Quarantine Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1931. No. 130.

 

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 October, 1931.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. McNEILL

Minister for Health.

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Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 1927.

The Quarantine Regulations 1927 (Statutory Rules 1927, No. 8) as amended by Statutory Rules 1929, No. 82, and by Statutory Rules 1930, No. 43, are amended—

1. By omitting regulations 130 and 131 and substituting therefor the following Regulations:—

Hides and Skins.

130. The importation of hides and skins, except fish skins, reptile skins, or furred skins, shall be subject to the following conditions:—

A. From any country except New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia, and New Hebrides—

(1) (a) 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—

(i) that to the best of his knowledge and belief such hide or skin was derived from an animal killed by slaughter and was not derived from any animal which had suffered from or died from anthrax, or foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest, or any similar disease; or

(ii) that the hide or skin has been effectively disinfected by immersion for 24 hours in a solution of one part of perchloride of mercury in 1,000 parts of water, or in a solution of 50 parts of carbolic acid in 1,000 parts of water.

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(b) The consignment shall be accompanied by a certificate from a Government Veterinary Officer of the country of origin to the effect that, to the best of his knowledge, the declaration is true and correct.

(c) 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

Provided that if the owner or consigner is unable to forward the declaration made in the country of origin, disinfection of the hide or skin as prescribed in paragraph (1) (a) (ii) of this Regulation may be carried out in any country, and that a declaration to that effect by the owner or consignor accompanied by a certificate from a Government Veterinary Officer that to the best of his knowledge the declaration is true and correct, may be forwarded.

(2) The master of the vessel in which any hide, or skin is imported or in which there is any hide or skin derived from a ship’s animal or belonging to any member of the crew shall hold the same until he receives a landing permit from a quarantine officer.

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

Any hide or skin removed on arrival in Australia to an extra-metropolitan tannery shall be packed in casks.

Provided that if the hides or skins are accompanied by declarations as specified in both sub-paragraphs A (1) (a) (i) and A (1) (a) (ii) of this Regulation and otherwise comply with the provisions of sub-paragraph A (1) of this Regulation the Chief Quarantine Officer may permit their removal to an extra-metropolitan tannery if they are enclosed in a covering approved by him.

(4) If the declaration and certificate referred to in paragraph (1) (a) and (1) (b) respectively of this Regulation be not forthcoming on arrival of the hide or skin in Australia, then disinfection of the hide or skin shall be performed with an approved disinfectant under the supervision of a quarantine officer.

B. From New Zealand, Fiji, Norfolk Island, Samoa, New Caledonia, and New Hebrides—

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 endorsed as correct by a Government Veterinary Surgeon or a Government Medical Officer.

Provided that hides or skins forming sporting trophies may be imported by permission of the Minister, subject to any conditions he may think fit to impose.

 

131.—(1.) Furred skins shall on arrival be removed to an approved tannery or other approved place and shall be treated or dealt with as required by the Chief Quarantine Officer, the expenses of any treatment to be borne by the importer.

(2.) Subject to the consent of the Chief Quarantine Officer the owner or custodian of any furred skin introduced into an approved tannery under this Regulation may, on entering into bond of £100 with such sureties as may be required by the Chief Quarantine Officer, for their safe transit, transfer any imported furred skin from one approved tannery to another approved tannery.

(3.) Fish skins or reptile skins may be imported subject to the issue of a permit signed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.

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