Quarantine (Plants) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1984 No. 271

Quarantine (Plants) Regulations2 (Amendment)

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 21 February 1984

 

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 March 1984.

Schedule of amendments

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

Schedule 2

3. Schedule 2 to the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 6

TABLE OF FEES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Service	Fee
1	Examination of a consignment of goods, being machinery or other equipment (including motor vehicles and trailers)	$20 for each unit within that consignment
2	Examination of a consignment of timber (not including plywood or veneers)	$0.80 per cubic metre or part of a cubic metre

S.R. 17/82 Cat. No. Recommended retail price 60c 11/10.2.1984

 

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Service	Fee
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	$0.50 per tonne, or part of a tonne, with a minimum charge of $30 and a maximum charge of $3,000 per consignment
4	Examination (including preliminary fumigation or other preliminary treatment) of a consignment of plants comprising
rose budding eyes.............................................	$0.05 each with a minimum charge of $10 per consignment
bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tubers.......................	$0.10 per plant with a minimum charge of $10 per consignment
other plants......................................................	$0.25 per plant with a minimum charge of $10 per consignment
5	Examination of a consignment of seed...............	$0 60 per unit within that consignment with a minimum charge of $12 and a maximum charge of $250 per consignment
6	Examination (including preliminary fumigation or other preliminary treatment) of samples of seeds taken from a consignment where analysis is performed in a seed laboratory	$6 per sample
7	Examination of a consignment of household effects or plant products not included in Item 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6	$10 for the first cubic metre, or part of a cubic metre, and $2.50 for each additional cubic metre, or part of a cubic metre, in the consignment
8	Examination of a container system unit but not of the goods (if any) in it	$2 per container system unit with a minimum charge of $10 per consignment
9	Examination of goods transmitted by mail.....................	$5 per postal article
10	Examination (verification) of goods where documentation is required for quarantine clearance	$10 per service
11	Examination of goods in a consignment, being an examination for which a fee is not elsewhere specified in this table	$0.50 per unit within that consignment, with a minimum charge of $10 and a maximum charge of $200 per consignment
12	Fumigation of a consignment of goods in tanks—
where the consignment does not exceed 0.5 cubic metre.........................................................................	$10
where the consignment exceeds 0.5 cubic metre and the capacity of the tank does not exceed 3 cubic metres.........................................................................	$10 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $2 per 0.1 cubic metre, or part of 0.1 cubic metre, of goods fumigated in excess of 0.5 cubic metre
where the consignment exceeds 0.5 cubic metre, the capacity of the tank exceeds 3 cubic metres and the period of fumigation—
does not exceed 24 hours................................	$60 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $50 per 3 cubic metres, or part of 3 cubic metres, of goods fumigated in excess of 3 cubic metres

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Service	Fee
exceeds 24 hours...........................................	$60 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $80 per 3 cubic metres, or part of 3 cubic metres, of goods fumigated in excess of 3 cubic metres
13	Fumigation of a consignment of goods by methods not involving the use of tanks	$100 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $20 per hour, or part of an hour, of the total of the periods worked by every person engaged in fumigation
14	Treatment of a consignment of goods in ovens or hot water tanks being—
a consignment of goods consisting of seeds not exceeding 5 kilograms in weight.....................	$25
any other consignment of goods—
for a period not exceeding 24 hours................	$10 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $2 per 0.1 cubic metre, or part of 0.1 cubic metre, of goods treated
for a period exceeding 24 hours......................	$10 plus an amount calculated at the rate of S4 per 0.1 cubic metre, or part of 0.1 cubic metre, of goods treated
15	Cleaning of goods, being machinery or other equipment, including motor vehicles, where cleaning is carried out by quarantine officers in respect of—
motor vehicles.................................................	$60 per unit
other machinery...............................................	$20 per hour, or part of an hour, for each officer engaged in the operation
16	Supervision of the performance of quarantine by plants, plant products and soil by processing or analysis at an approved place where the area of the holding space is an area—
not exceeding 10 square metres..............................	$45 per month, or part of a month. with a minimum charge of $270
exceeding 10 square metres but not exceeding 20 square metres..............................................................	$85 per month, or part of a month, with a minimum charge of $510
exceeding 20 square metres but not exceeding 50 square metres..............................................................	$125 per month, or part of a month, with a minimum charge of $750
exceeding 50 square metres...................................	$170 per month, or part of a month, with a minimum charge of $1,020
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 the holding space does not exceed 10 square metres and quarantine is performed for a continuous period—
not exceeding 6 months..................................	$75
exceeding 6 months.......................................	$75 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $12.50 per month, or part of a month, in excess of 6 months

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Service	Fee
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..................................	$180
exceeding 6 months.......................................	$180 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $30 per month, or part of a month, 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..................................	$180 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $30 per 10 square metres, or part of 10 square metres, of the area of the holding space in excess of 10 square metres
exceeding 6 months.......................................	$180 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $30 per month, or part of a month, in excess of 6 months and a further amount calculated at the rate of $60 per 10 square metres, or part of 10 square metres, 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..................................	$180
exceeding 6 months.......................................	$180 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $30 per month, or part of a month, 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..................................	$180 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $30 per 40 square metres, or part of 40 square metres, of the area of the holding space in excess of 40 square metres
exceeding 6 months.......................................	$180 plus an amount calculated at the rate of $30 per month, or part of a month, in excess of 6 months and a further amount calculated at the rate of $60 per 40 square metres, or part of 40 square metres, of the area of the holding space in excess of 40 square metres

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Service	Fee
19	Supervision (including preliminary inspection and treatment) of the performance of quarantine by plants of one or more species derived from seed, in a holding space at an approved place—
not exceeding 10 lines or cultivars.........................	$360 per generation in quarantine
exceeding 10 lines or cultivars but not exceeding 100 lines or cultivars	$600 per generation in quarantine
exceeding 100 lines or cultivars.............................	$1,000 per generation in quarantine
20	Supervision by quarantine officers of the cleaning of goods or other equipment, including motor vehicles, where the cleaning is carried out by persons other than quarantine officers	$30 per unit
21	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, 19 and 20 applies	$20 per consignment
22	Care of a consignment of plants (other than plants referred to in Item 23) performing quarantine at a Government nursery	$2 per plant, bulb, corm, rhizome or tuber with a minimum charge of $20 per consignment
23	Care, including preliminary inspection and treatment, of plants derived from seed, in a holding space at an approved place where the holding space is part of a Government nursery	$100 per cultivar or line
24	Lodgment of a form approved by the Director in accordance with regulation 4	$3 per form
25	The performance of a service with respect to goods in a consignment of goods, being a service for which a fee is not elsewhere specified in this Schedule	A fee calculated at the rate of $20 per hour, or part of an hour, of the total of the periods worked by every person rendering the service

Application

4. The amendments made by these Regulations do not apply in relation to a consignment of goods—

(a) ordered by an importer; or

(b) in transit to Australia,

before the commencement of these Regulations.

SCHEDULE Regulation 2

AMENDMENTS OF THE QUARANTINE (PLANTS) REGULATIONS

Provision amended	Amendment
Paragraph 6 (2) (a)............................	Omit “$10.00”, substitute “$15”
Paragraph 6 (2) (b)...........................	Omit “$5.00”, substitute “$7.50”
Paragraph 6 (3) (a)............................	Omit “$10.00”, substitute “$15”
Paragraph 6 (3) (b)...........................	Omit “$5.00”, substitute “$7.50”
Sub-regulation 6 (4)..........................	(a) Omit “item 13 or 15”, substitute “Item 12 or 14”
(b) Omit from paragraph (a) “$7.50”, substitute “$10”
(c) Omit from paragraph (b) “$37.50”, substitute “$40”
(d) Omit from paragraph (c) “$37.50, plus an amount of $18.75”, substitute “$40, plus an amount of $20”
Sub-regulation 6 (4a).......................	(a) Omit “item 13 or 15”, substitute “Item 12 or 14”
(b) Omit from paragraph (c) “$3.00”, substitute “$4”
(c) Omit from paragraph (d) “$0.75”, substitute “$1”
(d) Omit from paragraph (e) “$3.00”, substitute “$4”
(e) Omit from paragraph (f) “$15.00”, substitute “$30”
(f) Omit from paragraph (g) “$3.00”, substitute “$4”
(g) Omit from paragraph (h) “$30.00”, substitute “$40”
(h) Omit from sub-paragraph (i) (i) “$3.00”, substitute “$5”
(i) Omit from sub-paragraph (i) (ii) “$15.00”, substitute “$20”
Sub-regulation 6 (4c)........................	Omit “item 11”, substitute “Item 9”
Sub-regulation 6 (4d).......................	Omit “$350.00”, substitute “$400”
Sub-regulation 6 (5)..........................	Omit “item 6 or 7”, substitute “Item 5 or 6”

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 February 1984.

2. Statutory Rules 1935 No. 91 as amended by 1936 No. 36; 1937 Nos. 30 and 116; 1939 Nos. 20 and 49; 1940 No. 43; 1948 Nos. 63 and 92; 1950 Nos. 27 and 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; 1975 No. 29; 1977 No. 130; 1980 No. 118; 1982 No. 178.

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