QUARANTINE SERVICE FEES AMENDMENT DETERMINATIONS 2003 (No. 1)
I, WARREN ERROL TRUSS, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make these Determinations under section 86E of the Quarantine Act 1908.
Dated 20 December 2003
WARREN TRUSS
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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1 Name of Determinations.......................................
2 Amendment of Quarantine Service Fees Determinations 2001
Schedule 1 Amendments
1 Name of Determinations
These Determinations are the Quarantine Service Fees Amendment Determinations 2003 (No.1).
Note: These Determinations take effect on the day on which notice of the Determinations is published in the Gazette – see Act, subsection 86E(3).
2 Amendment of Quarantine Service Fees Determinations 2001
Schedule 1 amends the Quarantine Service Fees Determinations 2001.
Schedule 1 Amendments
[1] Clause 2, definition of line equivalent
omit
[2] Schedule, items 28 and 29
substitute
28 | Care and maintenance of a plant or plants in quarantine at a quarantine station referred to in paragraph 15(a) or (b) of the Quarantine Proclamation 1998:
(a) being a plant or plants grown from imported seed the import permit in relation to which required the plant or plants to be grown in quarantine to maturity
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$1.23 per day for each square metre (or part) of space occupied by the plant or plants at the quarantine station
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| (b) being a plant or plants the import permit in relation to which specified that quarantine be performed for more than three months
| $1.23 per day for each square metre (or part) of space occupied by the plant or plants at the quarantine station
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| (c) being any other plant or plants | $2.57 per day for each square metre (or part) of space occupied by the plant or plants at the quarantine station
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29 | For the following services provided by AQIS in respect of a plant or plants in quarantine:
(a) microscopic examination |
$60 per examination
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| (b) testing by electron microscopy | $100 per test
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| (c) fungal identification | $100 per test
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| (d) bacterial identification | $150 per test
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| (e) nematode identification | $125 per test
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| (f) serological testing | 11 or more tests - $60 per test 6 to 10 tests - $75 per test 2 to 5 tests - $90 per test 1 test - $100
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| (g) molecular testing | $145 per test
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| (h) double stranded RNA testing | $745 for each group of 10 or fewer tests
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| (i) any other biochemical testing | $150 per test
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| (j) testing by using herbaceous indicator plants | $70 per test
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| (k) testing by using woody indicator plants | $150 per test
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| (l) disease elimination by shoot tip culture
| $1250 per test
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| (m) disease elimination by heat therapy | $2500 per test
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29A | Services referred to in item 29 that AQIS has arranged be provided at a facility not managed by AQIS | the amount charged per test by the facility
plus a handling fee of $10
plus the cost of freight |