Quarantine Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1921. No. 106.

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REGULATION UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1920.

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 1908-1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventeenth day of May, 1921.

FORSTER,

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) are hereby amended—

(a) By repealing regulation 119 and inserting in its stead the following regulation:—

119. (1) The importation of wool, except wool samples, shall be subject to the following conditions:—

(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 wool;

(ii) obtain from the Minister, on the recommendation of the Chief Quarantine Officer, a permit to import such wool.

(b) Any such wool on being landed shall be forthwith removed to a quarantine station or other place approved by the Chief Quarantine Officer for treatment or disinfection as prescribed, or shall be dealt with as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.

All bundles of wool while undergoing treatment shall be fully opened up.

(2) This regulation shall not apply to wool from New Zealand or Norfolk Island accompanied by an official certificate to the effect that the wool is the product of New Zealand or Norfolk Island, as the case may be.

(b) By inserting therein after regulation 68 the following regulation:—

68a. (1) The importation of animal hair or bristles, except clean hair or bristles scoured for manufacturing purposes shall be subject to the following conditions:—

(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 the following 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);

(ii) 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;

(iii) allowed to dry.

(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.

(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.

      

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