Quarantine Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1922. No. 120.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1920.

I, THE DEPUTY OF 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, 1908-1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this thirty-first day of August, 1922.

W. H. IRVINE,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. MASSY GREENE,

Minister for Health.

 

Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 1917.

The Quarantine Regulations 1917 (Statutory Rules No. 112, of 1917, and No. 73, of 1922) are hereby amended by omitting regulation 118 (paragraph 4 of Statutory Rules No. 73, of 1922) and inserting in its stead the following, regulation:—

“118. The importation of hides and skins shall be subject to the following conditions :—

A. From any country except New Zealand and Norfolk Island—

(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 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 per chloride of mercury in 1,000 parts of water, or in a solution of 50 parts of carbolic acid in 1,000 parts of water.

(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.

 

(2) The master of the vessel in which any hide or skin is imported 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 for treatment, 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.

(4) The tanner to whom any imported hide or skin is delivered shall in respect of such hide or skin enter into a bond of £100 to the effect that the hide or skin specified therein shall not leave the tannery or other approved place until it has been treated, tanned, or otherwise dealt with as prescribed, or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.

(5) 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 or if the disinfection prescribed in paragraph 1 (a) (ii) of this regulation be not performed before shipment, then disinfection shall be performed with an approved disinfectant under the supervision of a quarantine officer on arrival of the hide or skin in Australia.

B. From New Zealand—

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 indorsed as correct by a Government veterinary surgeon.”

 

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