Quarantine (General) Regulations (Amendment)

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Statutory Rules 1972 No. 190(c)

Regulation 14a of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Prescribed diseases and periods under section 35 (1a.) of the Act.

“14a.—(1.) Small-pox and cholera are each a prescribed disease for the purpose of sub-regulation (1a.) of section 35 of the Act.

“(2.) For the purpose of sub-section (1a.) of section 35 of the Act, the prescribed period, in relation to a person who is or has been on board an oversea vessel, is—

(a) in the case of small-pox—a period commencing three years and ending eight days—

(i) in the case of a person who arrived in Australia on board the vessel on its current voyage—before the day on which the person so arrived in Australia; and

(ii) in any other case—before the last day on which the person was on the vessel; and

(b) in the case of cholera—a period commencing six months and ending six days—

(i) in the case of a person who arrived in Australia on board the vessel on its current voyage—before the day on which the person so arrived in Australia; and

(ii) in any other case—before the last day on which the person was on the vessel.”.

 

(c) Made under the Quarantine Act 1908-1969 on 17 November 1972; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 17 November 1972.

 

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