Quarantine Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1931. No. 31.

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 eighteenth day of March, 1931.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. McNEILL,

Minister for Health.

 

Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 1927.

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

1. By inserting after the word “animals” in the third line of paragraph 4 of Regulation 104 the words “other than oats”.

2. By inserting after Regulation 133 the following Regulation:—

“133a. Animal casings shall be accompanied by a certificate bearing the signature of a Government veterinary official of the country of origin certifying that the animal casings were derived from animals free from all infectious or contagious diseases; that the animals from which the animal casings were obtained were subjected to ante- and post-mortem veterinary inspection at the time of slaughter, and that the animal casings were not exposed to infection prior to importation:

Provided that any animal casings which are unaccompanied by such a certificate, shall be destroyed or subjected to disinfection by—

(a) submerging each 100 lb. of casings or part thereof in a solution containing 4 lb. pure hydrosulphite of soda containing at least 84 per cent. of sodium hydrosulphite in 30 gallons of water for fifteen hours, then washing in running water for three hours; or

(b) submerging not more than 175 lb. of casings for one hour in a solution made by dissolving 90 lb. of common salt in 100 gallons of water and adding 2¾ gallons of hydrochloric acid (containing not less than 35 per cent. of actual hydrochloric acid), the finished solution to contain not less than 1 per cent. of actual hydrochloride acid; then submerging for thirty minutes in a solution containing 8½ lb. sodium bicarbonate in 100 gallons of water.”

 

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

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