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Quarantine Regulations 2000.

Country/Territory
Australia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Quarantine Inspection Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Animal health Plant protection
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

These Regulations to make provision for a quarantine system in Australia. The quarantine system is designed to prevent the introduction into Australia, the establishment in Australia, or the spread within Australia, of human, animal or plant pests and diseases. Subsection 87 (1) of the Quarantine Act 1908 states the matters for which these regulations are made. Part 2 contains provisions relating to vessels and installations, and sets out the requirements imposed on masters of certain vessels and installations. Part 3 contains provisions relating to persons travelling to Australia or the Cocos Islands. Part 4 is about performance of quarantine. Matters dealt with in Part 4 include: when and how orders into quarantine are to be given, specific requirements relating to applications for approvals of places under section 46A of the Quarantine Act, the period for which a person must perform quarantine; matters relating to persons under quarantine surveillance. Part 5 is about importation of goods. It sets out how notices under subsection 16AC (1) or (2) of the Quarantine Act and certain other notices may be given. Part 6 contains provisions relating to infringement notices. An infringement notice may be served on a person who is believed to have contravened certain provisions of the Quarantine Act or these Regulations. An infringement notice may be served as an alternative to prosecuting the person. Part 7 contains the miscellaneous provisions. Matters dealt within Part 7 include: permit applications under the Proclamation; compliance agreements mentioned in section 66B of the Quarantine Act; seizure, and notices of seizure, of animals, plants or other goods under section 68 or 69 of the Act; generally how notices and information may be given; how certain rights and obligations under the Quarantine (General) Regulations 1956 are affected by the repeal of those Regulations.

Full text
English
Website
www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Quarantine Act 1908.

Legislation | Australia | 1908 (2016)

Keyword: EIA, Quarantine, Inspection, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Animal health, Plant protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Quarantine (Animals) Regulations.

Legislation | Australia | 1935 (1995)

Keyword: Animal health, Quarantine, International trade, Animal by-products, Transport/storage, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Quarantine (Plants) Regulations.

Legislation | Australia | 1935 (1991)

Keyword: Quarantine, Pests/diseases, International trade, Plant protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Quarantine (General) Regulations.

Legislation | Australia | 1956 (1999)

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Fish products, Food quality control/food safety, Quarantine, Inspection, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Animal health, Plant protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX