12Animals and eggs that enter a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015

12 Animals and eggs that enter a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015

Application of new charges (1) Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), the charge prescribed by new item 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 (whichever is applicable) applies in relation to an animal, or a consignment of bees, live birds or birds’ eggs for hatching, if the animal or consignment enters a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015. Ruminants and camelid animals (2) If a booking fee referred to in previous item 38B was paid before 1 December 2015 for a ruminant, or a camelid animal, expected to be in a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015, the amount paid is taken to have been paid in relation to the quarantine matter referred to in new item 4. Equine animals and other animals weighing more than 25 kilograms (3) If the fee referred to in previous item 36A, 37 or 38 (whichever is applicable) was paid before 1 December 2015 for each day an equine animal, or an animal weighing more than 25 kilograms (other than an animal referred to in another subsection of this section), was expected to be in a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015, the charge prescribed by new item 4 does not apply in relation to the animal. Cats, dogs and other small animals (other than live birds) (4) If the fee referred to in previous item 36B, 36C, 36D, 36E, 36F, 36G, 36H or 37 (whichever is applicable) was paid before 1 December 2015 for each day a cat, dog, rabbit, guinea pig or other animal weighing 25 kilograms or less (other than an animal referred to in another subsection of this section) was expected to be in a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015, the charge prescribed by new item 5 does not apply in relation to the animal. Consignments of bees (5) If the fee referred to in previous item 36J or 36K (whichever is applicable) was paid before 1 December 2015 for each month a consignment of bees was expected to be in a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015, the charge prescribed by new item 6 does not apply in relation to the consignment. Consignments of live birds (6) If either, or both, of the following was paid before 1 December 2015 for a bird in a consignment of live birds expected to be in a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015: (a) a booking fee referred to in previous item 38C; (b) a deposit referred to in previous item 38E; the total of the amounts paid is taken to have been paid in relation to the quarantine matter referred to in new item 7. Consignments of birds’ eggs for hatching (7) If either, or both, of the following was paid before 1 December 2015 for a chick that hatches from an egg in a consignment of birds’ eggs for hatching expected to be in a quarantine station on or after 1 December 2015: (a) a booking fee referred to in previous item 38D; (b) a deposit referred to in previous item 38F; the total of the amounts paid is taken to have been paid in relation to the quarantine matter referred to in new item 9.