Quarantine Regulations 1927 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1929. No. 50.

 

REGUATION UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1924.

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 1908-1924, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fourth day of May, 1929.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

NEVILLE HOWSE

Minister for Health.

 

Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 1927.

The Quarantine Regulations 1927 (Statutory Rules 1927, No. 8) are amended—

1. By inserting the following Regulation. 65a after Regulation 65:

65a. A certificate of exemption from deratisation with respect to any vessel on arrival at any port in Australia may, on application by the master or owner, be issued by a Quarantine Officer on the form adopted by the Office International d’Hygiene Publique.

A fee of £1 1s. shall be paid for any such certificate issued.

2. By inserting the following paragraph, (h) in Regulation 32 (1) after paragraph (g):

(h) Disinfection by exposure in an air-tight container to the vapour produced from two pints of a forty per cent. solution of formaldehyde for every 300 feet of space. The exposure must not begin until a vacuum of twenty inches of mercury has been procured in the container followed by the introduction of steam. The exposure must be maintained for twenty minutes.

3. By omitting the words “cyclon B” from Regulation 66 (a) (2) (iii) and inserting in their place the following words “zyklon B or other approved cyanide preparation”.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.

1163.—Price. 3d.