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Quarantine Act 1908
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#### 64B Traveller definitions
Travellers
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a traveller if:
(a) the person has entered Australia while undertaking a voyage from another country; and
(b) none of the following applies:
(i) subject to subsection (2), the person has been immigration cleared (within the meaning of subsection 172(1) of the Migration Act 1958);
(ii) the person has been detained under section 189 of that Act;
(iii) the person has left Australia;
(iv) the person is prescribed by the regulations.
> Note: The regulations may prescribe the person by reference to a class of persons (see subsection 13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003).
(2) Subparagraph (1)(b)(i) does not apply in relation to a person who has been immigration cleared (within the meaning of subsection 172(1) of the Migration Act 1958) if:
(a) before the person was immigration cleared, the person was notified that he or she would be required to submit to the provision of a prescribed health measure as soon as practicable after being immigration cleared; and
(b) the person submits to the provision of the prescribed health measure as soon as practicable after being immigration cleared; and
(c) the provision of the prescribed health measure is not yet complete.
Temporary residence and permanent residence
(3) For the purposes of the International Health Regulations and this Act, a traveller is seeking temporary residence or permanent residence in Australia unless:
(a) the traveller is an Australian citizen under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007; or
(b) the traveller is in Australia for transit purposes only; or
(c) the traveller is prescribed by the regulations.
> Note: The regulations may prescribe the traveller by reference to a class of travellers (see subsection 13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003).
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), a traveller is in Australia for transit purposes only if the traveller:
(a) is not required to comply with section 166 of the Migration Act 1958 (immigration clearance); and
(b) holds:
(i) a confirmed onward booking to leave Australia to travel to another country within 8 hours of arrival; and
(ii) documentation necessary to enter the country of his or her destination; and
(c) is not prescribed by the regulations.
> Note: The regulations may prescribe the traveller by reference to a class of travellers (see subsection 13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003).