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Quarantine Act 1908
17Vessels or installation subject to quarantine
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#### 17 Vessels or installation subject to quarantine
(1) The following vessels shall be subject to quarantine:
(a) every overseas vessel until pratique has been granted or until it has been released from quarantine;
(b) every vessel (whether an Australian vessel, a Cocos Islands vessel, a Christmas Island vessel or an overseas vessel) on board which any quarantinable disease or quarantinable pest, or disease or pest that there is reason to believe or suspect to be a quarantinable disease or a quarantinable pest, has broken out or been discovered (notwithstanding that pratique has been granted or that it has been released from quarantine);
(c) every vessel which is ordered into quarantine by a quarantine officer.
(2) The following installations shall be subject to quarantine:
(a) any overseas installation;
(b) any Australian installation and any installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed, being an installation on board which any quarantinable disease or quarantinable pest, or disease or pest that there is reason to believe or suspect to be a quarantinable disease or a quarantinable pest, has broken out or been discovered;
(c) any installation which is ordered into quarantine by a quarantine officer.