Statutory Rules
1977 No. 130
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 tenth day of August, 1977.
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Health.
Amendments of the Quarantine (Plants)
Regulations
Commencement.
1. These
Regulations shall come into operation on 1 September 1977.
Further exemption.
2. Regulation 6 of
the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from
sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (aa) of sub-regulation (8) the word “ or ”; and
(b) by adding at the end of
paragraph (aa) of sub-regulation (8) the following word and sub-paragraph:—
“ or (vi) a university or institute for the purpose of plant breeding and selection;”.
Second Schedule.
3. The Second
Schedule to the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations is repealed and the following
Schedule substituted:—
SECOND SCHEDULE Regulation
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TABLE OF FEES
Item No. | Service | Fee |
1 | Examination of a consignment of goods, being machinery or other
equipment (including motor vehicles and trailers)—
|
consignment including not more than 5 units...................
| $5.00 |
consignment including more than 5 units.........................
| $5.00 plus an amount calculated
at the rate of $0.60 per unit in excess of 5 units |
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 August 1977.
Statutory Rules 1935, No, 91 as amended by Statutory Rules 1936. No.
36; 1937, Nos. 30 and 116; 1939, Nos. 20 and 49; 1940, No. 43; 1948, Nos. 63
and 92; 1950, Nos. 27and 78; 1953, No. 4; 1954, No. 3; 1955, No. 71;
1956, Nos. 24 and 66; 1957, No. 75; 1959, No. 73; 1961, No. 29; 1963, No. 110;
1964, No. 117; 1965, No. 82; 1966, No. 13; 1967, No. 45; 1968, No. 86; 1969,
No. 106; 1973, No. 157; and 1975, No. 29.
17736/75 Cat. No.
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retail price 20c 12/14.7.1977
Second Schedule—continued
Item No. | Service | Fee |
2 | Examination of a
consignment of timber (not including plywood or veneers)—
|
consignment not exceeding 25 cubic metres.....................
| $6.50 |
consignment exceeding 25 cubic metres..........................
| $6.50 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $0.30 per cubic metre,
or part thereof, in excess of 25 cubic metres
|
3 | Examination of a
consignment of goods, being plant products or seeds other than plant products
or seeds imported in bags or other containers with a similar holding capacity—
|
consignment not exceeding 10 tonnes..............................
| $20.00 |
consignment exceeding 10 tonnes...................................
| $20.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $0.25 per tonne, or
part thereof, in excess of 10 tonnes, with a maximum charge of $2,000.00 per
consignment
|
4 | Examination (including
preliminary fumigation or other preliminary treatment) of a consignment of
plants, other than bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tubers—
|
consignment not exceeding
25 plants, other than rose budding eyes.................................................................................
| $8.00 |
consignment exceeding 25
plants, other than rose budding eyes
| $13.40 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $0.25 per plant in
excess of 25 plants
|
consignment not exceeding 250 rose budding eyes...........
| $8.00 |
consignment exceeding 250 rose budding eyes................
| $13.40 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $0.25 per 10 rose budding
eyes, or part thereof, in excess of 250 rose budding eyes
|
5 | Examination (including
preliminary fumigation or other preliminary treatment) of a consignment of
plants, being bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tubers—
|
consignment not exceeding 100 plants.............................
| $8.00 |
consignment exceeding 100 plants..................................
| $13.40 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $0.25 per lot of 4
plants, or part thereof, in excess of 100 plants
|
6 | Examination of samples of
seeds taken from a consignment where analysis is performed in a seed
laboratory—
|
consignment not exceeding 200 containers......................
| $24.00 |
consignment exceeding 200 containers............................
| $24.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $5.00 per 100
containers, or part thereof, in excess of 200 containers
|
Second Schedule—continued
Item No. | Service | Fee |
7 | Examination of samples of
seeds taken from a consignment where analysis is not performed in a seed
laboratory—
|
consignment not exceeding 20 units................................
| $5.00 |
consignment exceeding 20 units......................................
| $0.30 per unit with a maximum charge of $120.00 per consignment
|
8 | Examination of a
consignment of household effects or personal effects or household effects or
plant products not included in item 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7—
|
consignment not exceeding 2
cubic metres......................
| $3.50 |
consignment exceeding 2
cubic metres but not exceeding 10 cubic metres......................................................................
| $10.50 |
consignment exceeding 10
cubic metres but not exceeding 30 cubic metres......................................................................
| $30.00 |
consignment exceeding 30
cubic metres..........................
| $30.00 plus $15.00 per 20 cubic metres, or part thereof, in excess of
30 cubic metres
|
9 | Examination of container
system units but not of the goods (if any) in them, being units that are in
use as part of the transportation system for the purposes of which they were
designed.................................
| $1.00 per container system unit |
10 | Examination of container
system units but not of the goods (if any) in them, being units that are not
in use as part of the transportation system for the purposes of which they
were designed—
|
consignment not exceeding 2
container system units........
| $6.00 |
consignment exceeding 2 but
not exceeding 10 container system units.........................................................................
| $2.40 per container system unit |
consignment exceeding 10
but not exceeding 25 container system units.........................................................................
| $24.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $1.80 per container
system unit in excess of 10 container system units
|
consignment exceeding 25
container system units
| $51.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $1.00 per container
system unit in excess of 25 container system units
|
11 | Examination of goods
transmitted by mail.................................
| $3.50 per postal article |
12 | Examination of goods in a
consignment, being an examination for which a fee is not elsewhere specified
in this table—
|
consignment not exceeding
20 units................................
| $5.00 |
consignment exceeding 20
units but not exceeding 400 units
| $0.30 per unit |
consignment exceeding 400
units....................................
| $120.00 |
13 | Fumigation of a consignment
of goods in tanks— |
where the consignment does
not exceed 0.5 cubic metres.
| $5.00 |
where the consignment
exceeds 0.5 cubic metres and the capacity of the tank does not exceed 3 cubic
metres.....................
| $5.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $1.50 per 0.1 cubic
metres, or part thereof, of goods fumigated
|
Second Schedule—continued
Item No. | Service | Fee |
where the consignment
exceeds 0.5 cubic metres, the capacity of the tank exceeds 3 cubic metres and
the period, of fumigation—
|
does not exceed 24 hours...........................................
| $30.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $25.00 per 3 cubic
metres, or part thereof, of goods fumigated
|
exceeds 24 hours.......................................................
| $30.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $40.00 per 3 cubic
metres, or part thereof, of goods fumigated
|
14 | Fumigation of a consignment of
goods by methods not involving the use of tanks..............................................................................
| $75.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $11.00 for each hour,
or part thereof, of the total of the periods worked by every person engaged
in the fumigation
|
15 | Treatment of a consignment
of goods in ovens or hot water tanks—
|
consignment of goods
consisting of seeds not exceeding 5 kilogrammes in weight..............................................
| $12.00 |
any other consignment of
goods—
|
for a period not exceeding 24 hours............................
| $5.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $1.50 per 0.1 cubic
metres, or part thereof, of goods treated
|
for a period exceeding 24 hours..................................
| $5.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $2.00 per 0.1 cubic
metres. or part thereof, of goods treated
|
16 | Supervision of the
performance of quarantine by goods (other than plants) in a holding space at
an approved place—
|
where the area of the holding
space does not exceed 10 square metres or the volume of the holding space
does not exceed the volume of 5 tonnes of any of the goods performing
quarantine and quarantine is performed (whether by the same or different
goods) in the holding space for a continuous period—
|
not exceeding 6 months.............................................
| $75.00 |
exceeding 6 months...................................................
| $150.00 or $75.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $12.75 per
month, or part thereof, in excess of 6 months, whichever is the lesser amount
|
where the area of the
holding space exceeds 10 square metres but does not exceed 20 square metres
or the volume of the holding space exceeds the volume of 5 tonnes of any of
the goods performing quarantine but does not exceed the volume of 10 tonnes
of those goods and quarantine is performed (whether by the same or different
goods) in the holding space for a continuous period—
|
not exceeding 6 months.............................................
| $108.00 |
Second Schedule—continued
Item No. | Service | Fee |
exceeding 6 months...................................................
| $216.00 or $108.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $18.00 per
month, or part thereof, in excess of 6 months, whichever is the lesser amount
|
where the area of the
holding space exceeds 20 square metres but does not exceed 50 square metres
or the volume of the holding space exceeds the volume of 10 tonnes of any of
the goods performing quarantine but does not exceed the volume of 100 tonnes
of those goods and quarantine is performed (whether by the same or different
goods) in the holding space for a continuous period—
|
not exceeding 6 months.............................................
| $150.00 |
exceeding 6 months...................................................
| $300.00 or $150.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $24.00 per
month, or part thereof, in excess of 6 months, whichever is the lesser amount
|
where the area of the
holding space exceeds 50 square metres or the volume of the holding space
exceeds the volume of 100 tonnes of any of the goods performing quarantine
and quarantine is performed (whether by the same or different goods) in the
holding space for a continuous period—
|
not exceeding 6 months.............................................
| $225.00 |
exceeding 6 months...................................................
| $450.00 or $225.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $37.50 per
month, or part thereof, in excess of 6 months, whichever is the lesser amount
|
17 | Supervision of the
performance of quarantine by plants (other than plants referred to in item
19) in an insect proof holding space at an approved place—
|
where the number of plants
performing quarantine does not, at any time, exceed 25 and the area of holding
space does not exceed 10 square metres............................................................
| $40.00 |
where the number of plants
performing quarantine exceeds, at any time, 25, the area of the holding space
does not exceed 10 square metres and quarantine is performed (whether by the
same or different plants) in the holding space for a continuous period—
|
not exceeding 6 months.............................................
| $112.50 |
exceeding 6 months...................................................
| $112.50 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $18.75 per month, or
part thereof, in excess of 6 months
|
where the area of the
holding space exceeds 10 square metres and quarantine is performed (whether
by the same or different plants) in the holding space for a continuous period—
|
not exceeding 6 months.............................................
| $112.50 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $18.75 per 10 square
metres, or part thereof, of the area of the holding space in excess of 10
square metres
|
Second Schedule—continued
Item No. | Service | Fee |
exceeding 6 months...................................................
| $112.50 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $18.75 per month, or
part thereof, in excess of 6 months and a further amount calculated at the
rate of $37.50 per 10 square metres, or part thereof, of the area of the
holding space in excess of 10 square metres
|
18 | Supervision of the
performance of quarantine by plants (other than plants referred to in items
17 and 19) in a holding space at an approved place—
|
where the area of the
holding space does not exceed 40 square metres and quarantine is performed
(whether by the same or different plants) in the holding space for a
continuous period—
|
not exceeding 6 months.............................................
| $112.50 |
exceeding 6 months...................................................
| $112.50 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $18.75 per month, or
part thereof, in excess of 6 months
|
where the area of the
holding space exceeds 40 square metres and quarantine is performed (whether
by the same or different plants) in the holding space for a continuous period—
|
not exceeding 6 months.............................................
| $112.50 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $18.75 per 40 square
metres, or part thereof, of the area of the holding space in excess of 40
square metres
|
exceeding 6 months...................................................
| $112.50 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $18.75 per month, or
part thereof, in excess of 6 months and a further amount calculated at the
rate of $112.50 per 40 square metres, or part thereof, ofthe area of
the holding space in excess of 40 square metres
|
19 | Supervision (including
preliminary inspection and treatment) of the performance of quarantine by
plants derived from seed restricted by quarantine to a holding space at an
approved place—
|
each genus of plants other
than sunflowers—
|
not exceeding 10 lines or cultivars..............................
| $225.00 |
exceeding 10 lines or cultivars...................................
| $360.00 per year or quarantine growing period, whichever is the lesser
period, or part thereof, during which the performance of quarantine by those
plants is supervised
|
Second Schedule—continued
Item No. | Service | Fee |
Sunflowers................................................................................ | $510.00 per period of two growing seasons for sunflowers,, or part
thereof, during which the performance of quarantine by those plants is
supervised
|
20 | Supervision of the
performance of quarantine by goods or plants in a consignment of goods or
plants, being a service to which none of items 16, 17, 18 and 19 applies.....................................................
| $7.50 per consignment |
21 | Care of a consignment of
plants (other than plants referred to in item 22) performing quarantine at a
Government nursery—
|
plants
(other than bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tubers)..................... | $25.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $0.40 per plant
|
bulbs,
corms, rhizomes or tubers— |
where
the consignment does not exceed 300 plants...................... | $25.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $0.40 per bulb, corm,
rhizome or tuber
|
where
the consignment exceeds 300 plants.................................. | $145.00 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $0.20 per bulb, corm,
rhizome or tuber
|
22 | Care, including preliminary
inspection and treatment, of plants derived from seed restricted by quarantine to a holding space at an
approved place where the holding space is part of a Government nursery
| $45.00 per cultivar or line |
23 | Service with respect to the
performance of quarantine by goods in a consignment of goods, being a service for which a
fee is not elsewhere specified in this Schedule....................................................
| $13.00 per each hour, or part thereof, of the total of the periods
worked by every person rendering the service
|
Schedule of additional amendments.
4.The Quarantine (Plants) Regulations are amended as set
out in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE Regulation 4
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS
Provision | Amendment |
Paragraph
6 (2) (a)................. | Omit “ $6.25 ”, substitute “
$10.00 ” |
Paragraph
6 (2) (b)................. | Omit “ $3.45 ”, substitute “
$5.00 ” |
Paragraph
6(3) (a)................. | Omit “ $6.25 ”, substitute “
$10.00 ” |
Paragraph
6 (3) (b)................. | Omit “ $3.45 ”, substitute “
$5.00 ” |
Schedule—continued
Provision | Amendment |
Paragraph
6 (4) (a)................. | Omit “ $5.00 ”, substitute “
$7.50 ” |
Paragraph
6 (4) (b)................. | Omit “ $25.00 ”, substitute
“ $37.50 ” |
Paragraph
6 (4) (c)................. | Omit “ $25.00, plus an amount of $12.50 ”, substitute “ $37.50, plus
an amount of $18.75 ”
|
Paragraph
6 (4a) (c)............... | Omit “ $2.00 ”, substitute “$3.00
” |
Paragraph
6 (4a) (d).............. | Omit “ $0.50 ”, substitute “$0.75
” |
Paragraph
6 (4a) (c)............... | Omit “ $2.00 ”, substitute “$3.00
” |
Paragraph
6 (4a) (f)............... | Omit “ $10.00 ”, substitute
“$15.00 ” |
Paragraph
6 (4a) (g)............... | Omit “ $2.00 ”, substitute “$3.00
” |
Paragraph
6 (4a) (h)............... | Omit “ $20.00 ”, substitute
“$30.00 ” |
Sub-paragraph
6 (4a) (i) (i).... | Omit “ $2.00 ”, substitute “$3.00
” |
Sub-paragraph
6 (4a) (i) (ii)... | Omit “ $10.00 ”, substitute
“$15.00 ” |
Sub-regulation
6 (4d)............. | Omit “ $250 ”, substitute “$350.00
”. |
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