Quarantine Regulations 1927 (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS 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 Regulations
under the
Dated this 25th Day of January 1927.
(Sgd.) STONEHAVEN
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister for Health.
Part I.—Preliminary.
(2) All Regulations under the Quarantine Act (Statutory Rules No. 98, 108, 155, 169 of 1923; No. 49, 85, 98 of 1924; No. 64, 89, 134, 198, 217 of 1925; and No. 2, and 57 of 1926) are repealed as from the commencement of these Regulations, save as to anything lawfully done, or any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred thereunder.
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—General Provisions.
Part III.—Quarantine of Vessels, Persons, and goods generally.
Part IV.—Special Measures against Plague and Cholera.
Part V.—Miscellaneous.
Part VI.—Quarantine of Animals.
Part VII.—Quarantine of Plants.
Part II.—General Provisions.
(1) From sunrise to sunset:—
(
a ) For oversea vessels requiring pratique, the flag known as flag Q, being a yellow flag of six breadths of bunting hoisted at the mainmast-head;(
b )For vessels having or suspected of having a quarantinable disease on board or actually performing quarantine, the flag known as the Commercial flag L, being a large flag of yellow and black, borne quarterly, hoisted at the mainmast-head;(
c ) In the case of vessels having no mainmast the flags referred to in paragraphs (a ) and (b )of this Regulation shall be displayed at least 20 feet above the highest deck structure as near amidships as practicable.
(2) From sunset to sunrise, three lights (two red and one white, each being not less than eight inches in diameter) of such a character as to be visible on a clear night all round the horizon for a distance of two miles, and placed as nearly as practicable amidships, at distances of six feet apart, in the form of an equilateral triangle with the apex (the white light) above.
Part III.—Quarantine of Vessels, Persons, and Goods Generally.
Provided further, that a Quarantine Officer may inspect and clear between sunset and 10 p.m. any vessel which calls off Goode Island, Torres Straits, to pick up a Torres Straits pilot, but does not enter the port of Thursday Island. In any such case pratique shall not be granted having effect beyond the said port.
* The following are the sections of the Act relating to the Quarantine Signal:—
21. The master of every vessel subject to quarantine shall—
(
a )display the quarantine signal on his vessel before she comes within one league of any port;(
b )keep the quarantine signal displayed on his vessel while entering or being in any port or quarantine station; and(
c ) in the case of a vessel engaged on navigation by air, display and keep displayed the prescribed signal.
Penalty: One hundred pounds.
22. (1) When—
(
a ) any eruptive disease; or(
b ) any disease attended with fever and glandular swellings; or(
c ) any disease which he believes or suspects, or has reason to believe or suspect, to be a quarantinable disease—
has broken out on board any vessel, the master of the vessel shall forthwith (unless the vessel is actually performing quarantine under the supervision of a quarantine officer)—
(
a ) notify a quarantine officer of the breaking out of the disease, and(
b ) display the quarantine signal on his vessel, and keep it so displayed until he is authorized by a quarantine officer to remove it or until the vessel is released from quarantine.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.
(2) The master of a vessel in port shall forthwith give notice in writing to a quarantine officer of every case of any prescribed disease which was on his vessel when she arrived in the port or which has arisen on his vessel since she arrived in the port.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.
23. The quarantine signal shall be at prescribed, and shall be displayed in the prescribed manner.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Health report and answers to questions as to the present and recent state of the health of all persons on board, and as to the history and sanitary circumstances of the undermentioned vessel during the current voyage, by Master* of the said vessel, and by Medical Officer of the said vessel.
Name, Description, Tonnage, and Nationality of Vessel. | Port from which Vessel started, and Date of sailing therefrom. | Ports at which Vessel has called and Dates of arrival and departure. | Number of Persons now on Board. | |||||
Port. | Date. | Passengers. | Crew. | |||||
Arrival. | Departure. | Class. | Number. | Rating. | Number. | |||
Name. | First.............. |
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Second.......... | Engineers........... | |||||||
Description. | Terminal Port of Voyage. | |||||||
Third............. | Deck hands, including carpenters, boatswain, &c. | |||||||
Tonnage. | Steerage........ |
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Duration of Voyage, in Days. | ||||||||
Other persons not on articles nor on passenger list |
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Nationality. | ||||||||
Total......... | Total.............. | |||||||
1. —Did any small-pox, plague, cholera, yellow fever, or typhus fever exist at the port of departure, or at any port at which the vessel touched during the voyage?
Answer.—
2. —Was there, during the voyage (at any port or while at sea), an communication, other than oral or by signal, between the vessel and any other vessel on which there was any quarantinable or pestilential disease?If so, state particulars.
Answer.—
3. —Have you, during the voyage, taken on board at any place, any person who, or any goods which, at the time of his or their reception on board, would be deemed liable to quarantine under section 18 of the Quarantine Act?
Answer.—
* Master in relation to a vessel means the person (other than a pilot) to charge or command of the vessel.
4. —Has any detailed inquiry, or medical inspection or examination of all or any of the persons on board been made within the last twenty-four hours, with a view to the detection of any quarantinable disease?If so, give full particulars.
Answer.—
5. —Is there now, or has there been, on board during this voyage, any person affected with—(
a ) any fever attended with or followed by eruption;(
b ) any skin eruption;(
c ) any illness attended with glandular swelling;(
d ) choleraic diarrhœa or diarrhœa with collapse;(
e ) any disease which you believe or suspect to be or to have been a quarantinable disease, or which resembles or has resembled a quarantinable disease.
Answer.— (a )...... (b )...... (c )...... (d )...... (e ).....
(State particulars of every case in Schedule A on back hereof.)
6. —Is there or has there been during the voyage any person suffering from tuberculosis in any form, demonstrable syphilis in an active condition or any other communicable disease, or any infirm, invalid, epileptic or mentally defective person on board the vessel?If so, state particulars in Schedule B on back hereof.
Answer.—
7. —Has any person affected with any sickness or disease left the vessel during the present voyage?If so, state particulars.
Answer.—
8. —Has any person died on board during the voyage?If so, state particulars in Schedule A on back hereof.
Answer.—
9. —Does the cargo include any secondhand clothing or bedding or any rags or any flock made of rags or other textile material, whether in compressed or uncompressed bales, or any used sacks or carpets or canvas?If so, state particulars, including information as to the port or ports from which such cargo was shipped.
Answer.—
10. —From inquiries made:(
a )Is any person on board in possession of any culture, virus, or substance containing any disease germ or microbe or disease agent?(
b ) If so, has the permission of the Minister to import the article been obtained?
Answer. —(a ).............. (b )................
11. —(a )Is there now or has there been during the voyage any unusual number of rats or mice on board?(
b )Have any dead or apparently sick rats or mice been found on board during the voyage?If so, state particulars.
Answer. —(a )......................... (b )........................
If so, state number and ports to which they relate.
The answers to questions and the particulars given in this Report, and in the schedules hereunder, are true and correct.
Master.
Medical Officer.
Witness Quarantine Officer or other authorized person.
Date
Note.—
Schedule A.
PARTICULARS AS TO EVERY CASE OF DISEASE DESCRIBED IN QUESTION NO. 5 OR DEATH DURING THE VOYAGE.
Name and Class or Rating. | Sex. | Age. | Port of | Duration of Illness. | Nature of Illness. | Remarks. | ||
Embarkation. | Debarkation. | Beginning. | Termination. | |||||
Schedule B.
PARTICULARS AS TO ANY PERSON ON BOARD SUFFERING FROM ANY DISEASE OR CONDITION NAMED OR DESCRIBED IN QUESTION NO. 6.
Name and Class or Rating. | Sex. | Age. | Port of | Nature of Illness, Infirmity, or Defect. | Remarks. | |
Embarkation. | Destination. | |||||
Note.—If necessary, amplify Schedules A and B on a separate sheet of paper.
Comments of quarantine officer at the Port of—
Notice to Masters.—In order to expedite the clearance of the vessel, this form should be filled up by the medical officer (if carried) or by the master immediately on arrival in Australian waters, and all Bills of Health and other documents relating to the sanitary history of the vessel should be ready for production to the Quarantine Officer. The master is further requested to take the necessary steps to have all persons on board ready for inspection, together with passenger and crew lists, log book, sick lists. &c.
The passenger and crew lists should be in duplicate, typewritten (if practicable) and grouped according to class or rating.
(2) The quarantine officer or any
authorized person, at any port in Australia may require (
Commonwealth of Australia.
SUPPLEMENTARY HEALTH REPORT.
Health Report and Answers to Questions as to the present and recent state of health of all persons on board, and as to the history and sanitary circumstances of the vessel during the current voyage, subsequent to the examination made at its first port of entry in Australia.
By Master of the said Vessel, and by Medical Officer of the said Vessel.
(1) Name of the Vessel
(2)
(
(
b ) Date of departure therefrom
(3)
(
(
b ) Date of arrival thereat(
c ) Date of departure therefrom(
d )Number of persons (crew, passengers, and others) on board on arrival thereat(4) Names of ports of call (including first port of entry) in Australia, date of arrival, and number of persons landed at each port—
Name of Port. | Date of Arrival. | Number of Persons landed. |
(5)
Number of persons now on board—( | Total. |
( |
QUESTIONS.
(6) Have you the duplicate Primary Health Report viséd by the quarantine officer of the first port of entry and of any subsequent port of call which the vessel has entered without pratique?
Answer.—
(7) Has any detailed inquiry or medical inspection or examination of all or any of the persons on board been made since leaving the first port of call in Australia? If so, give particulars.
Answer.—
(8) Is there now or has there been on board since arrival in Australian waters any person affected with—
(
a ) any fever attended with or followed by eruption.(
b ) any skin eruption.(
c ) any illness attended with glandular swellings, or(
d ) any choleraic diarrhœa or diarrhœa with collapse.(
e ) any disease which you believe or suspect to be or to have been a quarantinable disease?
Answer.—(
State particulars of every case in the Schedule on back hereof.
(9) Is there on board any person suffering from tuberculosis in any form, demonstrable syphilis in an active condition, or any other communicable disease, or any other sick, infirm, invalid, epileptic, or mentally defective person, or has any such person been landed from the vessel at any port in Australia? If so, state particulars in the Schedule on back hereof.
Answer.—
(10) Have any dead or apparently sick rats or mice been found on board during the voyage since leaving the first port of entry? If so, give particulars.
Answer.—
The answers to questions and the particulars given in this Report, and in the schedule hereunder, are true and correct.
Master.
Medical Officer.
Witness
(Quarantine officer or other authorized person.)
Port of Date 19 .
Schedule.
particulars as to every case of illness or death during the voyage since arrival in australia.
Name and Class or Rating. | Sex. | Age. | Port of | Nature of Illness. | Duration of Illness. | Remarks. | ||
Embarkation. | Debarkation or Destination. | Beginning. | Termination. | |||||
Note.—If necessary, amplify the Schedule on a separate sheet of paper.
Comments of quarantine officer at Port of—
Notice to Masters.—This report is supplementary to that given to the quarantine officer at the first port of entry, and should be prepared by the medical officer (if carried) or master ready for signature immediately before arrival at any other Australian port until full pratique has been granted and in all cases on arrival at the terminal port.
Any vessel entering an Australian
port without pratique, must if no case of quarantinable or suspected
quarantinable disease exists on board, fly flag Q; and any vessel having or
suspected of having any quarantinable disease on board must fly Commercial flag
L. In either case the vessel must show the quarantine signal by night. See
Regulation 3, also Quarantine Act, sections 17 (
Commonwealth of Australia.
The
Certificate of Pratique.
Granted
to the (
of
which (
is Master, at a.m. 19
p.m.
This
Certificate shall have effect in (
or
until (
This certificate shall not, unless explicitly expressed, exempt the vessel from fumigation or any other measure of disinfection.
In the event of any quarantinable disease breaking out during currency, this certificate shall become null and void, and must be surrendered on demand to a quarantine officer.
(Signed)
Port of— Quarantine Officer.
Date—
The information given shall include the number or approximate number of existing cases of any of the diseases named, and shall be certified to by the port health officer if the port is a British possession, or by the British consul or such other person as may be approved if the port is a foreign port.
(
a ) any vessel and any person or goods thereon;(
b ) any other person; and(
c ) any other goods
to be ordered into quarantine shall be in accordance with the following forms:—
(
a ) In the case of a vessel.
Commonwealth of Australia.
The
ORDER.
To
I hereby order into quarantine the vessel of which you are the master—together with all persons and goods on board the vessel.
Date Quarantine Officer.
Port of
(
b ) In the case of a person.
Commonwealth of Australia.
ORDER.
To
I hereby order you into quarantine
Date Quarantine Officer.
(
c ) In the case of goods.
Commonwealth of Australia.
ORDER.
To
I hereby order into quarantine the following goods, of which you are, or appear to be the owner, consignee, possessor, or custodian.
Date
Quarantine Officer.
18 days if the disease in regard to which infection is suspected is small-pox;
14 days if such disease is typhus fever; and
7 days if such disease is yellow fever or plague or cholera.
(2.) The period of quarantine or quarantine surveillance shall be reckoned from the last day on which in the opinion of the quarantine officer there has been exposure to infection from a quarantinable disease.
(3.) In the case of quarantine for
small-pox any person who has been
(4.) Any person to be released under this regulation shall, if so required, submit himself with his goods and effects to disinfection as prescribed or to the satisfaction of the quarantine officer.
To the Chief Quarantine Officer, State of—
I hereby request that I [and the under-named members of my family being under the age of twenty-one years, and under my control*], may be permitted to leave
(a) under quarantine surveillance, and I hereby undertake to comply with all the regulations relating to quarantine surveillance. My address will be (
b )
Signature—
Date—
Note.—It will be sufficient if this undertaking is signed by the head of the family in cases where more than one member of a family desires to leave under quarantine surveillance, and where they are less than twenty-one years of age.
Every member of a family above twenty-one years of age must give a separate undertaking.
I hereby request that the undermentioned member (or members) of the crew of the may be permitted to leave the under quarantine surveillance, and I hereby undertake the responsibility of seeing that each member of the crew so released complies with all the regulations relating to quarantine surveillance.
Name—
Address on Shore—
Signature of Master—
Date—
(2.) The Master shall be responsible for the compliance, by each member of the crew so released, with the regulations relating to quarantine surveillance, but no individual member of the crew shall be thereby released from his obligation to comply with those regulations.
(2.) The parent or guardian signing the application for the release of any child under surveillance shall be responsible for the observance by the child of the provisions of the regulations relating to release under surveillance.
* Strike out words in brackets if not applicable.
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a ) provide such practicable means of isolation of persons on board, and carry out such cleansing, fumigation, and disinfection as the quarantine officer directs;(
b )render all assistance in his power to the quarantine officer, maintain order and discipline upon the vessel, muster for examination all persons on board when so required by the quarantine officer, and carry out all his instructions;(
c ) when directed by the quarantine officer convey any or all of the persons on board to any quarantine station in such order and in such groups and by such means as the quarantine officer directs;(
d )deliver at the quarantine station any personal effects belonging to any person landed from the vessel if so directed by the quarantine officer;(
e ) discharge the cargo of the vessel in accordance with the directions of the quarantine officer;(
f ) dispose of all sweepings, refuse, or ballast from the vessel in such manner as the quarantine officer directs.
28. (a ) Noperson performing quarantine at a quarantine station, and no person in a quarantine station during quarantine, shall go beyond the bounds of the quarantine station;(
b ) No person or class of persons in quarantine whose movements are by order of the officer in charge restricted to a certain area within the quarantine station shall go outside the limits of the area fixed;(
c ) All persons in quarantine shall submit to inspection and medical examination at such times as the officer in charge requires;(
d ) All persons in quarantine shall duly observe the notices signed by the officer in charge and posted on the recognised notice boards;(
e ) No person in quarantine shall have any communication with a person not in quarantine except with the consent of, and subject to the conditions imposed by the officer in charge;(
f ) Every person in quarantine shall aid in maintaining due order and cleanliness in the quarantine quarters;(
g )Every person in quarantine, except such as the officer in charge of the quarantine station exempts, shall take his meals at the following hours, or at such hours as usually obtained on the vessel from which he has been landed:—
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h ) Lights in all quarters at any quarantine station shall, subject to any exception permitted by the officer in charge, be extinguished at 10.30 p.m.;(
i ) Every person in quarantine shall, when directed by the officer in charge, be in his proper quarters at least half-an-hour before the time fixed for the extinguishing of lights;(
j ) No person in quarantine shall use any lavatory for purposes other than those for which it, is provided;(
k ) No person in quarantine shall smoke in any prohibited place;(
l )No alcoholic liquor shall be introduced into a quarantine station without the authority of the officer in charge;(
m ) Any person in quarantine who, in the opinion of the officer in charge, is indulging in alcoholic liquor to excess may, by a written order signed by such officer, be prohibited from being supplied with alcoholic liquor while in quarantine, and while the order continues in force no person having notice of the order shall sell or supply any alcoholic liquor to the person with respect to whom the order is made;(
n ) No person in quarantine shall carry or use any firearm;(
o ) The body of any person who has died on a quarantine station shall be disposed of in such manner and by such means as the Chief Quarantine Officer directs;(
p ) Any person in quarantine wishing to make a complaint shall do so in writing within 24 hours of the occurrence of the matter to which the complaint relates. The complaint shall be addressed to the officer in charge.(
q )Any person in quarantine wishing to consult the medical officer shall attend at the surgery (except in cases of emergency) at such hours as are appointed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
“Disinfection” means the destruction of germs or other agents of infection of communicable disease or of disease under the Quarantine Act.
“Disinfectant” means any substance or means which, when used or applied as directed to articles or substances containing or to which are attached germs or other agents of infection of communicable disease, or disease under this Act, will effect disinfection.
“Effective spraying appliance” means an appliance fitted with a compressed air reservoir and with a fine spraying nozzle (such as a strong garden spray-pump).
(1)
Means of Disinfection— (
a )Exposure to saturated steam at a pressure of not less than 10 lb. to the square inch for twenty minutes, after exhaustion of air from the disinfecting chamber;(
b ) Boiling in water for not less than thirty minutes;(
c ) Immersion in an approved disinfectant solution for not less than one hour;(
d ) Saturation or thorough wetting andkeeping wet with an approved disinfectant solution for not less than one hour;(
e ) Thorough spraying on all surfaces by means of an effective spraying appliance with either the first or the third of the approved disinfectant solutions described in sub-section 2;(
f ) Fumigation at a temperature of not less than 75 deg. F., for not less than six hours with moistened formaldehyde gas of the strength and of the degree of moisture produced by the evaporation in a completely closed space of at least one (1) pint of a 40 per cent. solution of formaldehyde; or eight (8) ounces of paraform and one and one-half (1½) pint of water for each thousand cubic feet of enclosed space. Formaldehyde fumigation may also be effected by the formalin-permanganate method—one pint of a 40 per cent. solution of formaldehyde and ten ounces of permanganate of potash being used for each thousand cubic feet of space. If this method is used, at least one and one-half (1½) pint of water, for each thousand cubic feet of space to be fumigated, shall be evaporated by boiling in the space immediately prior to fumigation, the temperature in the space being not less than 75 deg. F. The solution of formaldehyde shall be added to the permanganate of potash in a receptacle or receptacles sufficiently large to prevent any overflow. Formaldehyde fumigation as described shall be used only as a means ofsurface disinfection and for the preliminary disinfection of enclosed spaces such as saloons, cabins, quarters, or wards, and for the disinfection of articles of value which cannot without destruction be disinfected by any other approved means.(
g )Any saloon, room, quarters, cabinet, or other enclosed space to be disinfected by fumigation shall, prior to fumigation, be rendered as air-tight as possible by pasting up all cracks and openings, ventilators, fireplaces, windows, and doors. The walls and floors and all hangings and upholstered surfaces in any room to be fumigated shall prior to fumigation be freely sprayed with clean hot water.
(2)
(
a ) A one per cent. (1%) aqueous solution or emulsion of a cresol disinfectant readily miscible with water and having a carbolic co-efficient of not less than ten (10).(
b )A soapy aqueous solution or emulsion of any disinfectant of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a )and containing three per cent. (3%) of soft (potash) soap.(
e ) A two per cent. (2%) solution of formaldehyde prepared by mixing one part of a forty per cent. (40%) solution of formaldehyde with 19 parts of clean water.(
d )An aqueous mixture of fresh chlorinated lime (containing not less than twenty-five per cent. (25%) of available chlorine) made by mixing immediately prior to use six (6) ounces of the chlorinated lime in one gallon of cold water.
(2.) The person shall strip himself of all clothing, which shall at once be removed for disinfection. He shall then bathe himself or be bathed, with the aid of a cresol soap prepared for use with hard or salt water, in a warm solution or emulsion of a miscible cresol disinfectant having a carbolic co-efficient of ten (10) of a strength of one ounce of disinfectant to each two gallons of warm water. The body, and especially the scalp and hair (head and face) and other exposed parts, shall be freely lathered for five minutes; after washing off the lather, the body shall be dried with clean (disinfected) towels, and clean (disinfected) clothes shall then be put on.
(3.) An evaporating soapy cresol solution compounded as follows may be used instead of the watery disinfectant solution above described for the disinfection of the hair, scalp, and beard:—
Evaporating soapy disinfectant solution:—
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The soap is to be dissolved in the spirit and ether; the disinfectant is then to be added and the whole thoroughly mixed. Keep well corked or stoppered.
The solution must be applied freely and rubbed well into the hair. After five minutes the resulting lather may be wiped off with a clean damp towel.
(4.) Care must be taken when using the evaporating lotion to avoid any naked flame, as the solution and its vapour are inflammable.
(5.) Clothing and other personal effects shall be disinfected as prescribed in these Regulations.
(6.) Hair pads and similar articles shall, if directed by the quarantine officer, be destroyed by fire.
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a )fumigation with moistened formaldehyde gas for six hours, as prescribed, each package being so placed as to be freely exposed to the action of the disinfectant, or(
b )thorough spraying in an enclosed space of all surfaces with an approved disinfectant solution.
Any ordinary mail package on board any vessel ordered into quarantine shall, unless the quarantine officer is satisfied after due investigation that they have not been in contact with any infected person or infected goods, be disinfected by surface disinfection. For the purpose of disinfection the quarantine officer may cause the corners of envelopes or of wrappers enclosing mail matter to be cut.
(2.) The report referred to shall be in the following form:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
After full inquiry into the sanitary history and sanitary circumstances of the undernamed vessel, I am of opinion that the (here describe and name the vessel) may without danger to public health be given pratique, and I have accordingly given a certificate of pratique, which will have effect in (here state the name of the port or ports which the vessel will enter during the voyage and in which the pratique will under ordinary conditions hold).
Port of
Date
(Signed)
Quarantine Officer.
A fee of £2 2s. shall be paid by the Master, owner or agent for any such examination.
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The notice shall be in the following form:—
I, master of the vessel
hereby give notice to the Quarantine Officer of the port of that the persons named hereunder are suffering or are suspected to be suffering from (here mention the name of the disease or suspected disease).
Name of Patient. | Age. | Rating. | Date of onset of Disease. |
Date—
(Signed)
Master.
(
b ) The report shall be in accordance with the following form:—
Form of Report.
(
To the Chief Quarantine
Officer—State of (
(
(
(
(
Duration (
(
(
(1) undertake the preparation of serum, vaccine, or other laboratory products or goods; and
(2) sell such serum, vaccine, or other laboratory products or goods, at such prices as he determines from time to time; or
(3) at his discretion issue serum, vaccine, or other laboratory products or goods, without charge.
* “Quarantinable disease” means small-pox, plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, or leprosy or any disease declared by the Governor-General, by proclamation, to be a quarantinable disease.
Epidemic Encephalitis was declared a quarantinable disease on 2nd May, 1919.
Part IV.—Special Measures against Plague and Cholera.
(
a ) effectively obstruct by means of stout netting or other means all openings or holes in the side of the vessel next to any wharf or lighter or other vessel and shall keep them so obstructed while the vessel is alongside such wharf or lighter or other vessel;(
b )affix and keep affixed an effective rat guard disc or screen not less than 1 foot or more than 3 feet from the side of the vessel to every rope or hawser connecting the vessel with any wharf or lighter or other vessel;(
c ) when so ordered by a quarantine officer thoroughly illuminate from sunset to sunrise with electric or other brilliant lights the whole of the side of the vessel next to the wharf or to any vessel or lighter lying alongside;(
d )remove at sunset and keep removed until sunrise the landing stages and all nets and gangways between the vessel and any wharf, except during such time as those landing stages, nets or gangways are required for the discharge or loading of cargo or for access of persons to and from the vessel and are actually being used for such discharge, loading or access; and(
e )take any other necessary and practicable measures to prevent the migration of rats to and from the vessel.
(2) No rat guard, disc, or screen shall be regarded as effective for the purpose of these Regulations unless it complies in all respects with the following requirements, and is in accordance with the plan and specification shown hereunder:—
(
a ) It shall be circular in outline formed in the shape of a cone and shall measure not less than 6 inches from base to apex, and not less than 24 inches directly across any diameter of its base rim to rim;(
b )It shall be made of sheet metal of at least 26 gauge without any opening or perforation except as hereunder specified;(
c ) It shall be so constructed that when fitted the apex of the cone shall point away from the vessel and the rope or hawser shall pass through the apex of the cone and the centre of the base, and all openings in the disc screen or guard shall be effectively closed.
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a ) thoroughly empty, or flush out and empty the bilges prior to berthing the vessel;(
b )keep all foodstuffs and food refuse in rat-proof and mouse-proof receptacles, rooms, or compartments;(
c ) prevent the discharge of any organic refuse, galley scraps and waste (other than rendered fat) from the vessel on to the wharfs, except to an authorized person for the purpose of destruction, or into the waters of the port, or on to or into any vessel lying alongside except such vessels as are definitely employed for the removal and disposal of such refuse;(
d ) prevent the use of water closets on the vessel when any other vessel is lying alongside;(
e )maintain on board and use effective means for the destruction of rats and mice; and(
f ) when so ordered by a quarantine officer lay on the vessel poison baits effective for rats and mice.
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a )submit any part or the whole of the vessel to sulphur fumigation, or to fumigation by hydrocyanic acid gas as prescribed, or to some other approved method of fumigation, or to such trapping or poisoning operations for the destruction of rodents as are specified in the order. If so directed by the quarantine officer, the fumigation or trapping or poisoning operations for the destruction of rodents shall be carried out while the vessel is alongside a wharf or while the vessel is in stream, and either before or after the cargo has been discharged;(
b )submit to fumigation by means of sulphur or hydrocyanic acid gas as prescribed, or wash or spray thoroughly with the prescribed insecticidal solution all portions of the vessel likely to harbor or to afford a shelter for fleas, lice, bugs, and other vermin;(
c )empty and flush or disinfect and clean all lavatories, water tanks, or any closed space on board the vessel:Provided that in any case where there is reasonable cause to apprehend that the vessel may be endangered by the removal of water ballast, the quarantine officer may cause any tank or other receptacle to be sealed; and thenceforward, so long as the vessel remains within the port, the master shall prevent the breaking or removal of the seal or the discharge or removal from the tank or receptacle of any part of the water ballast except with the written permission of the quarantine officer;
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d ) cause to be disinfected or fumigated any articles specified by the quarantine officer;(
e ) remove and re-stow or re-arrange, in such a manner as to prevent access or harborage of rats or mice, any dunnage rubbish or deck cargo;(
f ) remove, open up, or otherwise render thoroughly accessible to fumigation any linings, casings, partitions, lockers and similar enclosed spaces above or below deck;(
g )protect effectively against the passage of rats or mice all openings other than doors or hatches which are liable to afford communication for rats from any hold or cargo space to any other part of the vessel; and(
h )protect effectively against the passage and harborage of rats or mice, any specified opening or place whether below or above deck.
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a ) submit the vessel to fumigation and other treatment as prescribed for the destruction of rats, mice, and other vermin:Provided that the vessel may be exempted from fumigation if the master produce—
(i) a certificate showing that at the port of departure the vessel, while empty or after loading for the current voyage, was fumigated as prescribed; and
(ii) a certificate or certificates showing that at the port of departure (if a proclaimed place) and at every proclaimed place subsequently called at, effective measures were taken to prevent the migration of rats to the vessel. The measures adopted shall be specified in the certificate.
The certificate or certificates in each case shall be signed by the Port Health Officer or local quarantine officer if the proclaimed place is within the British Dominions, or be indorsed by the British Consul if the proclaimed place is a foreign port or country:
Provided further that in the absence of such certificates the vessel may, if no plague infected rats or mice have been found on board, be exempted from fumigation at any port of call in Australia excepting the terminal port;
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b) if so ordered by a quarantine officer discharge the cargo into lighters in stream.
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a ) For the destruction of rats and mice in closed spaces on vessels—(1) thorough fumigation for at least six hours with a gaseous mixture containing not less than three parts per centum of sulphur oxides. The fumigation shall, wherever practicable, be effected by passing sulphur fumes under pressure into the closed space, the contained air being at the same time partially exhausted.
Where sulphur oxides are generated by burning sulphur in pots, 3 lb. of sulphur shall be used for every 1,000 feet of cubic space to be fumigated;
(2) thorough fumigation for at least two hours by hydrocyanic acid gas. The quantities prescribed for use in each of the following methods are those required for every 1,000 cubic feet of space to be fumigated:—
(i) where the gas is evolved by the action of a dilution of sulphuric acid and water on sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide, not less than 5 ounces of sodium cyanide or 6¼ ounces of potassium cyanide shall be used;
(ii) Where the cyanogen chloride gas mixture is the method adopted, not less than 4 ounces of sodium cyanide shall be used;
(iii) Where either liquid hydrogen cyanide or cyclon B is the method adopted, a sufficient quantity shall be used to ensure the evolution of 2.75 ounces of hydrocyanic acid gas.
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b )For the destruction of insects and other vermin on vessels—fumigation by means of sulphur or hydrocyanic acid gas as prescribed, or thorough application of an aqueous solution or emulsion of soft soap, cyllin and kerosene, containing of each one part per centum. The application must be made by means of a mop or scrubbing brush or similar appliance, or by forcibly spraying the mixture into all places infested with or suspected of being infested with fleas, lice, bugs, or similar insects or vermin.
A fee of Ten shillings (10s.) shall be paid by the master, owner or agent for any such certificate issued.
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(5) When the fumigation or disinfection of any vessel is carried out by the owners or agents, or their employees, the work shall be supervised by a Quarantine or other authorized officer, and a fee of £1 1s. shall be charged for such supervision.
(6) In any case where overtime is worked, or travelling or other expenses are incurred by an officer in the fumigation or disinfection or other treatment, or in the supervision of the fumigation or disinfection of any vessel or part of a vessel, the cost of the overtime and travelling or other expenses shall be paid by the owners or agents of the vessel.
This charge shall be paid by the master or owner or agent of the vessel, each of whom shall be severally responsible therefor.
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a ) All animal hair or bristles on being landed shall be forthwith removed either to a quarantine station or to a place approved by the Chief Quarantine Officer, and shall be subjected to one of the three following methods of treatment:—(i) Thoroughly washed with soap and warm water containing 2 per cent. sodium carbonate and then allowed to stand for half-an-hour in a 5 per cent. solution of sodium carbonate (warm); placed in a warm solution of formaldehyde (1 part of 40 per cent. formalin and 16 parts of water—a 2½ per cent. solution of formaldehyde) for half-an-hour; allowed to dry;
(ii) Exposure to steam for 30 minutes at a pressure of 5 lb., and at a temperature of 215 degrees Fahrenheit.
(iii) Boiled in water for not less than two hours.
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b ) The importer or owner of any such hair or bristles shall, in the case of its removal to a place approved by the Chief Quarantine Officer, enter into a bond of Fifty pounds (£50) to the effect that the hair or bristles specified therein shall not leave the place approved until it has been dealt with as prescribed in this regulation.(
c )A charge of Three shillings (3s.) per hour shall be paid by the importer for supervision whenever supervision is exercised by an officer.
(2) This regulation shall not apply to animal hair or bristles from New Zealand or Norfolk Island accompanied by an official certificate to the effect that the hair or bristles are the product of New Zealand or Norfolk Island, as the case may be.
Part V.—Miscellaneous.
(2) No patient shall go beyond the bounds of the Lazaret without the consent of the Medical Officer, or visit any place forbidden by the Medical Officer.
(3) No person shall visit the Lazaret without the written permission of the Chief Quarantine Officer.
(4) No application for permission to visit the Lazaret shall be granted unless it is made in writing to the Chief Quarantine Officer at least seven days before the date of proposed visit. The Chief Quarantine Officer may authorize such departures from this regulation as may, in his judgment, be rendered necessary or advisable from time to time in particular cases.
(5) No visitor shall remain at the Lazaret more than half-an-hour without special permission. The Medical Officer or Officer-in-Charge may, at his discretion, require any visit to be terminated at any time whether written permission has been granted or not, should he consider that the condition of any patient is aggravated, or is likely to be aggravated, by the visit.
(6) Visitors on arrival shall wait in a place set apart for that purpose until the patient is brought to them by the Caretaker or Matron, and shall not, unless specially permitted, enter any enclosed part of the Lazaret area: Provided that, in the case of bedridden patients, the Medical Officer may grant permission for the visitor to see the patient under such conditions as he considers fit.
(7) No visitor shall kiss or embrace or allow himself or herself to be kissed or embraced by any patient.
(8) No visitor shall shake hands with any patient on whose hands there is any open sore or wound.
(9) No visitor or employé shall remove from the Lazaret, except after disinfection as prescribed, and by the written permission of the Medical Officer, any article which has been in the possession of a patient.
(10) Every visitor shall, during his stay in the Lazaret, obey all instructions of the Medical Officer and of the Caretaker or Matron.
(11) Visitors shall wash their hands in a disinfectant solution immediately before leaving the Lazaret and shall carry out such other personal disinfection as may be required by the Medical Officer.
(12) No mail matter of any kind shall be allowed to leave the Lazaret unless lodged with the Caretaker for transmission.
(13) The Caretaker shall disinfect as prescribed or as directed by the Medical Officer all mail matter or paper money before allowing it to leave the Lazaret.
(14) No mail matter of any kind bearing a stamp which has been in the possession of, or which has been placed thereon by a patient, shall be sent or taken from the Lazaret.
(15) No envelope or wrapper shall be sealed by any patient with the aid of the tongue or lips. All such mail matter despatched from the Lazaret shall be sealed by means of the appliances provided.
(16) No visitor or officer (excepting the Caretaker, or other authorized officer), shall receive from any inmate any book, package, paper, letter, or other written or printed matter, including paper money, for transmission to any person outside the Lazaret.
(17) No patient shall receive any article or effects which, in the opinion of the Medical Officer, should not be allowed into the Lazaret, and no patient shall send out from the Lazaret any articles or effects without the consent of the Medical Officer.
(18) Articles taken into use at the Lazaret shall not be issued therefrom to any other place. Damaged or disused articles shall, with the approval of the Medical Officer, be destroyed by the Caretaker.
(19) Any visitor bringing to the Lazaret any articles such as clothing, provisions, fruit, &c., for any patient shall deliver them to the Caretaker, who will give a receipt for them, and advise the Medical Officer of the nature of the articles. The said articles shall await the directions of the Medical Officer, and, if he thinks fit, but in no other case, shall be delivered to the patient.
(20) Articles sent by boat to patients should be addressed to the patient in care of the Medical Officer. Should any articles so brought or delivered be considered by the Medical Officer to be unsuitable or undesirable for the patient in his then condition, or should it he sent in contravention of these Regulations, it will, if not perishable, be withheld for return to the sender, or impounded pending the decision of the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Days: —All days except Sundays and public holidays.By special permission of the Minister, work may be allowed on any Sunday, or by special permission of the Chief Quarantine Officer may be allowed on any public holiday for such time and under such conditions as are approved.
Hours. —Any eight hours, or any periods aggregating eight hours daily, provided that the working hours shall not be less than 44 clear working hours per week.On Saturdays work shall cease at noon.
(2) The Chief Quarantine Officer may permit any officer to work before and after working hours on any working day.
(3) When work is permitted before or after working hours, or on any Sunday or holiday, the rates to be charged for the services of officers shall be those approved by the Minister.
(4) The overtime charges shall be calculated from the hour at which the officer is required to attend, and shall include charges at the same rate in respect of the time reasonably occupied in proceeding to and returning from the wharf or other place where the attendance is required.
(5) The money received for overtime shall be held by the Department, and so much of it as may be necessary may be paid to the officers concerned; the balance, if there be any, shall be paid to revenue.
Part VI.—Quarantine of Animals.
“Quarantine Officer” means an officer dealing with the quarantine of imported animals.
“Chief Quarantine Officer” means the chief officer dealing with the quarantine of animals in any State.
“Importer” includes owner or consignee, or the agent for the owner or consignee.
(2) This notice and declaration may be in the following form, and the Master shall hold the animal until the Chief Quarantine Officer gives a permit to land it:—
To the Chief Quarantine Officer,
State of
19
I hereby inform you that I have on board my ship (give name) at (name of port) to be landed at (name the landing port) the following animals (here enumerate) and that the consignee or owner of such animals is (give name).
I also declare that (no) disease affecting animals has occurred on board during the voyage............. (give particulars if any disease has occurred, also particulars of other stock carried on the vessel during the voyage).
Master of the Vessel.
(A) In the case of any Horse, Ass, or Mule from New Zealand*:—
1. A declaration from the owner, certifying—
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a )That the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding the date of shipment;(
b )that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding the date of shipment;2. A certificate by a Government Veterinary Surgeon—
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a ) That the animal is free from disease; and(
b )that he has knowledge that the animal has not been within any country from which the importation of horses into Australia is prohibited under the Commonwealth of Australia Quarantine Act within the three years next preceding the date of shipment.
* Note: Animals from New Zealand are required by Proclamation to be carried on a vessel trading exclusively between Australia and New Zealand.
(B) In the case of any Horse, Ass, or Mule from Great Britain or Ireland:—
1. A declaration from the owner certifying—
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a ) That the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;(
b )that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;(
c ) that it has not, otherwise than as required under (B) 2, been tested with mallein during the thirty days next preceding shipment.2. A mallein test certificate by a qualified Veterinary Surgeon. The certificate shall
inter alia state the date on which the test was applied.3. A certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment, who shall, unless he himself has applied the mallein test, also endorse the mallein test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its correctness.
(C) In the case of any Horse, Ass, or Mule from the United States of America, Canada, or France:—
1. A declaration from the owner, certifying—
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a )That the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;(
b )that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;(
c )that it has not, otherwise than as required under (C) 3, been tested with mallein during the thirty days next preceding shipment;(
d )that it has not during the twelve months next preceding shipment been in any State, Province, or place in which Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis is declared or known to exist, or within 25 kilometres of any case of Epizootic lymphangitis.2. A certificate from a Government Veterinary Surgeon to the effect that Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis neither is nor, during the twelve months next preceding the shipment of the animal, has been declared or known to exist in the State or Province or within 25 kilometres of the place from which the animal is declared by the owner to have been exported or in which it is declared to have been during the twelve months next preceding shipment.
3. A mallein test certificate by a qualified Veterinary Surgeon. The certificate shall
inter alia state the date on which the test was applied.4. A certificate of general health from a Government Veterinary Surgeon at port of shipment, who shall, unless he himself has applied the mallein test, also endorse the mallein test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its correctness.
5. A certificate of general health in the case of any horse from France from an approved veterinary surgeon in Great Britain which shall
inter alia state that—(
a )the animal has been in Great Britain for not less than seven days; and that(
b ) the fodder and bedding to be used on the voyage was obtained in Great Britain.
(D) In the case of horses from Fiji:—
1. A declaration from the owner certifying—
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a )that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding the date of shipment;(
b )that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding the date of shipment.2. A certificate by the Government Veterinary Surgeon:—
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a ) that the animal is free from disease;(
b )that he has knowledge that the animal has not been within any country from which the importation of horses into Australia is prohibited under the Quarantine Act within the three years next preceding the date of shipment;(
c ) that during the six months next preceding the date of shipment no horse, ass or mule was imported into Fiji from any country other than Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, or the United States of America; and(
d ) that he has applied the mallein test with negative results.
(E) In the case of any Ass from France, Spain, or Portugal:—
1. A declaration from the owner, certifying—
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a )That the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;(
b )that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;(
c ) that it has not otherwise than as required under (E) 3, been tested with mallein during the thirty days next preceding shipment;(
d )that it has not been, during the twelve months next preceding shipment, in any State, Province, or place in which Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis is declared or known to exist.2. A certificate from a Government Veterinary Surgeon to the effect that Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis neither is nor, during the twelve months next preceding the shipment of the animal, has been declared or known to exist in the State or Province or within 25 kilometres of the place from which the animal is declared by the owner to have been exported or in which it is declared to have been during the twelve months next preceding shipment.
3. A mallein test certificate by a qualified Veterinary Surgeon. The certificate shall
inter alia state the date on which the test was applied.4. A certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment, who shall, unless he himself has applied the mallein test, also endorse the mallein test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its correctness.
(F) In the case of Cattle from New Zealand:—
1. A declaration from a Government Veterinary Surgeon, certifying that the animal is free from disease, and that it has been located in New Zealand for not less than sixty days next preceding shipment.
2. A tuberculin test certificate by a qualified Veterinary Surgeon. The certificate shall state
inter alia the date on which the test was applied.
(G) In the case of *Cattle from Great Britain or Ireland or Canada or the United States of America:—
1. A declaration from the owner, certifying—
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a ) That the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;(
b )that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;(
c ) that it has not, otherwise than as required under paragraph (G) 2, been tested with tuberculin during the two months next preceding shipment.2. A tuberculin test certificate by a qualified Veterinary Surgeon. The certificate shall
inter alia state the date on which the test was applied.3. A certificate from a responsible Government Veterinary Surgeon to the effect that the animals have not within six months of the date of shipment been kept pastured or housed upon or passed on foot through any area within 15 miles of any place where foot-and-mouth disease has occurred during the preceding six months.
4. A certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment, who shall, unless he himself has applied the tuberculin test, also endorse the tuberculin test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its correctness.
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a ) bones imported from New Zealand provided that each consignment is accompanied by an official certificate that the bones are the product of New Zealand and provided that they are on arrival in Australia subjected to treatment as prescribed in paragraph (c ) of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation; or(
b )bones accompanied by a certificate from an approved Veterinary Officer to the effect that the bones had in his presence been treated as prescribed in paragraph (c ) of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation;(
c ) animal products from Norfolk Island;(
d ) fish bones imported with fish refuse for the purpose of making manure.
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a ) The importer shall, prior to shipment—(i) give notice of intention to import to the Chief Quarantine Officer of the State to which it is proposed to import such animal manure;
(ii) obtain from the Minister, on the recommendation of the Chief Quarantine Officer, a permit to import such animal manure.
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b )Any such animal manure, together with the containing package, shall on arrival be removed forthwith to a quarantine station or other approved place for treatment or disinfection as prescribed or directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
(2) This regulation shall not apply to fish refuse imported for the purpose of making manure.
(2) A charge of Two shillings per hour shall be paid by the importer for supervision whenever supervision is exercised.
(2) The authority of the Chief Quarantine Officer for the discharge or landing of any such manure shall be issued only on the production by the master of the vessel of a certificate from a responsible Government official of the last oversea port of call on the current voyage that there were no cattle, sheep, swine, or goats on the vessel at the time of departure from the port concerned.
* Dog manure from any part of the world is prohibited.
Animals are permitted by proclamation to be carried between Australian ports only on vessels trading exclusively between Australian ports or between Australia and New Zealand.
The
Chief Quarantine Officer may, however, permit the shipment of animals from one
Australian port to another on vessels which have not during the current voyage
carried any animal subject to Quarantine. (
(2) The notice to the importer may be in accordance with the following form:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
NOTICE OF SEIZURE UNDER SECTION 68 OF THE ACT.
Place..........................................
Date................................
To
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Take notice that (
And take further notice that unless
you show cause to the Minister for Health within (
(Signature of Officer.)
(Official Designation.)
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(3) If—
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a ) the importer within the time limited in the notice of seizure fails to show cause to the Minister why the forfeiture should be waived; or(
b )the Minister is not satisfied that good cause has been shown, the Minister may, by order in writing, direct that the animals be destroyed, and they shall accordingly be destroyed.
(4) If the Minister is satisfied that good cause has been shown, be may waive the forfeiture upon condition that—
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a )in cases where the prohibition is absolute, the animals are exported within such time as the Minister allows; or(
b )in cases where the importation is subject to conditions, such conditions are complied with within such time as the Minister allows; and(
c )in either case the importer, within such time as the Minister allows, pays such expenses as the Minister thinks fit to require, or gives security for such payment.
(5) If the importer fails to comply with the conditions upon which the forfeiture has been waived by the Minister, such waiver shall be deemed to be void, and the Minister may, without any further or other notice, order the destruction of the animals, and they shall be destroyed accordingly.
Part VII.—Quarantine of Plants.
“Diseased” means affected with disease, and includes showing the presence or evidence of any deteriorated or abnormal condition, whether dependent on the presence of or due to the operation, development, growth, or effect of any disease.
“Importer” includes owner, consignee, or the agent for the owner or consignee.
“Quarantine Officer” means a quarantine officer dealing with the quarantine of imported plants.
“Chief Quarantine Officer” means the chief officer dealing with the quarantine of plants in any State.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 1.
(Plants.)
Importer’s Notice.
To the Quarantine Officer for Plants,
Port of 19 .
I hereby give you notice that I desire to remove from the vessel (give name) berthed, or to be berthed at (state berthing place) the following plants, as per schedule below.
These plants were grown at (name of country and place) and shipped at (name of port).
Brands or Marks. | Number of Packages. | Description. | Inspection Fees. Rate. | Amount. | ||
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Total £ | ||||||
I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above particulars are true and correct, and that no other plant subject to quarantine of which I am the consignee or importer or agent has arrived by the said vessel.
Signature................
................................Witness to Signature.
Receipt No...........
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 1a.
(Timber.)
Importer’s Notice.
To the Quarantine Officer for Plants, Port of 19
I hereby give you notice that I
desire to remove from the vessel (
Quantity of timber.
Brands or marks.
Country of origin.
Port of shipment.
Variety or varieties of timber.
Dressed or undressed.
Sawn or unsawn.
Seasoned or unseasoned.
I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief the above particulars are true and correct, and that no other timber subject, to quarantine of which I am the consignee or importer or agent has arrived by the said vessel.
(Signature)……….....................
Witness to signature..............................................
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a. ) Growing Plants—Twopence (2d.) per plant for each consignment of not more than 10 plants in pots or similar packages; Two shillings (2s.) for each consignment containing more than 10 plants but not more than 50; Three shillings (3s.) for each consignment containing more than 50 plants but not more than 100; Two shillings (2s.) for each additional 100 plants up to 500 in each consignment; Two shillings (2s.) for each additional 500 plants up to 20,000 in each consignment; Two shillings (2s.) for each 1,000 plants above 20,000 in each consignment.
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b ) Cuttings, Stocks, and Scions—One shilling (1s.) per 1,000 or part thereof up to 5,000, and Sixpence (6d.) per 1,000 or part thereof for any additional quantity.
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c ) Fresh Fruit—Bananas, in bunches, One penny (1d.) per bunch.
Fruit in cases or other packages, Twopence (2d.) per package weighing half a cental or less; Fourpence (4d.) per package weighing more than half a cental.
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d ) Dried Fruit—Dried Fruit, such as raisins, currants, prunes, figs, dates, and apples (other than in air-tight receptacles or similar intact packages)—Twopence (2d.) per package for 100 packages or part thereof or for the first 100 packages in any consignment; One penny (1d.) per package for each additional package over 100 up to 300 packages; Sixpence (6d.) for each additional 10 packages over 300 up to 500 packages; Twopence (2d.) for each additional 10 packages over 500 up to 1,000 packages; One penny (1d.) for each additional 10 packages in consignments of over 1,000 packages:
Provided that the charges for Figs, Raisins, Sultanas, Dates, &c., when packed in small boxes or cartons enclosed within a larger case shall be:—
One half-penny (l½d.) per dozen boxes or cartons or part thereof when they do not exceed 8 oz. each in weight; One penny (1d.) per dozen boxes or cartons or part thereof when they are over 8 oz. but do not exceed 1 lb. each in weight; and Twopence (2d.) per dozen boxes or cartons or part thereof when they are over 1 lb. but do not exceed 8 lb. each in weight.
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e ) Cereals, Pulse, and Other Seeds—Cereals, pulse, vegetable, and similar seeds, in bulk or in wholesale packages, Twopence (2d.) per cental up to 100 centals; Sixpence (6d.) per 20 centals or part thereof, from 100 to 400 centals in each consignment; Twopence (2d.) per 20 centals or part thereof above 400 centals in each consignment.
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f ) Nuts—Cocoanuts, One penny (1d.) per cental or part thereof up to 20 centals; Threepence (3d.) for 20 centals or part thereof above 20 centals in each consignment. Nuts, such as walnuts, filberts, peanuts and Brazil nuts, Twopence (2d.) per cental or part thereof.
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g ) Vegetables, Bulbs, &c.—Vegetables, including onions, potatoes, corms, rhizomes, bulbs, and tubers generally, Twopence (2d.) per cental up to 100 centals; Twopence (2d.) per 10 centals or part thereof above 100 centals in each consignment.
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h )Parts of Plants partially treated, in preparation for foodstuffs, or goods as follows:—Cassia chips, cinnamon, coffee beans (hulled), cocoa beans, chicory, copra, cloves, cotton (raw), flour, bran, pollard, sharps, ginger (dry, limed, or preserved), hops, kola nuts, lentils (split), mace, nutmegs, oil-cake, pepper, pimento, rice, sago, tapioca root (dried), turmeric, tonquin beans, vanilla beans, vegetables (dried): The following charges are to be made when the Chief Quarantine Officer considers inspection necessary:—Twopence (2d.) per cental up to 100 centals; Sixpence (6d.) per 20 centals or part thereof from 100 to 400 centals in each consignment; Twopence (2d.) per 20 centals or part thereof above 400 centals in each consignment.(
i )Plants (including parcels of seeds under 1 lb. in weight) arriving by parcels post or in passengers’ luggage:—Free, unless the Quarantine Officer is of opinion that examination or other action is necessary, in which case a fee of One shilling (1s.) per parcel shall be paid.(
j ) Plants (including parcels of seeds of 1 lb. or more in weight) arriving by parcels post or in passengers’ luggage:—Seeds, bulbs, nuts, or similar plants, One shilling (1s.) per 10 lb. or part thereof; One shilling (1s.) for every additional 10 lb. or part thereof; other plants, One shilling and ninepence (1s. 9d.) per 100 plants or part thereof up to 200, and Sixpence (6d.) per 100 above 200 in one parcel.(
k ) Plants from Norfolk Island: Free.(
l )Hay (including meadow hay), chaff, or straw from New Zealand—Two shillings (2s.) per ton or part thereof.(
m ) Timber—sawn, excepting that imported from Canada, New Zealand, and United States of America, and that commonly known as Baltic—Sixpence (6d.) per 1,000 superficial feet or part thereof; Logs—Sixpence (6d.) per log.
(1) For fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas:—
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a ) Fruit—
Per case of one bushel or under, Twopence (2d.).
Per case of more than one bushel, Threepence (3d.).
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b ) Growing plants, cuttings, stocks, and scions—Per square foot or part thereof of floor space occupied by the packages containing the plants, Fourpence (4d.).
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c ) Seeds and Cereals—Per bag, Sixpence (6d.).
(2) For fumigation with bisulphide of carbon:—
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a ) Nuts, dried fruits, cocoa beans, coffee beans, dates, figs, raisins, sultanas, tapioca, root, &c., packed in bags or cases—For 25 bags or cases or part thereof—Ninepence (9d.) per bag or case;
For each additional bag or case over 25 up to 100—Fourpence (4d.);
For each additional bag or case over 100—Threepence (3d.).
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b ) Cereals, pulse, and other seeds—For 100 bushels or part thereof, or for the first 100 bushels in any consignment—Ninepence (9d.) for every 10 bushels or part thereof;
For additional quantities over 100 bushels but not exceeding 500 bushels—Sixpence (6d.) for every 10 bushels or part thereof;
For additional quantities exceeding 500 bushels—Threepence (3d.) for every 10 bushels or part thereof.
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c ) Cereals, pulse, and other seeds—For 100 bushels or part thereof or for the first 100 bushels in any consignment—Ninepence (9d.) for every 10 bushels or part thereof;For additional quantities over 100 bushels but not exceeding 500 bushels—Sixpence (6d.) for every 10 bushels or part thereof;
For additional quantities exceeding 500 bushels—Threepence (3d.) for every 10 bushels or part thereof.
(3) If the seeds, cereals, nuts,
& c., are required to be fumigated loose, the actual cost of labour incurred in emptying, spreading, &c., will be charged in addition to the above charges.(4) The minimum charge for fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas or with bisulphide of carbon shall be One shilling (1s.).
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 2.
(Plants.)
Permit to Deliver Plants.
To the Officer at 19 .
Please deliver, on payment of, or
on production of the receipt for payment of the undermentioned inspection fees,
the following plants
Description. | Number. | Brands. | Consignee. | Fees. | ||
£ | ||||||
Total £ | ||||||
Date , 19 .
(Signature)……………....................
Quarantine Officer.
Station.................................
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 3
(Plants.)
Permit to Deliver Plants into a Quarantine Station or for Inter-State Transfer.
To the Officer at 19 .
Please allow the following plants (as per schedule below), which arrived per s. from to be removed | |
in quarantine from the vessel, | for delivery to the Quarantine Station for Inter-State transfer |
at per | |
Description. | Number. | Brands. | Consignee. |
Signature—
(Quarantine Officer)
Station.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 4.
(Plants.)
Release from Quarantine and Permit to Remove Plants.
19 .
To M
The plants imported by which arrived per s. from and are particularized in the schedule below, having been treated in quarantine and subsequently found free from disease, are hereby released from quarantine, and may be removed from the quarantine station on production to of receipts of payment of inspection, fumigation, and other quarantine charges.
Treatment, | Description. | Number. | Brand. | @ | £ | ||||
To Treatment of ........ | Fruit.......................... | ||||||||
,, | ,, | ,, ....... | Plants........................ | ||||||
,, | ,, | ,, ....... | Packages and cases..... | ||||||
,, | Assortment of........ | Fruit.......................... | |||||||
,, | Supervision........... | ||||||||
Total...................................... | |||||||||
Quarantine Officer.
Station Receipt No.
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a ) The fruit, vegetables, nuts, cereals, pulse, or other seed shall, as directed by a Quarantine Officer, be removed to a quarantine station or other approved place.(
b )Any such fruit, vegetables, nuts, cereals, pulse, or other seed treated, sorted, or cleaned to the satisfaction of the Quarantine Officer shall, with the exception of bananas, which may be delivered unpacked, be repacked in clean cases, bags, or other packages, which shall be supplied by the importer, who may then be permitted to take delivery under an order issued by the Quarantine Officer.(
c ) Any case, bag, or other package which has contained any diseased fruit, vegetables, nuts, cereals, pulse, or other seed, shall be disinfected as prescribed or to the satisfaction of the Chief Quarantine Officer before delivery, or shall be destroyed.(
d )Any fruit, vegetables, nuts, cereals, pulse, or other seed which have been sorted and are deemed by the quarantine officer to be diseased, may, at the expense of the importer, and if approved by the Minister be re-shipped and exported, or may be destroyed or denaturated as prescribed.Any seed of a proclaimed or prohibited weed pest shall, at the importer’s expense, be destroyed or denaturated as prescribed, at such place as the Chief Quarantine Officer may direct.
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e )The importer shall, unless the Quarantine Officer decides that the work shall be performed by the official staff at the cost of the importer, provide all cartage and labour in connexion with the treatment, sorting, picking over, cleaning, or repacking of any imported fruit, vegetables, nuts, cereals, pulse, or other seed.A sum not exceeding Three shillings (3s.) per hour or portion thereof shall be paid for the supervision of sorting, cleaning, re-packing, or treatment if the work is carried out by the importer under the supervision of a Quarantine Officer.
(2) Unless the Chief Quarantine Officer decides that the work shall be performed by the official staff at the cost of the importer, all cartage and labour in connexion with the treatment of such goods shall be provided by the importer. In addition to any other charges a fee not exceeding the sum of Three shillings (3s.) per hour or portion thereof shall be charged for supervision. Minimum fee, Three shillings (3s.).
165. *(1) Where the Chief Quarantine Officer (Animals) has made a report and recommendation to the Director of Quarantine in respect of fodder (hay or chaff) proposed to be imported, the Director of Quarantine may obtain a report and recommendation from the Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants) with regard to the proposed importation.
(2) The fodder shall be treated in quarantine as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants) in addition to any other treatment that may be prescribed or directed.
(3) When notice has been received by the Chief Quarantine Officer of the proposed importation of grain to be used, or likely to be used, as fodder, he shall at once inform the Chief Quarantine Officer (Animals).
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a ) Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas, as prescribed for the destruction of coccids, aphides, and similar insects, and for the treatment of fruit, trees, and other hardy plants in foliage, greenhouse plants and deciduous trees and plants in a dormant state infested with such insects, and for cases, bags, or similar packages.
* Regulation 129 (Part VI., Quarantine of Animals) with regard to the importation of fodder (hay or chaff) is as follows:—
117. The importation of fodder (hay or chaff) from any country shall be subject to the permission of the Minister and to the following conditions:—
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a ) Prior to shipment—(i) A notice of intention and an application for permission to import fodder from any country, except New Zealand or Great Britain or Ireland, shall be given and made to the Chief Quarantine Officer, who shall report and make a recommendation thereon to the Director of Quarantine.
(ii) A permit to import the fodder in respect of which the notice under paragraph (i) has been given to the Chief Quarantine Officer shall be obtained from the Minister.
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b ) The importer shall give not less than two days’ notice of the arrival of the fodder.(
c )The fodder shall be landed in quarantine at an approved place and shall be treated asprescribed or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.(
b )Fumigation with carbon bisulphide vapour, as prescribed, for the destruction of coleopterous (chiefly curculionidous) and lepidopterous insects, and for the treatment of seeds, unpolished grain, nuts, nutmegs, and seeds and grain of crimson clover, rye, millet, and barley plants; and for cases, bags, and similar packages. This method and that described in paragraph (a ) of this regulation are not approved for the destruction of ova or larvæ, such as those of the codlin moth or fruit fly, imbedded in fruit.(
c )Immersion in a solution of formaldehyde, as prescribed, for potatoes and for packages.(
d )Immersion in or spraying with Bordeaux mixture, as prescribed, for fungus diseases of plants and for packages.(
e ) Immersion in a solution of copper sulphate (bluestone) or a mixture, of carbonate of potassium and sulphate of copper in water, as prescribed for fungus diseases, especially of vines.(
f ) Boiling in water, for not less than two minutes, for cases, packages, and bags.(
g )Spraying with lime and sulphur mixture as prescribed for deciduous trees and plants in a dormant state.
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a ) Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas shall be carried out in a chamber or receptacle specially adapted for fumigation purposes, and shall be maintained for one hour. The procedure shall be as specified hereunder, and the generating mixture shall be in the case of—(i)
Fruit Trees, and Hardy Plants in Foliage:— One (1) oz. (Avoir.) of fused potassium cyanide (98 per cent.)
One (1) fluid oz. of sulphuric acid (1.83 sp. gr.). Three (3) fluid oz. of water.
(ii)
Greenhouse Plants:— One-quarter (¼) oz. (Troy) of fused potassium cyanide (98 per cent.).
One (1) fluid oz. of sulphuric acid (1.8 sp. gr.).
Two and one-half (2½) fluid oz. of water.
Greenhouse plants shall be fumigated after sunset at a temperature as near 50 deg. F. as practicable, and in a dry atmosphere,
(iii)
Deciduous Trees and Plants in a Dormant State: One (1) oz. (Troy) of fused potassium cyanide (98 per cent.).
Two (2) fluid oz. of sulphuric acid (1.8 sp. gr.).
Three (3) fluid oz. of water.
The quantities above specified shall be used for each 100 cubic feet of space contained in the fumigating chamber or receptacle. In each instance the water and sulphuric acid shall be successively placed in a glazed earthenware or enamelled vessel, and the potassium cyanide shall be placed in the carrier constructed for the purpose; the chamber or receptacle shall then be tightly closed and the potassium cyanide shall be added by turning the handle of the carrier as required on the outside of the chamber or receptacle. All plants to be fumigated shall be so placed as to be freely exposed to the vapour, and fumigation shall be maintained for not less than one (1) hour. After the expiration of one hour, the doors and vents of the chamber or receptacle shall be opened for a sufficient time to allow all gas to escape before removal of the goods.
No officer or other person shall enter any fumigation chamber until all sensible traces of hydrocyanic acid gas have disappeared.
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b )The lime and sulphur mixture for spraying deciduous trees and plants in a dormant state for fungus diseases and scale and mite pests shall be prepared as described hereunder, and the spraying shall be carried out as follows:—Take 3 lb. of lime, which shall have been slaked at least three weeks before using; 6 lb. of ground sulphur free from lumps, and 50 gallons of water.
Provide one wooden cask with a capacity of 55 gallons; one can with a capacity of 5 gallons, and two cans each with a capacity of 1½ gallons. The wooden cask shall be marked on the inside with an incised or seared (burnt) mark to indicate the measure of 50 gallons. The 5-gallon can shall be marked on the inside with an incised or painted mark to indicate the measure of 2½ gallons; and the 1½-gallon cans shall each be marked on the inside with an incised or painted mark to indicate the measure of 1¼ gallons.
The 6 lb. of sulphur shall be mixed into a paste in one of the 1½ gallon cans with 1¼ gallons of boiling water, and the 3 lb. of the slaked lime shall be mixed in the other 1½-gallon can with 1¼ gallons of hot water. The lime solution and the sulphur solution shall then be poured together into the 5-gallon can. The mixture shall then be boiled from 1 to 1½ hours, kept well stirred, and cold water added from time to time to prevent loss in boiling over. The mixture shall then be poured into the cask, and sufficient water shall be added to make up 50 gallons. The resultant mixture shall be carefully strained before use.
(2) For the generation of vapour, carbon bisulphide of a specific gravity of 1.29 at 32 degrees F. shall be used, and the bisulphide of carbon vapour shall be of a strength, in the case of—
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a ) Seeds, grain (crimson clover, rye, millet, and barley excepted), nuts, and nutmegs—one and one-half (1½) pounds of carbon bisulphide to each thousand (1,000) cubic feet of space to be fumigated.(
b )Seeds and grain of crimson clover, rye, millet, and barley one pound of carbon bisulphide to each thousand (1,000) cubic feet of space to be fumigated.
(3) All seeds, grain, nuts, and nutmegs to be fumigated shall, if practicable, be spread out in thin layers so as to be freely exposed to the vapour, and shall be so placed as to be below the sieves or trays specified below, and the fumigation shall be maintained for not less than thirty-six (36) hours. If seeds, grain, nuts, or nutmegs cannot be spread out, vapour of twice the specified strength shall be used, the packages shall be stacked and fixed so as to leave space of not less than 3 inches between the packages on all sides, and fumigation shall be maintained for not less than forty-eight (48) hours.
(4) The bisulphide of carbon shall be evaporated by being poured on a layer of cotton waste placed on a sieve or pervious tray. The layer of cotton shall be not less than 1 inch in thickness and shall be spread evenly over the sieve or tray.
(5) One such sieve or tray, containing at least one-half of a pound of cotton waste, shall be provided for each half (½) pound of carbon bisulphide required, and the bisulphide shall be poured evenly over the cotton waste.
The sieve or tray shall be supported or suspended in the upper part of the fumigating chamber. If more than one sieve or tray is used, they shall be so placed as to secure most effectively an even distribution of the fumes and their intimate contact with any seeds, nuts, or nutmegs to be fumigated.
(6) No officer or other person shall smoke or expose any light in or within 20 feet of any fumigating chamber in which carbon bisulphide is being used or while any sensible trace of the carbon bisulphide remains in such chamber.
Three wooden casks, one having a capacity of at least 40 gallons, and the other two having a capacity of 25 gallons each, are required.
Each of the two smaller casks shall be marked on the inside with an incised or seared (burnt) mark to indicate the measure of 20 gallons. These casks shall be raised on a platform, and shall be fitted with wooden taps, so placed as to run their contents into the third cask placed below.
Six (6) lb. of sulphate of copper (bluestone) shall be suspended in a bag or cloth from a stick placed across the top of one of the smaller casks. Pour four (4) gallons of hot water into the cask. The water must completely cover the bluestone in the bag or cloth. When the bluestone has entirely dissolved, 16 gallons of cold water shall be added.
Four (4) lb. of fresh quicklime in hard lumps shall next be slaked slowly in the other cask by adding water, pint by pint, as it is absorbed, until a thick paste of lime free from lumps is formed. Sufficient water shall then be added to make up 20 gallons and the whole shall be thoroughly stirred. This forms “milk of lime.”
When the bluestone solution and the milk of lime are quite cool, they shall be poured together at the same rate (evenly) into the third cask.
These directions must be carefully followed to produce an effective mixture.
(2) The following test for determining whether Bordeaux mixture is properly prepared is approved and prescribed:—
Dissolve 4 oz. of ferrocyanide of potassium in one pint of water, place this in a glass vessel, and add a few drops of the mixture to be tested. Should any brownish discoloration occur, more milk of lime must be added to the Bordeaux mixture, till, on testing, no discoloration is apparent.
Any tree or plant in quarantine affected with any fungus disease shall be immersed or sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, or lime or sulphur mixture, as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
(2) The hydrocarbonate of copper
mixture shall be prepared by dissolving (
(3) Imported vines shall, if so directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer, be dipped in the copper sulphate solution or in the mixture prescribed.
(4) Weakly plants, or those showing new shoots, shall, one hour after being dipped, be washed in clean water.
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