STATUTORY RULES.
1929. No.82.
REGULATION UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-1924
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 1908-1924, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of July, 1929.
D. R. S. de CHAIR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
NEVILLE HOWSE
Minister for Health.
Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 1927.
The Quarantine Regulations 1927 (Statutory Rules 1927, No. 8) are amended—
1. By omitting regulation 102 and substituting therefore the following regulation:—
Expenses and Charges for Quarantine of Animals.
102. (1) The owner or consignee of any animal shall, if required by the Chief Quarantine Officer, lodge with the latter at the commencement of the quarantine period such sums of money as may be necessary to defray all upkeep and sustenance charges that may be incurred with respect to the animal.
(2) The amount to be lodged for each animal placed in quarantine shall be calculated on the basis of the daily rate of the combined upkeep and sustenance charge multiplied by the number of days in the prescribed period of quarantine, subject to special dispensation by the Minister in the event of the aggregate amount exceeding £100.
2. By omitting regulations 130 and 131 and substituting therefore the following regulations:—
Hides and Skins.
130. The importation of hides and skins, except fish skins, reptile skins, or furred skins, shall be subject to the following conditions:—
A. From any country except New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia, and New Hebrides—
(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 perchloride of mercury in: l,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.
Provided that if the owner or consignor is unable to forward the declaration made in the country of origin, disinfection of the hide or skin as prescribed in paragraph (1) (a) (ii) of this regulation may be carried out in any country, and that a declaration to that effect by the owner or consignor accompanied by a certificate from a Government Veterinary Officer that to the best of his knowledge the declaration is true and correct, may be forwarded.
(2) The master of the vessel in which any hide or skin is imported or in which there is any hide or skin derived from a ship’s animal or belonging to any member of the crew 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, 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) 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, then disinfection of the hide or skin shall be performed with in approved disinfectant under the supervision of a quarantine officer.
B. From New-Zealand, Fiji, Norfolk Island, Samoa, New Caledonia, and New Hebrides—
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 endorsed as correct by a Government Veterinary Surgeon or a Government Medical Officer.
Provided that hides or skins forming sporting trophies may be imported by permission of the Minister, subject to any conditions he may think fit to impose.
131. (1) Furred skins shall on arrival be removed to an approved tannery or other approved place and shall be treated or dealt with as required by the Chief Quarantine Officer, the expenses of any treatment to be borne by the importer.
(2) Fish skins or reptile skins may be imported subject to the issue of a permit signed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
131a. The owner or occupier of any approved tannery or approved place to which, imported hides or skins may be sent for treatment shall first enter into a bond of £100 to the effect that no imported hide or skin, shall leave the tannery or place, as the case may be, until it has been tanned, treated or otherwise dealt with as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer. The bond may at any time be cancelled by, or under the direction of the Director of Quarantine.
131b. The expression “approved tannery” or “approved place” as used in regulations 130, 131 and 131a means a tannery or place which has been approved by the Chief Quarantine Officer for the purpose of tanning, or treating imported hide or skins; and includes any warehouse licensed under the Customs Act.
By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.