{"id":"F2006B00120","name":"Quarantine (Declared Places - Yellow Fever) Declaration 2004","slug":"quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2004","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40539,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00120-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Quarantine (Declared Places - Yellow Fever) Declaration 2004","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nQuarantine (Declared Places — Yellow Fever) Declaration 2004\n\nQuarantine Act 1908\n\nI, TONY ABBOTT, Minister for Health and Ageing, acting under section 12 of the Quarantine Act 1908, declare that a place mentioned in Schedule 1 is infected with yellow fever.\n\nThis Declaration commences on the commencement of item 14 of Schedule 1 to the Quarantine Amendment (Health) Act 2003.\n\nDated 16 March 2004\n\nTONY ABBOTT\n\nMinister for Health and Ageing\n\nSchedule 1 Declared places\n\n \n\nAngola\n\nBenin\n\nBolivia\n\nBrazil\n\nBurkina Faso\n\nCameroon\n\nColombia\n\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo\n\nEcuador\n\nFrench Guiana\n\nGabon\n\nGambia\n\nGhana\n\nGuinea\n\nIvory Coast\n\nLiberia\n\nNigeria\n\nPeru\n\nSierra Leone\n\nSudan\n\nVenezuela\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2226},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration remains strictly limited to its original purpose of identifying yellow fever endemic countries; it has not expanded to cover other diseases or additional regulatory requirements beyond the initial declaration."},"complexity_factors":["Single purpose instrument with only one operative provision","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple schedule format listing only country names","No conditional logic, exceptions, or internal cross-references"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\n\nThis declaration lists 21 countries (mostly in Africa and South America) that Australia officially recognises as having yellow fever. Under the *Quarantine Act 1908*, when a country is declared an \"infected place,\" travellers entering Australia from there must show proof of yellow fever vaccination (an international certificate) or risk being quarantined by health authorities.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\n- **Travellers** arriving from the listed countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Nigeria, and Venezuela\n- **Airlines and shipping companies** transporting passengers from these destinations  \n- **Australian biosecurity officers** who check vaccination certificates at the border\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nYellow fever is a potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease. This declaration triggers mandatory vaccination checks at the border. If you cannot prove you have been vaccinated, you may be isolated (quarantined) for up to six days or until medical authorities confirm you do not pose a risk of importing the disease into Australia."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2004","history":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/quarantine-declared-places-yellow-fever-declaration-2004/documents"}}