Quarantine Regulations 1927 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1929. No. 126.

 

REGULATION 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 nineteenth day of November, 1929.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

FRANK ANSTEY

Minister for Health.

 

Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 1927.

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

1. By the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (o) in Regulation 81:

81. (p) In the case of any Rabbit from Great Britain, Ireland or New Zealand—

(1) A declaration from the owner—

(a) that the animal has been in country from which it is being exported for the six months next preceding shipment, and that during that period it has been free from disease;

(b) that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment.

(2) A certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment, who should also endorse the owner’s declaration to the effect that after due inquiry he has no reason to doubt its correctness.

2. By the insertion of the following words after the last line of paragraph (1) of Regulation 84:

“Rabbits from Great Britain, Ireland or New Zealand—14 days.”

3. By the insertion of the following words at the end of Regulation 99:

“Rabbits............................................................................ 6d.”

4. By the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (iv) of Regulation 103 (1):

“(v) Rabbits.

For the veterinary examination of—

(a) A single animal or the first animal in any consignment—5s.

(b) Each additional animal in the same consignment—1s.”

 

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