Quarantine Regulations 1917 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 46.

 

REGULATION 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 Regulation under the Quarantine Act 1908-1915, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this nineteenth day of March, 1920.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. MASSY GREENE,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 1917.

Regulation 118 of the Quarantine Regulations 1917 (Statutory Rules 1917, No. 112) is hereby repealed and the following regulation is made in lieu thereof:

Hides and Skins.

118. The importation of hides and skins shall be subject to the following conditions:—

A. From any country except New Zealand and Norfolk Island—

(a)1. The owner or consignor shall forward with any hide or skin a declaration made in the country of origin before a magistrate to the effect that to the best of his knowledge and belief such hide or skin was not derived from any animal which had suffered from or died from anthrax or similar disease, and that, it has been effectively dry salted, wet salted, or arsenically dressed.

2. The consignment shall be accompanied by a certificate, from a Government officer of the country of origin to the effect that—

(i) To the best of his knowledge, the declaration is true and correct; or

(ii) That after microscopical and biological examination of the hides or skins, and examination of any doubtful hides or skins, he is satisfied that they are free from disease.

3. If the country of origin is a foreign country the declaration shall be, made before a British Consul or before a responsible British official resident therein.

(b)The master of the vessel in which any hide or skin is imported shall hold the same until he receives a landing permit from a quarantine officer.

(c) Any imported hide or skin shall on being landed from a vessel be forthwith removed direct to an approved tannery or other approved place for treatment, and shall be treated as prescribed, or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.

(d) The tanner to whom any imported hide or skin is delivered shall in respect of such hide or skin enter into a bond of £100 to the effect that the hide or skin specified therein shall not leave the tannery or other approved place until it has been treated, tanned, or otherwise dealt with as prescribed or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.

B. From New Zealand—

The owner or consignor shall forward with any hide or skin a declaration made before a magistrate to the effect that such hide or skin was not derived from any animal which had suffered from or died from anthrax or similar disease. The declaration shall be indorsed as correct by a Government veterinary surgeon.

 

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