EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 No. 283
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
QUARANTINE ACT 1908
QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Paragraphs 87(1)(m) and (n) of the Quarantine Act 1908 provide, amongst other things, that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act -
• providing for the examination by quarantine officers of animals for export from Australia, and
• providing for the granting of certificates by quarantine officers in relation to any animals examined by them.
The Quarantine (Animals) Regulations (Amendment), with effect on 1 October 1986, amended the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations in the following respects:
• first, to reflect that the amounts of fees for the examination of animals for export are no longer prescribed in Schedules to the Regulations, but rather in determinations by the Minister for Primary Industry by notice published in the Gazette under section 86E of the Act,
• second, to remove the status of exempt exporter so that a Commonwealth, State or Territory authority or a university or other teaching or research institution will no longer be able to apply for exemption from a fee for a service provided by a quarantine officer in relation to the export of an animal that is neither a commercial activity nor in furtherance of a commercial activity of the authority or institution,
• third, to change the basis for the charging for export examination of animals from a consignment to a shipment of animals and therefore the basis on which certificates relating to the animals are granted, and
• fourth, to allow a recognised exporter to pay the fee due for the examination of an animal proposed for export at the end of 28, rather than 21, days after the last day of the month in which the service was provided.