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 1908-1915 to come into operation on the sixteenth day of April, 1919.

Dated this twelfth day of April, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. J. RUSSELL,

for Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Quarantine (Influenza) Regulations (No. 2) 1919.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Quarantine (Influenza) Regulations (No. 2) 1919.

2. No person shall travel from any quarantine area to any part of the Commonwealth which is not within a quarantine area unless—

(a)he has during the seventy-two hours immediately preceding his departure undergone a medical inspection by a Quarantine Officer or by a medical practitioner authorized for that purpose, on two occasions not less than 48 hours apart;

(b) he has within 24 hours before his departure made a declaration in writing in the following form, before a Quarantine Officer or an officer authorized for that purpose:—

Declaration.

Solemnly and sincerely believing the same to be true, I hereby declare that I have not been in contact with any case of influenza during the seven days immediately preceding this date.

Signature.................................................

Signed in my presence this.......................... day of.................................. 1919.

Officer.............................................

(c) he has, within 24 hours before his departure, but subsequently to the making of the declaration referred to in paragraph (b) of this regulation, received an official permit in writing in the following form from a Quarantine Officer or from an officer authorized for the purpose:—

Commonwealth of Australia.

Quarantine service.

Permit.

Mr.................................................. , of.................................... whose signature appears hereunder, is hereby permitted to travel from

 

............................................... to................................ , together with the members of his family under the age of fifteen years, in accordance with the Regulations under which this permit is issued.

Dated the.............................................. day of.................................... , 1919.

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Quarantine Officer.

Signature of person to whom permit is issued—

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(d) he has undergone such other medical inspection as may be required for the purposes of these Regulations by a Quarantine Officer.

3. No person having charge or custody of any other person shall permit such person to travel from any port or place in one quarantine area to any port or place in any part of the Commonwealth which is not within a quarantine area unless the provisions of the foregoing Regulations have been complied with in all respects by or on behalf of such person, and unless such person has been medically inspected as aforesaid.

4. Any person intending to travel to Tasmanian ports, other than Hobart, or by rail to Western Australia, shall perform quarantine at a Quarantine Station at his own expense for such period as may be required for the purposes of these Regulations, subject to his receiving authority for admission to such Quarantine Station from a Quarantine Officer, or from an officer authorized for the purpose.

5. Every person travelling—

(a) in any quarantine area to any part of the Commonwealth which is not within a quarantine area; or

(b) in any such part of the Commonwealth from any quarantine area,

shall, upon demand by a Quarantine Officer, or by an officer authorized for the purpose, produce the official permit granted to him in respect of the voyage or journey on which he is then engaged.

6. Every person who arrives at any part of the Commonwealth which is not within a quarantine area from any port or place in any quarantine area shall remain subject to quarantine and to quarantine surveillance, and shall be subject to the provisions of the Quarantine Regulations 1917 (Statutory Rules 1917, No. 112) or any amending regulation relating to quarantine surveillance.

7. Any person may be required by any officer appointed under the Quarantine Act to verify in writing any statement as to his liability to convey infection or as to his movements and past or prospective addresses.

8. Any person committing a breach of any of these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds.

9. Any person who in any declaration or answer made or given for the purposes of these Regulations makes any statement which is false in any particular shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.

 

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