STATUTORY RULES.
1959. No. 87.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1950.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Quarantine Act 1908-1950.
Dated this 20th day of October, 1959.
W. J. Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Health.
Amendments of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations.†
Horses, asses and mules from Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.
1. Regulation 11 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “owner” in paragraph (a) the words “, or by a person who is the authorized agent of the owner and is responsible for the shipment,”.
2. After regulation 21 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—
Swine from Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.
“22. Swine from Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland shall not be landed unless the following documents have been delivered to the Chief Quarantine Officer in respect of each animal:—
(a) a declaration by the owner stating—
(i) that the animal was born in Northern Ireland or in the Republic of Ireland and has never been in any other country;
(ii) that the animal has always been free from disease and has never been in contact with an animal suffering from disease; and
(iii) that the animal has been subjected to a blood test for Brucellosis suis during the period of fourteen days next preceding the date of shipment;
(b) a certificate by an approved veterinary surgeon certifying that a blood sample collected by him from the animal during the period of fourteen days next preceding the date of shipment and submitted to the agglutination test for Brucellosis suis at a laboratory proved negative;
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 29th October, 1959.
† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 71, as amended by Statutory Rules 1936, No. 37; 1937, No. 69; 1938, No. 95; 1939, No. 139; 1941, No. 83; 1942, No. 61; 1944, No. 184; 1946, No. 117; 1950, No. 95; 1953, No. 15; 1955, No. 10; and 1956, Nos. 36, 65 and 111; 1958, Nos. 35 and 36; and 1959, No. .
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(c) a certificate by a responsible Government veterinary surgeon certifying that, after due inquiry, he is satisfied—
(i) as to the truth of the declaration referred to in paragraph (a) of this regulation;
(ii) that there has not been a case of foot and mouth disease in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland during the period of three months next preceding the date of shipment; and
(iii) that there has not been a case of swine fever in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland during the six months next preceding the date of shipment;
(d) in the case of an animal shipped on a vessel calling at a port in England, a certificate by an approved veterinary surgeon certifying that, during the stay of the vessel at that port, the animal has been kept isolated under the supervision of an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in England;
(e) in the case of an animal shipped to England for shipment to Australia, a certificate by a responsible Government veterinary surgeon in England certifying—
(i) that the animal was, on arrival in England, taken direct to a quarantine station under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in England;
(ii) that the animal remained in the quarantine station for a period of fourteen days and, if not shipped at the end of that period, that it remained in the quarantine station until shipped; and
(iii) that, after due inquiry, he is satisfied that any fodder and bedding (being bedding derived from a cereal) which have been obtained in Great Britain have been obtained from districts which have been free from foot and mouth disease during the whole of the period of three months next preceding the date of shipment and that the fodder and bedding have not been exposed to contamination during that period; and
(f) a certificate by an approved veterinary surgeon at the port of shipment in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, as the case may be, and, if the animal was then taken to England for shipment, a certificate by an approved veterinary surgeon at the port of shipment in England, as to the health of the animal.”.
Dogs and cats from Great Britain, the Channel Islands, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland or New Zealand.
3. Regulation 24 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words “Great Britain,” (wherever occurring) the words “the Channel Islands,”.
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.