PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Quarantine Act 1908 should come into immediate operation and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this fifth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and nine.
DUDLEY,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
R. W. BEST.
PART I.—PRELIMINARY.
Citation.
These Regulations may be cited as the Quarantine Regulations 1909.
Parts.
These Regulations are divided into Parts as follows:—
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—General Provisions.
Part III.—Relating to Quarantine of Vessels, Persons, and Goods generally.
Part IV.—Relating to Quarantine of Animals.
Part V.—Relating to Quarantine of Plants.
Part VI.—Miscellaneous.
PART II.—GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Quarantine Signal—Section 23.
The Quarantine Signal* shall be—
(1) From sunrise to sunset:—
(a) For oversea vessels which have not been boarded by a quarantine officer, the flag known as flag Q, being a yellow flag of six breadths of bunting hoisted at the mainmast-head;
(b) For vessels having or suspected of having a quarantinable disease on board or actually performing quarantine, the flag known as the Commercial flag L, being a large flag of yellow and black, borne quarterly, hoisted at the mainmast-head;
(2) From sunset to sunrise, three red lights not less than eight inches in diameter and of such a character as to be visible on a clear night all round the horizon for a distance of two miles, and placed as nearly as practicable amidships, at distances of six feet apart, in the form of a triangle with the apex above.
PART III.—RELATING TO QUARANTINE OF VESSELS, PERSONS, AND GOODS GENERALLY.
Hours of Clearance of Vessels subject to Quarantine.
The hours of clearance for vessels subject to Quarantine shall be from sunrise to sunset provided that a quarantine officer may, at any hour between six a.m. and ten p.m., if so directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer, inspect and clear any vessel carrying a Medical Officer who is a legally qualified medical practitioner.
* The following are the sections of the Act relating to the Quarantine Signal:—
21. The master of every vessel subject to quarantine shall—
(a) hoist the quarantine signal at the mainmast-head of his vessel before she comes within one league of any port, and
(b) keep the quarantine signal hoisted at the mainmast-head of his vessel while entering or being in any port or quarantine station.
Penalty: One hundred pounds.
22. When the master of any vessel becomes aware that—
(a) any eruptive disease; or
(b) any disease attended with fever and glandular swellings; or
(c) any disease which he believes or suspects, or has reason to believe or suspect, to be a quarantinable disease—
has broken out on board his vessel, he shall forthwith (unless the vessel is actually performing quarantine under the supervision of a quarantine officer)—
(a) notify a quarantine officer of the breaking out of the disease, and
(b) hoist the quarantine signal at the mainmast-head of his vessel; and keep it so hoisted until he is authorized by a quarantine officer to take it down or until the vessel is released from quarantine.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.
23. The quarantine signal shall be as prescribed.
Health Report—Section 27.
5. The Health Report shall be in accordance with the following form:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
The Quarantine Act 1908.
Health report and answers to questions as to the present and previous state of the health of all persons on board, and as to the history and sanitary circumstances of the undermentioned vessel during the current voyage, by
Master* of the said vessel, and by Medical Officer of
Question No. 1.—Did any epidemic or contagious disease exist at the port of departure, or at any port at which the vessel touched during the voyage?
Answer.—
Question No. 2.—Was there, during the voyage (at any port or while at sea), any communication, other than oral or by signal, between this vessel and any other vessel on which there was any epidemic or contagious disease?
If so, state particulars.
Answer.—
* Master in relation to a vessel means the person (other than a pilot) in charge or command of the Vessel.
Under the Quarantine Act 1908, the Master or the Medical Officer is liable to a penalty of £100 for refusal or omission to give a true account and a true reply to any question, and for wilfully making a false statement in answer or for wilfully misleading a quarantine officer is liable to two years imprisonment.
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Question No. 3.—Have you, during the voyage, taken on board at any place, any person who, or any goods which, at the time of his going, or their being taken on board, would be deemed liable to quarantine under section 18 of the Quarantine Act?
Answer.—
Question No. 4.—Has any detailed inquiry, or medical inspection or examination of all or any of the persons on board been made within the last twenty-four hours, with a view to the detection of any quarantinable disease?
If so, give particulars.
Answer.—
Question No. 5.—Is there now, or has there been on board during this voyage, any person affected with any eruptive fever, skin eruption, illness attended, with, glandular swellings, or any disease which you believe or suspect to be a quarantinable disease*, or other sickness or disease?
If so, state particulars on Schedule A on back hereof.
Answer.—
Question No. 6.—Has any person affected with any sickness or disease left the vessel anywhere during the present voyage?
If so, state particulars.
Answer.—
Question No. 7.—Has any person died on board during the voyage? If so, state particulars on Schedule B on back hereof.
Answer.—
Question No. 8.—Does the cargo include any secondhand clothing or any rags, whether in compressed or uncompressed bales, or any used sacks or carpets or canvas?
If so, state particulars, including information as to the port or ports from which such cargo was shipped.
Answer.—
Question No. 9.—Are there now or have there been during the voyage any rats or mice on board?
If so, have any dead or apparently sick rats or mice been found on board during the voyage?
If so, state particulars.
Answer.—
Question No. 10.—Have you any and what bills of health?
Answer.—
The above answers and particulars to questions are true and correct.
Master.
Medical Officer.
Witness Quarantine Officer or other authorized person.
“Date
Note.—The Master and Medical Officer must sign in the presence of the witness.
* Small-pox, plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, and leprosy or any disease declared by Proclamation to be such are quarantinable diseases.
Schedule A.
particulars as to cases of illness during the voyage.
Note.—If necessary, amplify Schedules A and B on a separate sheet of paper.
Comments of quarantine officer at the Port of—
NOTICE TO MASTERS.—IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THE CLEARANCE OF THE VESSEL, THE MASTER IS REQUESTED TO HAVE THIS FORM FILLED UP READY FOR SIGNATURE, AND ALL BILLS OF HEALTH AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SANITARY HISTORY OF THE VESSEL READY FOR PRODUCTION, AND HE IS FURTHER REQUESTED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO HAVE ALL PERSONS ON BOARD READY FOR INSPECTION, TOGETHER WITH PASSENGER AND CREW LISTS, LOG BOOK, SICK LISTS, ETC.
The passenger and crew lists should be in duplicate, and should if practicable, be typewritten, and should be classified according to class or rating.
Certificate of Pratique—Section 33.
The certificate of pratique shall be as follows:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
The Quarantine Act 1908.
Certificate of Pratique.
Granted to the (a)
of which (b)
a.m.
is Master, at p.m. 19
This Certificate shall have effect in (c)
or until (d)
In the event of any quarantinable disease breaking out during currency, this certificate shall become null and void, and must be surrendered on demand to a quarantine officer.
(Signed)
Quarantine Officer.
Port of—
Date—
(a) Insert the name of the vessel.
(b) Insert the name of the master of the vessel.
(c) insert all ports of Australia or any specified port or ports or in the ports of any specified State.
(d) Insert any specified date or the end of voyage, stating terminus of such voyage.
Quarantine Surveillance—Sections 34 and 45.
Persons who are desirous of being permitted to leave a ship or quarantine station under quarantine surveillance, may, subject to the concurrence of the Chief Quarantine Officer, and to any conditions as to disinfection imposed by these regulations, be permitted to do so on application, in accordance with the following form:—
Quarantine Act 1908—Sections 34 and 45 (4).
To the Chief Quarantine Officer, State of—
I hereby request that I (and the members of my family, being under the age of twenty-one years, enumerated on the other side*) may be permitted to leave (a) under quarantine surveillance, and hereby undertake to comply with all the regulations relating to quarantine surveillance (see back hereof).
My address will be (b)
Signature—
Date—
(a) Name of ship or station.
(b) Give intended address
Note.—It will be sufficient if this undertaking is signed by the head of the family in cases where more than one member of a family desires to leave under quarantine surveillance, and where the said members are less than twenty-one years of age.
Every member of a family above twenty-one years of age must give a separate undertaking.
Any person under quarantine surveillance shall, as frequently and at such time as the Chief Quarantine Officer directs, present himself for inspection and examination to a quarantine officer, or to a duly qualified medical practitioner as the quarantine officer directs, and shall, if required by the Minister, defray the cost of the inspection or examination.
* Strike out words in brackets if not applicable.
Any person under quarantine surveillance shall, immediately on the appearance of any symptoms or signs of illness or disease on himself or on any member of his family under the age of twenty-one years, report, or cause to be reported, the facts to the quarantine officer or other person to whom he has been directed to present himself or them under the provisions of the last preceding regulation.
No person under quarantine surveillance shall change his residence without the permission of the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Any person contravening any of the regulations relating to quarantine surveillance shall forfeit all the privileges and advantages of quarantine surveillance and may be removed by any constable or any authorized person to a quarantine station.
Vessels, Persons, and Goods ordered into Quarantine.—Section 35.
The respective orders to be served in the case of
(a) any vessel and any person or goods thereon;
(b) any other person; and
(c) any other goods
to be ordered into quarantine shall be in accordance with the following forms which shall be printed on yellow paper:—
(a) In the case of a vessel.
Commonwealth of Australia.
——
Quarantine Act 1908.
ORDER.
To
I hereby order into quarantine, the vessel of which you are the master—together with all persons and goods on board the vessel.
Date
Quarantine Officer.
Port of
(b) In the case of a person.
Commonwealth of Australia.
——
Quarantine Act 1908.
ORDER.
To
I hereby order you into quarantine.
Quarantine Officer.
Date
(c) In the case of goods.
Commonwealth of Australia.
——
Quarantine Act 1908.
ORDER.
To
I hereby order into quarantine the following goods, of which you are, or appear to be, the owner, consignee, possessor, or custodian.
Date
Quarantine Officer.
Vaccination.—Section 75.
Vaccinated means vaccinated with active vaccine over a total area of not less than one-half of a square inch, which area shall, when healed, show distinct foveation.
Properly Vaccinated in Regulation Fifteen (15) means vaccinated not less than fourteen days nor more than seven years prior to examination for release from quarantine.
Quarantine of Persons.
The period during which persons landed under the provisions of section 34, sub-section (1), paragraph (c), or ordered into quarantine under the provisions of section 35, or persons under quarantine surveillance under the provisions of sections 53 and 45, sub-section (4), of the Act shall be subject to quarantine, shall be twenty-one days if the disease in regard to which infection is suspected is small-pox, ten days if such disease is yellow fever or plague, or five days if such disease is cholera. Provided that in the case of small-pox any person who has been properly vaccinated as prescribed under the observation or to the satisfaction of the Chief Quarantine Officer may, after approved measures of disinfection have been carried out, be immediately released from quarantine under quarantine surveillance, and also his personal effects when disinfected as prescribed. Any person so vaccinated and identified by the Chief Quarantine Officer by means approved by the Director of Quarantine may at any time subsequent to such vaccination be released from, or not be required to submit to, quarantine other than quarantine surveillance. The period of quarantine or quarantine surveillance shall be reckoned from the last day on which in the opinion of the quarantine officer any such person has been exposed to infection from such quarantinable disease.
Period of Detention in Quarantine.
No person or goods shall be detained in quarantine for any longer period than is considered necessary in the interests of the public health by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Removal of Vessel in Quarantine—Section 40.
No vessel in quarantine shall be moved without the approval of the quarantine officer, and then only to such place and under such conditions as are approved by him.
Performance of Quarantine on Board a Vessel—Section 45.
Where quarantine is being performed on board a vessel the master shall—
(a) provide such practicable means of isolation of persons on board, and carry out from time to time such cleansing, fumigation, and disinfection as the Chief Quarantine Officer directs;
(b) render all assistance in his power to the quarantine officer, maintain order and discipline upon the vessel, muster for examination all persons on board, when so required by such officer, and generally carry out his instructions;
(c) when directed by the quarantine officer convey any or all of the persons on board to any quarantine station in such order and in such groups and by such means as the quarantine officer directs;
(d) deliver any personal effects belonging to any person landed from the vessel at the quarantine station if so directed by the-quarantine officer;
(e) discharge the cargo of the vessel in accordance with the directions of the quarantine officer;
(f) dispose of all sweepings, refuse, or ballast from the vessel in such manner as the Chief Quarantine Officer directs.
Removal of Goods and Mails from Vessels subject to Quarantine.
The master of a vessel subject to quarantine shall not permit any goods, mails, or loose letters to be removed from his vessel except under the direction of the quarantine officer and subject to their disinfection as prescribed.
Persons in Quarantine.
20. (a) All persons in quarantine shall submit to inspection and medical examination at such times as the quarantine officer requires;
(b) A person in quarantine shall not have any communication with a person not in quarantine except with the consent of, and subject to the conditions imposed by, the Chief Quarantine Officer;
(c) Every person in quarantine shall aid in maintaining due order in and cleanliness of the quarantine quarters;
(d) Every person in quarantine, except such as the officer in charge of the quarantine station exempts, shall take his meals at the following hours, or at such hours as usually obtained on the vessel from which he had been landed:—
First Class Passengers.
Other Passengers.
Breakfast........
8.30–9 a.m.........
8–8.30 a.m.
Lunch..........
1–2 p.m...........
Dinner..........
6–7 p.m...........
1.30–2.30 p.m.
Tea............
................
6–6.30 p.m.
(e) Lights in any quarters at any quarantine station shall, subject to any exception permitted by the Chief Quarantine Officer or officer in charge, be extinguished at 10.30 p.m.;
(f) Every person in quarantine shall, when directed by the officer in charge, be in his proper quarters at least half-an-hour before the time fixed for the putting out of lights;
(g) No person in quarantine shall use any lavatory for purposes other than those for which it is provided;
(h) No person in quarantine shall smoke except in such places as are approved by the officer in charge;
(i) No alcoholic liquor shall be introduced into a quarantine station without the authority of the medical officer in charge;
(j) Any person in quarantine who, in the opinion of the medical officer in charge, is indulging in alcoholic liquor to excess may, by a written order signed by such officer, be prohibited from being supplied with alcoholic liquor while in quarantine, and while the order continues in force no person having notice of the order shall sell or supply any alcoholic liquor to the person with respect to whom the order is made;
(k) No person in quarantine shall, unless with the consent of the quarantine officer, carry or use any firearm;
(l) No person performing quarantine at a quarantine station shall go beyond the bounds of a quarantine station;
(m) No person in a quarantine station during quarantine shall go beyond the outside boundary of the quarantine station or go outside any bounds or limits within the quarantine station fixed or directed by the officer in charge of the station;
(n) The body of any person who has died on a quarantine station shall be disposed of in such manner and by such means as the Chief Quarantine Officer directs.
Disinfection of Goods in Quarantine.
Cargo and personal effects ordered into quarantine shall be disinfected as prescribed.
Regulations as to Disinfection.
In these Regulations—
“Disinfection” means the destruction of germs or other agents of infection of any infectious disease or of any disease under this Act.
A “Disinfectant” means any substance or any means which, when used or applied as directed to articles or substances containing or to which are attached infective germs or other agents of infectious disease, or disease under this Act, will effect disinfection.
An “effective spraying appliance” means a strong garden spray-pump or similar appliance fitted with a compressed air reservoir and with fine spraying nozzles.
The following disinfectants and means of disinfection are approved and prescribed:—
(1) Means of Disinfection—
(a) Exposure to saturated steam at a pressure of from 10 to 15 lbs. to the square inch for twenty minutes, after expulsion of air from the disinfecting chamber;
(b) Boiling in water for not less than thirty minutes;
(c) Immersion in an approved disinfectant solution for not less than one hour;
(d) Saturation or thorough wetting and keeping wet with an approved disinfectant solution for not less than one hour;
(e) Thorough spraying on all surfaces by means of an effective spraying appliance with either the first or the third of the approved disinfectant solutions described in sub-section 2.
(f) Fumigation for not less than six hours with moistened formaldehyde gas of the strength and of the degree of moisture produced by the evaporation in a completely closed space of at least one (1) pint of formalin or eight (8) ounces of paraform and one and one-half (1½) pint of water for each thousand cubic feet of enclosed space: Provided that formaldehyde fumigation as described is approved only as a means of surface disinfection and for the preliminary disinfection of enclosed spaces such as saloons, cabins, quarters, or wards, and for the disinfection of articles of value which cannot without destruction be disinfected by any other approved means. Any saloon, room, quarters, cabinet, or other enclosed space to be disinfected by fumigation shall, prior to fumigation, be rendered as air-tight as possible by pasting up all cracks and openings, ventilators, fireplaces, windows, and doors. The walls and floors and all hangings and upholstered surfaces in any room to be fumigated shall, prior to
fumigation, be freely sprayed with clean hot water. Formaldehyde fumigation may also be effected by the formalin-permanganate method—one pint of formalin and ten ounces of permanganate of potash being used for each thousand cubic feet of space. If this method is used, at least one and one-half (1½) pint of water, for each thousand cubic feet of space to be fumigated, shall be evaporated by boiling in the space immediately prior to fumigation. The formalin shall be added to the permanganate of potash in a receptacle or receptacles sufficiently large to prevent any overflow.
(2) Approved Disinfectant Solutions—
(a) A one per cent. (1%) aqueous solution of cyllin, izal, kerol, zondo or other similar disinfectant (of Australian manufacture if obtainable) having a carbolic co-efficient of not less than ten (10).
(b) A soapy aqueous solution of any of the disinfectants mentioned and containing three per cent. (3%) of soft (potash) soap.
(c) A three per cent. (3%) solution of formalin (containing not less than forty per cent. (40%) formaldehyde).
(d) An aqueous mixture of fresh chlorinated lime (containing not less than twenty-five (25) per cent, of available chlorine) made by mixing in cold water immediately prior to use six (6) ounces of fresh chlorinated lime.
Wherever practicable disinfectant solutions used for immersion, washing, mopping or scrubbing purposes shall be used at a temperature of from 110° to 180° F.
Saloons, cabins, quarters and similar spaces which can be closed shall, as a preliminary measure of disinfection, and prior to removal of contents, be fumigated with formalin as prescribed.
Ceilings, walls, woodwork, painted metal work, upholstered and other fittings and articles which are not readily accessible or which cannot without damage be washed, shall be disinfected by thorough spraying with an approved disinfectant solution, followed (after six hours) by free exposure to the air for not less than twelve hours.
All floors and other accessible surfaces of holds and other places, woodwork, leather work, trunks, furniture, fittings, vehicles and all surfaces and articles such as glass, china, silverware, ornaments, brushes, combs, which will not be damaged by washing with a disinfectant solution, shall be scrubbed or mopped or washed with a disinfectant solution, and where practicable with a soapy disinfectant solution, and shall be left thoroughly wet for not less than one hour.
Fixed carpets shall be disinfected by (a) thorough spraying in situ with a disinfectant solution, and after one hour (b) removal to a place where they can be again sprayed on both sides with a disinfectant solution, and exposed freely to the air for not less than twelve hours, after which they may be cleaned.
Bedsteads, bunks, and wire mattresses shall be disinfected by mopping or thorough washing, and leaving wet for not less than one hour, with an approved disinfectant solution.
Wherever practicable bulky articles such as mattresses, beds, pillows, bolsters, blankets, rugs (including horse and cattle rugs), curtains, cushions, loose carpets, mats, coloured woollen clothing, and other similar articles, and materials shall be disinfected by means of saturated steam as prescribed in 23 (1) (a). Where steam under pressure is not available any soiled infected mattress shall be burned. In the case of hair mattresses only, the cover may be thoroughly wetted with an approved disinfectant solution, then opened and the contained hair immersed for not less than one hour in disinfectant solution at a temperature of 150° F. The cover shall be burned or washed and boiled.
All washable textile and other portable washable articles may, and if steam under pressure is not available shall be disinfected by immersion in an approved disinfectant solution (where practicable a soapy solution) for not less than one hour, after which they may be washed—or washed and boiled.
All textiles and other articles that can, without destruction, be sprayed, but not immersed or steam disinfected, shall be hung on lines and thoroughly sprayed on both sides with an approved disinfectant solution (but not a soapy solution); all sprayed articles shall after six hours be exposed to the air for not less than twelve hours.
Papers that may not be burnt, loose letters, books, silks, silk hangings, delicate fabrics, ladies’ hats, feathers, &c., shall be disinfected by exposure in a completely closed space to moistened formaldehyde gas as prescribed, for six hours, and shall subsequently be exposed freely to the air for not less than twelve hours.
Rags, old wearing apparel, infected dressings, and papers and other articles of little or no value shall be destroyed by fire.
Disinfection of Persons and Personal Effects.
Any officer or other person engaged in superintending or carrying out measures of disinfection shall wear washable overalls, including cap.
Any officer going on board any vessel having or suspected of having a quarantinable disease on board or actually performing quarantine, shall wear washable overalls, including cap.
Any quarantine officer on board a vessel on which there is a case of quarantinable disease, or which is in quarantine, and has not been disinfected as prescribed, shall, on leaving such vessel, unless he is going into quarantine, wash all exposed parts of the body and his boots with approved soapy disinfectant solution, and shall immediately remove his overalls and immerse them in the disinfectant solution.
Persons ordered or required to submit themselves to disinfection, or who are to be released under quarantine surveillance or to be released from quarantine shall, together with their personal effects, be disinfected in order that any infective particles attached to or adhering to their bodies or clothes or other personal effects may be destroyed.
(a) The person shall strip him or herself of all clothing and shall leave such clothing to be disinfected. He shall then bathe himself or be bathed with the aid of cyllin soap in a warm solution of cyllin or other similar disinfectant having a carbolic co-efficient of ten (10) of a strength of one ounce of disinfectant to each gallon of warm water. The body, and especially the scalp and hair (head and face) and other exposed parts, shall be freely lathered for
five minutes; after washing off the lather, the body shall be dried with clean (disinfected) towels, and clean (disinfected) clothes shall then be put on. An evaporating alcoholic and ethereal soapy solution of cyllin compounded as follows may be used instead of a watery solution of cyllin for the disinfection of the hair, scalp, and beard:—
Evaporating soapy disinfectant solution:—
Cyllin...............................
2 per cent.
Soft Soap (B.P.)........................
23 per cent.
Soft Soap (B.P.)........................
10 per cent.
Methylated Spirits......................
65 per cent.
Dissolve the soap in the spirit and ether, add the cyllin and mix thoroughly. Keep well corked or stoppered.
The solution must be applied freely and rubbed well into the hair. After five minutes the resulting lather must be washed off or wiped off with a clean wet towel.
Care must be taken when using the evaporating lotion to avoid any naked flame, as the solution and its vapour are inflammable.
(b) Clothing and other personal effects shall be disinfected as prescribed in these regulations.
The Disinfection of Goods and Mails.
Goods in packages which, in the opinion of the quarantine officer, have been in contact with or have been exposed to infection but in respect of which there is no reason to believe that the contained goods are infected or have been in contact with or exposed to infection, shall be disinfected by surface disinfection.
Surface disinfection shall be effected by—
(a) fumigation with moistened formaldehyde gas for six hours as prescribed, each package being so placed as to be freely exposed to the action of the disinfectant, or
(b) thorough spraying of all surfaces with an approved disinfectant solution followed after six hours by free exposure of the goods to the air and sun for not less than twenty-four hours.
Goods on a vessel in quarantine or on a vessel from a proclaimed place, and which a quarantine officer is not satisfied is free from infection shall, unless such goods have, in the opinion of the quarantine officer, been definitely exposed to contamination with the germs or other disease agent to a quarantinable disease, be disinfected by free exposure for not less than forty-eight hours to the open air and sun at a quarantine station or on an approved isolated wharf or pier or lighter or other exposed place from which persons not subject to quarantine are excluded.
Goods which in the opinion of the quarantine officer are infected with a quarantinable or other infectious or contagious disease shall, according to their nature, be disinfected by the means prescribed.
Disinfection of Mails.
Ordinary mail packages which have been stored in rat-proof mail rooms on board any mail vessel from a proclaimed place, or subject to quarantine, shall, unless in the opinion of the quarantine officer, after due investigation, they have been in contact with any infected person or infected goods, or are liable to convey infection, be exempt from any special measure of disinfection.
Any ordinary mail package on board any vessel ordered into quarantine shall, unless the quarantine officer is satisfied after due investigation that they have not been in contact with any infected person or infected goods be disinfected by surface disinfection.
Specified Processes for the Destruction of Rats and Mice and of Insects and other Vermin.
(a) Thorough sulphur fumigation as prescribed of all rat or mice or insect or other vermin-infested places—after complete closure of all apertures;
(b) Sulphur fumigation shall be effected by passing sulphur fumes into the vessel under pressure, and at the same time exhausting the air in the parts of the vessel under fumigation, and shall be continued until all parts of the vessel under fumigation are filled with a gaseous mixture of a strength of not less than three per cent. of sulphur oxides, and are kept so filled for at least eight hours.
The fumigation shall, if the quarantine officer so orders, be carried out in the stream or away from a wharf;
(c) The free and thorough application of an aqueous solution of soft (potash) soap, cyllin and kerosene, and containing five per cent. (5%) of soft soap, two per cent. (2%) of cyllin, and two per cent. (2%) of kerosene. This solution, which is approved and prescribed as an effective insecticidal solution, may be applied by means of a mop or scrubbing brush to, or may be forcibly sprayed by means of an effective spraying appliance, into all places infected with or suspected of harbouring any insects, fleas, lice, bugs or other vermin.
Vessels arriving from proclaimed places—Section 35 (2).
45. Every vessel which, arrives in Australia from a proclaimed place shall be ordered into quarantine unless the quarantine officer, after full inquiry and inspection, certifies to the Chief Quarantine Officer that no danger to public health will arise from giving such vessel pratique.
The certificate referred to in the last preceding section shall be in accordance with the following form:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
Quarantine Act 1908.
To the Chief Quarantine Officer.
I hereby certify, after full inquiry into the sanitary history and sanitary circumstances of the undernamed vessel immediately prior to and during the current voyage, that the (here describe and name the vessel) may without danger to public health be granted pratique, and I have granted a certificate of pratique accordingly, which will have effect in (here state the name of the port or ports which the vessel will enter during the voyage and in which the pratique will under ordinary conditions hold).
Port of
Date
(Signed)
Quarantine Officer.
Examination of Persons on Board any Vessel—Section 70.
The examination provided for in Section 70 of the Act shall be any examination involving or requiring the use of any of the recognised methods of medical examination.
Notices on Vessels and Goods—Section 74.
The notices referred to in section 74 of the Act shall be such as the Chief Quarantine Officer considers necessary to issue regarding persons or goods subject to quarantine.
Persons Employed in a Quarantine Station.
All persons employed in any quarantine station shall obey the orders of, and carry out the instructions of the officer in charge.
Notification to a Quarantine Officer of a Quarantinable Disease* which occurs in Australia—Section 87 (e).
Every medical practitioner in Australia on becoming aware of or suspecting the existence of a case of quarantinable disease affecting any of his patients in any part of Australia shall immediately report the case by telegram or by the speediest means available to the Chief Quarantine Officer in the State in which the case occurs.
The report shall be in accordance with the following form:—
form of report.
To the Quarantine Officer—State of (a)
(b)
(c) residing at
(d) is suffering from
(e)
Duration (f)
(g)
(a) Insert name of State.
(b) Insert name of patient.
(c) Insert age, sex, of patient.
(d) Insert address where patient can be seen.
(e) Insert name of disease.
(f) Insert the duration of illness.
(g) Insert name and address of medical practitioner notifying the case.
The cost of such telegram or despatch shall be recouped to the sender by the Department of Trade and Customs, and a fee of Two shillings and sixpence shall be paid to the sender.
Note.—“Quarantinable disease” means small-pox, plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, or leprosy, or any disease declared by the Governor-General, by proclamation, to be a quarantinable disease.
PART IV.—ANIMALS (PART V. OF QUARANTINE ACT 1908).
In this part of these Regulations:—
“Importer” shall include owner, consignee, or agent.
‘‘Quarantine Officer” means an officer dealing with the quarantine of imported animals.
“Chief Quarantine Officer” means the chief officer dealing with the quarantine of animals in any State.
“Importer” includes owner or consignee, or the agent for the owner or consignee.
Imported Animals.
The following regulations shall have effect with respect to animals imported from places from which the importation of animals is permitted:—
Fourteen days’ notice of the arrival of the animal shall be given by the Importer to the Chief Quarantine Officer of the State.
The master of any vessel on which any animal is being imported from any country except New Zealand shall, immediately on arrival at the landing port, give notice of arrival to the Chief Quarantine Officer, and shall also forward to him a declaration that no disease affecting animals has occurred during the voyage, or giving particulars as to any disease which has occurred, and also particulars regarding other stock carried on the vessel during the voyage.
This notice and declaration shall be in the following form, and the Master shall hold the animal until the Chief Quarantine Officer gives a permit to land it:—
To the Chief Quarantine Officer,
State of
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I hereby inform you that I have on board my ship (give name) shipped at (name of port) to be landed at (name the landing port) the following animals (here enumerate) and that the consignee or owner of such animals is (give name).
I also declare that (no) disease affecting animals has occurred on board during the voyage (give particulars if any disease has occurred, also particulars of other stock carried on the vessel during the voyage).
Master of the Vessel.
The owner or consignor of any imported animal or animal to be imported shall forward with any such animal, to be delivered to the Chief Quarantine Officer prior to the landing of the animal, declarations, certificates, notices, and permits as follows:—
(A) In the case of any Horse, Ass, or Mule from New Zealand:—
1. A declaration from the owner, certifying—
(a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment.
2. A certificate of freedom from disease by a Government Veterinary Officer.
(B) In the case of any Horse, Ass, or Mule from the United Kingdom:—
1. A declaration from the owner certifying—
(a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) that it has not been in contact with animals suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(c) that it has not, otherwise than as required under (B) 2, been tested with mallein during the thirty days next preceding shipment;
2. A mallein test certificate by an approved Veterinary Surgeon. The certificate shall inter alia state the date on which the test was applied.
3. A certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment, who shall also indorse the mallein test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its correctness.
(C) In the case of any Horse, Ass, or Mule from the United States of America or Canada:—
1. A declaration from the owner certifying—
(a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(c) that it has not, otherwise than as required under (C) 3, been tested with mallein during the thirty days next preceding;
(d) that it has not been during the twelve months next preceding, in any State or Province in which Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis is declared or known to exist.
2. Certificates from Federal and State Veterinary Surgeons to the effect that Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis neither is nor, during the twelve months next preceding the shipment of the animal has been, declared or known to exist in the State from which the animal is declared by the owner to have been exported or in which it is declared to have been during the twelve months next preceding shipment.
3. A mallein test certificate by an approved Veterinary Surgeon. The certificate shall inter alia state the date on which the test was applied.
4. A certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at port of shipment, who shall also indorse the mallein test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its correctness.
(D) In the case of any Ass from France, Spain, or Portugal:—
1. A declaration from the owner, certifying—
(a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(c) that it has not been tested with mallein during the thirty days next preceding shipment;
(d) that it has not been, during the twelve months next preceding, in any Province or locality in which Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis is declared or known to exist.
2. A certificate from a Government Veterinary Surgeon to the effect that Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis neither is nor, during the twelve months next preceding the shipment of the animal has been declared or known to exist in the Province or locality from which the animal is declared by the owner to have been exported or in which it is declared to have been during the twelve months next preceding shipment.
3. A mallein test certificate by an approved Veterinary Surgeon. The certificate shall inter alia state the date on which the test was applied.
4. A certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment, who shall also indorse the mallein test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no-reason to doubt its correctness.
(E) In the case of any Cattle from New Zealand:—
1. A declaration from a Government Veterinary Officer, certifying that the animal is free from disease, and also
2. In the case of cattle imported to Tasmania—
A declaration from the owner, certifying that the animal has been located in New Zealand for the ninety days next preceding shipment.
(F) In the case of any Cattle from the United Kingdom and Canada:—
1. A declaration from the owner, certifying—
(a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(c) that it has not, otherwise than as required under (F) 2, been tested with tuberculin during the two months next preceding shipment.
2. A tuberculin test certificate signed by a qualified Veterinary Surgeon. Such certificate shall, inter alia, state the date on which the test was applied.
3. A certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment, who shall also indorse the tuberculin test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its correctness.
(G) In the case of any Sheep or Goat from New Zealand a certificate of freedom from disease from a Government Veterinary Surgeon.
(H) In the case of any Sheep or Goat from the United Kingdom or Canada:—
A declaration from the owner certifying—
(a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(c) that it has been dipped by thorough immersion in an effective scab-destroying preparation within the fourteen days next preceding shipment, the exact nature of the dipping preparation used to be stated in the declaration.
A. certificate of general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment, who shall also indorse the owner’s declaration to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its correctness.
(I) In the case of any Swine from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, or Canada:—
1. A declaration from the owner, certifying—
(a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment.
A certificate of its general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment.
(J) In the case of any Dog from New Zealand:—A certificate of freedom from disease from a Government Veterinary Officer of New Zealand.
(K) In the case of any Dog from any country from which dogs are admissible, other than New Zealand:—
A declaration from the owner, certifying—
(a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment.
2. A certificate of its general health from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment.
(L) In the case of any Wild or Undomesticated Animal for Scientific or Exhibition purposes:—
1. Notice of intention to introduce any such animal into a State shall be given to the Chief Quarantine Officer of the State, and a permit to introduce must first be obtained; such permit shall be handed to the captain of the ship prior to the embarkation of the animal and delivered by him to the Quarantine Officer at the port of entry.
The notice and permit may be given and received by cablegram.
2. A declaration from the owner—
(a) setting forth the location and environment of the animal during the six months next preceding shipment;
(b) certifying that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment; and
(c) certifying that it has not been in contact with any animal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment.
3. A certificate from an approved Veterinary Surgeon at the port of shipment.
(M) In the case of Circus or other Performing Animals of the several kinds permitted to be imported, the Declarations, Certificates, Notices, Permits shall be those required in respect of the same kind of animal generally.
Every imported animal shall he examined by a Government Veterinary Surgeon, who shall certify to its general health.
After such examination and certification, the Chief Quarantine Officer shall order the animal to be removed to quarantine, to be destroyed, or to be otherwise dealt with.
The order into quarantine shall be in accordance with the form prescribed for goods, and shall be printed on yellow paper.
The animal shall, unless otherwise disposed of, be isolated in quarantine at some place appointed under the Quarantine Act to be a quarantine station. The period of isolation shall date from the time of removal from the vessel by which the animal has arrived in Australia, and shall be as follows. In the case of—
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vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Canada and the United States of America</span><span style="width:33.95pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">28</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">,,</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-right:72pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Asses from the United Kingdom</span><span style="width:117.12pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">14</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">,,</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.64%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:11.15pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">„</span></p></td><td colspan="5" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Canada, the United States of America, France, Spain, and Portugal</span><span style="width:30.44pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">28</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">„</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-right:72pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Cattle from the United Kingdom</span><span style="width:112.01pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">40</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">,,</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:6.7pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">,,</span></p></td><td colspan="4" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Canada</span><span style="width:168.62pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........................</span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">60</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">„</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-right:57.6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Swine from the United Kingdom and Canada</span><span style="width:56.42pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........</span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">14</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">„</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">,,</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">New Zealand</span><span style="width:138.16pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">28</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">„</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-right:57.6pt; margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Sheep and Goats from the United Kingdom and Canada</span><span style="width:9.99pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.</span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">30</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">„</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-right:57.6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Dogs from the United Kingdom</span><span style="width:115.06pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; 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display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">„</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Wild and Undomesticated Animals for Menagerie purposes, or for the purposes of a Zoological collection, from any country</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:23.86%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">90</span><span style="width:9.9pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">„</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:54pt"></td><td style="width:4.5pt"></td><td style="width:4.5pt"></td><td style="width:22.2pt"></td><td style="width:26.95pt"></td><td style="width:168.75pt"></td><td style="width:88.05pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
While in quarantine animals shall be subjected to such examination and treatment as prescribed and as the Chief Quarantine Officer directs. Such examination and treatment may include any of the diagnostic methods or means of treatment used in veterinary practice, and shall include in the case of—
(a) any horse, ass, or mule—the mallein test;
(b) cattle—the tuberculin test.
These specific tests shall be carried out only by a quarantine officer who is a Veterinary Surgeon.
In the event of a reaction to the tuberculin test the action to be taken shall be subject to the decision of the Chief Quarantine Officer unless the test is supported by one or more of the clinical symptoms of tuberculosis and certified to by the Veterinary Surgeon applying the tuberculin test, in which case the animal shall not be granted pratique.
In the case of sheep and goats the treatment shall include either
(a) shearing, unless otherwise directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer, and
(b) dipping on at least two occasions (with an interval of not more than fourteen days) by thorough immersion in an approved solution of lime and sulphur, at a temperature of 110° F., and prepared in the proportions of 4 oz. of flowers of sulphur and 2 oz. of lime to one gallon of water; except in the case of any sheep from New Zealand, when clipping shall be optional at the direction of the Chief Quarantine Officer.
All wool and hair removed from such sheep and goats shall be thoroughly immersed and saturated in the solution, or, if the Chief Quarantine Officer so directs, in boiling water kept boiling for 5 minutes.
In the case of wild or undomesticated animals (for scientific or exhibition purposes) and in the case of circus and performing animals of any kind, the period shall be passed at a Government Quarantine Station, or, in special cases (on the recommendation of the Chief Quarantine Officer, approved by the Minister) at such place and under such conditions as may be specified by the Chief Quarantine Officer from time to time.
During the period of quarantine wild or undomesticated animals, and menagerie, circus, and performing animals shall, prior to release, be subject to such treatment and conditions as the Chief Quarantine Officer deems necessary or as are provided in respect of the same class of animal generally.
Wherever practicable, any animals ordered to a quarantine station shall be conveyed to the quarantine station by water.
All animals onboard any vessel other than an Australian vessel shall be deemed subject to such restrictions as are imposed upon oversea animals of the same class, excepting Inter-State animals granted permission to be conveyed by such vessel by the Chief Quarantine Officer of the port of destination, under such restrictions as may be prescribed or as he imposes.
The animal, on completion of the period of quarantine, shall be examined by a Government Veterinary Officer, who shall certify as to its general health, upon which the Chief Quarantine Officer shall, if he is satisfied that the animal is free from disease, issue a permit for its release from quarantine.
Any loss occasioned during the removal, handling, or treatment of any imported animals under the direction of an officer, or occurring during the period of detention in quarantine, shall be borne by the owner of such animals, and he shall have no claim whatever against the Commonwealth or its officers for compensation for any such loss.
Sustenance Charges.
The rates for sustenance of animals while in quarantine in a quarantine station shall be fixed from time to time by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Combined Up-keep and Sustenance Charges.
The Chief Quarantine Officer may make a combined up-keep and sustenance charge in respect of each animal, as follows:—
In the event of any animal on a foreign ship dying while the ship is in port, or escaping therefrom, immediate notice of such death or escape shall be forwarded by the Master to the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Immediately on arrival at the first port of entry, the Master shall report to the Chief Quarantine Officer the occurrence of any death or loss of any animal during the voyage, and shall in the report state particulars.
Expenses and Charges for Quarantine of Animals.
71. (1) The owner or consignee of any animal shall, on demand, deposit with the Chief Quarantine Officer such sums of money as shall be prescribed to defray all the expenses and charges that may be incurred in respect of such animal.
(2) The amount, as the deposit, to be lodged in respect of each animal placed in quarantine shall be—
subject to special dispensation by the Minister, in the event of the aggregate amount exceeding £100.
Ship’s Dogs and other Ship’s Animals.
72. Ship’s Dogs and other Ship’s Animals shall be detained on board during the time the ship is in port, and shall be muzzled and held during such time in such secure manner as to prevent contact with other dogs or animals, and as shall be approved by the Chief Quarantine Officer, under a bond of £50 by the captain of the ship.
Any hay, straw, litter, or fodder (accompanying any imported animal) taken on board at any port other than a port in the United Kingdom, New Zealand or Australia shall he destroyed on board the vessel in which the animal has been imported.
Permits to land Hay, Straw, Fodder, or Litter.
No permit shall be issued by any quarantine officer in respect of any hay, straw, fodder, or litter used in any vessel in connexion with any imported animal until such animal has been examined and certified by a Government Veterinary Officer to be free from disease.
Any fodder (arriving with any animal) that has been taken on board any vessel at any port in the United Kingdom, New Zealand or Australia may, on the issue of a permit by the Chief Quarantine Officer, be removed to a quarantine station for the use of such animal during its detention in quarantine.
Clothing, fittings, utensils, kennels, harness, saddlery, implements, or other appliances which have been used on any vessel in connexion with any imported animal may be—
(a) destroyed,
(b) refused admission, or
(c) admitted under conditions as to treatment and disinfection as prescribed or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
The Officer prescribed to issue Certificates of Condemnation—Section 57.
The Chief Quarantine Officer, and any other quarantine officer who is a veterinary surgeon, and whom the Chief Quarantine Officer may depute, shall examine animals, and, where necessary for the protection of other animals, shall issue a Certificate of Condemnation.
The Disinfection of Vehicles, Animal Clothing, Fittings, Appliances, Utensils or Litter used in connexion with any Imported Animal.
The following solutions and mixtures are approved and prescribed as disinfectant solutions for disinfection in connexion with the quarantine of animals:—
(a) Chlorinated lime wash prepared by mixing, immediately prior to use, six (6) ounces of fresh chlorinated lime containing not less than twenty-five (25) per cent. of available chlorine in one (1) gallon of clean cold water.
(b) A cresol and lime wash prepared by mixing two (2) ounces of cyllin or similar preparation (of Australian manufacture, if obtainable) in one (1) gallon of clean water, and afterwards adding one and one-half (l½) lb. of fresh lime, and stirring well before use.
(c) A soapy cresol solution prepared by mixing two (2) ounces of cyllin and one (1) lb. of soft (potash) soap in one (1) gallon of clean water.
Any vehicle used to transport any animal ordered into quarantine shall be disinfected by the following means and in the following manner:—The floor, sides, and other parts of the vehicle shall be saturated or thoroughly painted with an approved disinfectant solution or mixture.
Rugs or other clothing and similar articles shall, if steam under pressure is available, be subjected to moist steam at a pressure of from 10 to 15 lbs. to the square inch for twenty minutes after expulsion of air from the disinfecting chamber. If steam under pressure is not available, rugs, clothing, and similar articles shall be soaked in a hot soapy disinfectant solution as prescribed for not less than one hour.
All unstuffed harness and saddlery shall be disinfected by thorough washing with the approved soapy disinfectant solution. Stuffed harness shall be stripped of all lining and stuffing, and, after saturation with a soapy disinfectant solution, may be relined and restuffed with new clean materials. The old lining and stuffing shall be burned.
Utensils, manger, feeding troughs, pens, hurdles may be disinfected by saturation and scrubbed with a hot approved soapy disinfectant solution, or may be painted thoroughly and completely with the chlorinated lime wash as approved and prescribed.
The floor of any stable shall be disinfected by saturation with a hot approved soapy disinfectant solution, followed after three hours by a coating of chlorinated lime wash as prescribed.
Any litter used in connexion with and any manure of any animal in quarantine shall, if disinfection is ordered, be burned or disinfected by saturation with an approved disinfectant solution.
The Disinfection (External) of Animals.
85. The following solutions, mixtures, dips, or washes are prescribed for use as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer:—
(a) An aqueous mixture of lime and sulphur, at a temperature of 110° F., and prepared in the proportions of four (4) ounces of flowers of sulphur and two (2) ounces of lime to each gallon of water.
(b) Arsenical dip, prepared by the mixture of—
White arsenic................
8 lbs.
Caustic soda.................
4 lbs.
Stockholm tar................
1 gallon
Tallow....................
8 lbs.
Water.....................
400 gallons.
(c) Any of the alkaline cresol preparations known as non-poisonous dips, as approved for use by the Board of Agriculture of Great Britain.
Quarantine Stations for Animals—Regulation of.
The housing, treatment, attendance on, and feeding of all animals in quarantine shall be in accordance with the directions of the quarantine officer in charge.
No person shall enter or leave an animal quarantine station without the written permit of the Chief Quarantine Officer, nor shall any animal, vehicle, or goods of any description whatsoever be taken into or out of a quarantine station for animals without the approval of the quarantine officer in charge, and subject to such conditions as to disinfection as prescribed, or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
All persons employed in any quarantine station shall obey the orders and carry out the instructions of the quarantine officer in charge, and shall assist in every way in their power to prevent any spread of disease.
All persons on a quarantine station shall comply with the directions of the quarantine officer in charge.
The quarantine officer in charge may by an order in writing, require any person who will not comply with his directions or the regulations to leave the station, and such person shall, on receipt of such notice, immediately comply therewith, and shall, prior to leaving the station, submit himself to disinfection as prescribed, or as the Chief Quarantine Officer requires.
Any person leaving a quarantine station without the approval of the quarantine officer may be apprehended by any constable and taken back to such station.
When any animal is to be destroyed, two days’ notice of intention to so destroy shall be given to the importer, and, on destruction a post-mortem examination shall be made by an approved Government Veterinary Surgeon, who shall report to the Chief Veterinary Quarantine Officer.
The compensation to be paid to the owner of any animal which has been destroyed as diseased, and found on post-mortem examination to be free from disease, and certified to this effect by the Chief Quarantine Officer, shall be such as the Minister may approve, but not in any case more than the original selling price to the importer of the animal in the country whence imported, together with all charges for freight, keep, &c, up to the time of destruction. Evidence of the matters shall be such documents, statutory declarations, and other evidence as the Minister may require.
All animals to be removed from a quarantine station shall, prior to removal, be subject to such treatment as prescribed, or as the Chief Quarantine Officer requires.
Any animals carried, conveyed, or brought from any quarantine station without compliance with these regulations may be seized and placed in quarantine by any quarantine or police officer or officer of Customs, or otherwise dealt with as the Minister directs.
All animals landed without compliance with these regulations may be seized by any officer, and dealt with in such a manner as the Minister directs.
Hides and Skins.
The importation of hides and skins shall be subject to the following conditions:—
(1) The owner or consignor shall forward with any hide or skin a certified declaration stating that such hide or skin has not been derived from any animal which had suffered from or died from anthrax or similar disease, and that it has been effectively dry salted, wet salted, or arsenically dressed.
Such declaration shall be certified to by a Government officer of the country of origin to the effect that to the best of his knowledge-the declaration is true and correct.
(2) The Master of the vessel in which any hide or skin is imported shall hold the same until he receives a landing permit from a Quarantine Officer.
(3) Any imported hide or skin shall on being landed from a vessel be forthwith removed direct to an approved tannery or other approved place for treatment, and shall be treated as prescribed, or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
(4) The tanner to whom any imported hide or skin is delivered shall in respect of such hide or skin enter into a bond of £100 to the effect that the hide or skin specified therein shall not leave the tannery or other approved place until it has been treated, tanned, or otherwise dealt with as prescribed or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Wool and Hair.
The importation of wool and hair shall be subject to the following conditions:—
(1) The importer shall, prior to shipment—
(a) give notice of intention to import to the Chief Quarantine Officer of the State to which it is proposed to import such wool or hair;
(b) obtain from the Minister, on the recommendation of the Chief Quarantine Officer, a permit to import such wool or hair.
(2) Any such wool or hair shall, on being landed, be forthwith removed directly to a quarantine station or other approved place for treatment or disinfection as prescribed, or treated as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Bones.
The importation of bones shall be subject to the following conditions:—
(1) Bones in any form shall be admitted only at the following ports:—
(2) Two days’ notice of arrival of the bones shall be given by the Importer to the Chief Quarantine Officer.
(3) Such bones shall, on landing, be forthwith placed in a railway truck or other vehicle, and conveyed to such premises as the Chief Quarantine Officer shall direct, and which premises have been proclaimed a quarantine ground for this purpose, and shall there be subjected for at least two hours to a moist heat at a temperature of not less than 250 degrees F., equal to an indicated steam pressure of 30 lbs. per square inch; or shall be converted in superphosphate by chemical process under the direction and supervision of a quarantine officer.
(4) All bags or other coverings containing such bones shall be destroyed by the quarantine officer either by fire or immersion in sulphuric acid (H2SO4) of a specific gravity of not less than 1.843.
(5) All vehicles or other articles with which such bones may come in contact after landing and prior to the treatment prescribed for such bones, shall be disinfected as prescribed, and such vehicles or articles shall not be used for any other purpose until such disinfection has been carried out and certified to by the quarantine officer.
Animal Manures (other than bones or guano).
The importation of animal manure (other than bones or guano) shall be subject to the following conditions:—
(1) The importer shall, prior to shipment—
(a) give notice of intention to import to the Chief Quarantine Officer of the State to which it is proposed to import such animal manure;
(b) obtain from the Minister, on the recommendation of the Chief Quarantine Officer, a permit to import such animal manure.
(2) Any such animal manure, together with the containing package, shall on arrival be removed forthwith to a quarantine station or other approved place for treatment or disinfection as prescribed or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Except in those cases where a penalty is specially provided in the Act for any offence against the Act or breach of the Regulations made thereunder, the penalty for a breach of any of the Regulations of this part shall be a sum not exceeding Fifty pounds.
PART V.—PLANTS* (PART V. OF QUARANTINE ACT 1908).
In this part of these Regulations:—
“Diseased” means affected with disease and includes showing the presence or evidence of any deteriorated or abnormal condition, whether dependent on the presence of or due to the operation, development, growth, or decay of any disease.
“Importer” includes owner, consignee, or the agent for the owner or consignee.
“Quarantine Officer” means an officer dealing with the quarantine of imported plants.
“Chief Quarantine Officer” means the chief officer dealing with the quarantine of plants in any State.
The master of any vessel in which any plant is imported shall, immediately on his arrival at the landing port of such plant, give notice to the Chief Quarantine Officer regarding any plant he has on board his vessel in accordance with the following form, which shall be printed on blue paper:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 1. Quarantine Act 1908.
(Plants.)
Shipmaster’s Notice.
To the Chief Quarantine Officer for Plants,
Port of
19
I hereby inform you that I have on board my vessel (name), shipped at (give name of port), from (name country of origin), to be landed at (name of destination), the following plants as per schedule below:—
Importer, Consignee, or Agent.
Description.
Number.
Brands.
Signature—
(Master of the vessel.)
* Plants means trees or plants, and includes cuttings and slips of trees and plants and all live parts (for example, seeds) of trees or plants, and fruit.
Any person desirous of landing any plant imported shall give notice to the quarantine officer at the port of landing in accordance with the following form, which shall be printed on pink paper:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 2. Quarantine Act 1908.
(Plants.)
Importer’s Notice.
To the Quarantine Officer for Plants,
Port of
19
I hereby give you notice that I desire to remove from the vessel (give name) the following plants, as per schedule below.
These plants have been grown at (name of country and place) and shipped at (name of port).
Description.
Number.
Brands.
Signature—
(Importer.)
Inspection fees—Section 64.
The following fees shall be charged under the Quarantine Act for the inspection of imported plants, and such fees shall be payable before the delivery of such plants:—
Fruit—
Bananas...............................
½d. per bunch
Pineapples and bananas, in cases or packages......
½ d. per Imperial bushel or part thereof
Fruit other than pineapples and bananas..........
1d. per Imperial bushel or part thereof
Plants other than specified—
For each package 1 cwt. and under.............
1s. 6d.
For each package over 1 cwt..................
1s. for each additional cwt. or part thereof
In estimating the amount to be charged allowance shall be made for the weight of packing or of earth.
Cereals, Pulse, and other Seeds—
For every cwt., or part thereof, up to 5 tons.........
1d.
For every ton, or part thereof, exceeding 5 tons.....
2d.
Vegetables, including Onions, Potatoes, Corms., Rhizomes, Bulbs, Tubers—
For every cwt., or part thereof, up to 5 tons........
1d.
For every ton, or part thereof, exceeding 5 tons.....
2d.
Nuts and Nutmegs—
For every ½ cwt. or portion thereof.............
1d.
A quarantine officer, in respect of any imported plant found after careful inspection to be free from disease and certified accordingly, may upon receipt of inspection fees issue a permit authorizing delivery of the plant in accordance with the following form, which shall he printed on white paper:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 3. Quarantine Act 1908.
(Plants.)
Permit to Deliver Plants.
To the Officer at
19
Please deliver upon production of the receipt for payment of inspection fees, the following plants (as per schedule below) ex s.
From to
Description.
Number.
Brands.
Signature—
(Quarantine Officer.)
Station—
Any imported plant subject to quarantine shall, unless after careful inspection by a quarantine officer it is found to be free from disease and is certified accordingly, be ordered into quarantine and shall there be dealt with and treated as prescribed.
When any plant has been ordered into quarantine, it shall be immediately removed to a quarantine station in such manner, and by such means as the quarantine officer directs.
When a quarantine officer has ordered any plant into quarantine, he shall issue an order to be served on the importer of the plant and shall forward to the Customs or other officer in charge a permit authorizing delivery of the said plant in accordance with the following form, which shall with the order be printed on yellow paper.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 4. Quarantine Act 1908.
(Plants.)
Permit to Deliver Plants into a Quarantine Station.
To the Officer
at
19
Please allow the following plants (as per schedule below), which arrived ex s. from to be removed in quarantine, from the vessel to be delivered to the Quarantine Station at
Description.
Number.
Brands.
Signature—
Station. (Quarantine Officer.)
The quarantine officer may, so far as quarantine is concerned, permit the delivery of any plant lawfully imported, after such plant has been examined and sorted or treated as prescribed or as deemed necessary by the Chief Quarantine Officer, at a quarantine station or other approved place.
Packages and Packing.
Any package which has contained any diseased plant may, if so directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer, be disinfected as prescribed.
Any package or packing material connected with any imported plant and consisting of hay, straw, grass, moss, fibre, charcoal, bark, or other material considered by the quarantine officer likely to introduce disease shall be forthwith destroyed at the quarantine station or at any place that may be approved of by the Chief Quarantine Officer in the State concerned.
Quarantine Stations for Plants—Regulation of.
The treatment of any plant in quarantine shall be as prescribed.
No person shall enter or leave, nor shall any animal, vehicle, or goods of any description whatsoever be taken into or out of a quarantine station for plants without the approval of the quarantine officer in charge, and subject to such conditions as to disinfection as are prescribed or as the Chief Quarantine Officer directs.
All persons employed in any quarantine station shall obey the orders and carry out the instructions of the quarantine officer in charge and shall assist in every way in their power to prevent any spread of disease.
The quarantine officer in charge may, by an order in writing, require any person who will not comply with his directions or the regulations to leave the station, and such person shall, on receipt of such notice, immediately comply therewith, and shall, prior to leaving the station, submit himself to such disinfection as the quarantine officer by order requires.
Any person leaving a quarantine station without the approval of the quarantine officer may be apprehended by any constable and taken, back to such station.
Any plant which has undergone quarantine and treatment, and which, after examination by the quarantine officer, is certified by him to be free from disease, may, when all contingent expenses have been duly paid, be removed from the quarantine station on the issue by the quarantine officer to the importer of a certificate of release from quarantine and a permit to remove, which shall be printed on green paper, in accordance with the following form:—
Commonwealth of Australia.
Form 5. Quarantine Act 1908.
(Plants.)
Release from Quarantine and Permit to Remove Plants.
19
To M
The plants imported by which arrived ex s. from and particularized in the schedule below and which have been treated in quarantine and subsequently found free from disease are hereby released from quarantine and may be removed from the quarantine station on production to of receipts of payment of inspection fumigation, and other quarantine charges.
Description.
Number.
Brands.
Signature—
Station. (Quarantine Officer.)
Any imported plant which has been treated at a quarantine station in accordance with these regulations, and released from quarantine, and in respect of which a permit to remove has been issued, shall be removed forthwith by the importer.
If any plant in quarantine and in respect of which a permit to remove has been issued, is not removed and is unclaimed after a period of seven days, it may be sold or destroyed, as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Imported Fruit.
Any imported fruit found, on inspection by a quarantine officer, to be mixed with a proportion of fruit which is diseased, may be treated as prescribed or sorted under the supervision of a quarantine officer at a quarantine station or other approved place, subject to the following conditions, viz.:—
(a) The fruit shall as directed by a quarantine officer be removed from the vessel by which it has been imported to the quarantine station or other approved place.
(b) Sorted fruit which is not diseased shall be repacked in clean cases, which shall be supplied by the importer, who may then be permitted to take delivery of it under an order issued by a quarantine officer. Original cases shall be disinfected, as prescribed, to the satisfaction of the quarantine officer.
(c) Any fruit which has been sorted and is deemed by the quarantine officer to be diseased may, with the approval of the Chief Quarantine Officer, be re-shipped and exported at the importer’s expense, or may be destroyed or denaturated as prescribed.
(d) The importer shall, unless the quarantine officer decides that the work shall be performed by the official staff at the cost of the importer, provide all cartage and labour in connexion with the treatment, sorting, picking over, and repacking of any fruit. In addition to any other charges, a charge, not exceeding the sum of Two shillings per hour or portion thereof, shall be made and paid for supervision. Minimum charge, Two shillings.
Imported Cereals, Pulse, and Other Seed.
Any imported cereal, pulse, or other seed found on inspection by a quarantine officer to be mixed with a portion which is diseased, or to be mixed with any seed of any proclaimed pest (weed), may be treated as prescribed or sorted under the supervision of a quarantine officer at a quarantine station or other approved place subject to the following conditions:—
(a) The cereal, pulse, or other seed shall, as directed by a quarantine officer, be removed from the vessel, by which it has been imported, to the quarantine station or other approved place.
(b) Any sorted and cleaned cereal, pulse, or other seed shall be repacked in clean bags, which shall be supplied by the importer, who may then be permitted to take delivery of such cereal, pulse, or other seed under an order issued by the quarantine officer.
(c) Any cereal, pulse, or other seed which has been sorted and is deemed by the quarantine officer to be diseased, and any seed of any proclaimed or prohibited pest (weed) shall, at the expense of the importer, be destroyed or denaturated as prescribed and at such place as the Chief Quarantine Officer directs.
(d) Any bag or sack which has contained any diseased cereal, pulse, or other seed shall be disinfected as prescribed before delivery or destroyed.
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(e) The importer, shall, unless the quarantine officer decides that the work shall be performed by the official staff at the cost of the importer, provide all cartage and labour in connexion with treatment, cleaning, sorting, and repacking of any cereal, pulse, or other seed. In addition to any other charges, a charge, not exceeding two shillings per hour, or portion thereof shall be made and paid for supervision.
Imported Vegetables, including Onions, Potatoes, Corms, Rhizomes, Bulbs, and Tubers.
Any imported vegetables, including onions, potatoes, corms, rhizomes, bulbs, and tubers, found on inspection by a quarantine officer to be mixed with a proportion which is diseased, may, under the supervision of a quarantine officer, be treated as prescribed or sorted at a quarantine station or other approved place subject to the following conditions:—
(a) The vegetables shall, as directed by a quarantine officer, be removed from the vessel by which they have been imported, to the quarantine station or other approved place.
(b) Sorted vegetables which are not diseased shall be repacked in clean cases, bags, boxes, crates, parcels, or packages, which shall be supplied by the importer, who may then be permitted to take delivery of them under an order issued by a quarantine officer.
(c) Any vegetables which have been sorted and are deemed by the quarantine officer to be diseased may be destroyed or denaturated, as prescribed, or may, with the approval of the Chief Quarantine Officer, be re-shipped and sent out of the Commonwealth at the importer’s expense.
(d) The importer, shall unless the quarantine officer decides that the work shall be performed by the official staff, at the cost of the importer, provide all cartage and labour, in connexion with the treatment, sorting, picking over, and repacking of any imported vegetables. In addition to any other charges, a charge, not exceeding the sum of Two shillings per hour, or portion thereof, shall be made for supervision. Minimum charge, Two shillings.
Imported Nuts and Nutmegs.
Any imported nuts or nutmegs found by a quarantine officer to be mixed with a proportion of diseased nuts or nutmegs shall be subject to similar conditions to those which apply in the case of imported vegetables.
Other Plants.
Any plant not otherwise provided for in these regulations shall be retained in quarantine for such period as the Chief Quarantine Officer deems necessary.
Any plant imported by a quarantine officer by permission of the Minister shall be ordered into quarantine and be treated as prescribed, and shall be isolated and grown in quarantine for a period of not less than one year, except in the case of potatoes, when the period shall be two years.
The quantity of potatoes which may be imported by a quarantine officer by permission of the Minister shall not at any one time, or in any one consignment, exceed 20 lbs. in weight.
The importation of fodder (hay or chaff) from any country by permission of the Minister shall be subject to the following conditions:—
(1) Prior to shipment—
(a) A notice of intention and an application for permission to import any fodder from any country, except New Zealand or the United Kingdom, shall be given and made to the Chief Animal Quarantine Officer who shall report and make a recommendation thereon to the Director of Quarantine.
The notice shall specify the nature and quantity of the fodder, its place of origin (growth), the port of shipment and the anticipated date of arrival.
(b) A permit to import the fodder in respect of which the notice under (a) has been given to the Chief Quarantine Officer shall be obtained from the Minister.
(2) On arrival—
The importer shall give not less than two days’ notice of arrival of the fodder.
(3) The fodder shall be landed in quarantine at an approved place and shall be treated as prescribed or as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
The Fumigation or Other Treatment of Plants and Packages.
The following means and methods of treating and fumigating plants and packages in quarantine, or other approved place, are approved and prescribed:—
(a) Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas, as prescribed, for the destruction of coccids, aphides and other similar insects, and for the treatment of fruit, trees and other hardy plants in foliage, greenhouse plants and deciduous trees and plants in a dormant state, affected with such insects, and for cases, bags, or similar packages;
(b) Fumigation with carbon bisulphide vapour, as prescribed, for the destruction of coleopterous (chiefly curculionidous) and lepidopterous insects, and for the treatment of seeds, unpolished grain, nuts, nutmegs, and seeds and grain of crimson clover, rye, millet, and barley plants; and for cases, bags, and similar packages. This or the previous method of fumigation is not approved for the destruction of larvae, such as those of the codlin moth or fruit fly, imbedded in fruit;
(c) Immersion in a solution of formaldehyde, as prescribed, for potatoes and for packages;
(d) Immersion in or spraying with Bordeaux mixture, as prescribed, for fungus diseases of plants and for packages;
(e) Immersion in a solution of copper sulphate (bluestone) or a mixture of carbonate of potassium and sulphate of copper in water, as prescribed for fungus diseases, especially of vines;
(f) Boiling in water, for not less than two minutes, for cases, packages, and bags.
The precise methods of treatment and fumigation shall be as follows:—
(1) Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas shall be carried out in a chamber or receptacle specially adapted for fumigation purposes, and shall be maintained for one hour. The procedure shall be as specified hereunder, and the generating mixture shall be, in the case of:—
(a) Fruit, Trees and Hardy Plants in Foliage.—
One-third (⅓) oz. (Troy) of fused potassium cyanide (98 per cent.).
One and one-half (1⅓) fluid oz. of sulphuric acid (1.8 sp. gr.).
Three (3) fluid ozs. of water.
(b) Greenhouse Plants.—
One-quarter (¼) oz. (Troy) of fused potassium cyanide (98 per cent.).
One (1) fluid oz. of sulphuric acid (1.8 sp. gr.).
Two and one-half (2½) fluid ozs. of water.
Greenhouse plants shall be fumigated after sunset at a temperature as near 50 F. as practicable, and in a dry atmosphere.
(c) Deciduous Trees and Plants in a Dormant State.—
One (1) oz. (Troy) of fused potassium cyanide (98 per cent.).
Two (2) fluid ozs. of sulphuric acid (1.8 sp. gr.).
Three (3) fluid ozs. of water.
The quantities above specified shall be used for each 100 cubic feet of space contained in the fumigating chamber or receptacle. In each instance the water and sulphuric acid shall be successively placed in a glazed earthenware or enamelled vessel and the potassium cyanide shall be placed in the carrier constructed for the purpose; the chamber or receptacle shall then be tightly closed and the potassium cyanide shall be added by turning the handle of the carrier as required on the outside of the chamber or receptacle. After the expiration of one hour the doors and vents of the chamber or receptacle shall be opened for a sufficient time to allow all gas to escape before removal of the goods.
(2) No officer or other person shall enter any fumigation chamber until all sensible traces of hydrocyanic acid gas have disappeared.
Fumigation with carbon bisulphide vapour.—Fumigation with carbon bisulphide vapour shall be carried out in an air-tight chamber or receptacle which shall not be lighted by any light except an incandescent electric light and then only when there are no traces of the carbon bisulphide vapour present. All switches in connexion with the electric light shall be fixed outside the fumigating chamber or receptacle and shall be kept locked during the period of fumigation.
(1) For the generation of vapour, carbon bisulphide of a specific gravity of 1.29 at 32 deg. F. shall be used, and the bisulphide of carbon vapour shall be of a strength, in the case of—
(a) Seeds, unpolished grain, nuts, and nutmegs—one and one-half (1½) pound of carbon bisulphide to each thousand (1,000) cubic feet of space to be fumigated.
(b) Seeds and grain of crimson clover, rye, millet and barley one pound of carbon bisulphide to each thousand (1,000) cubic feet of space to be fumigated.
(2) All seeds, grain, nuts and nutmegs to be fumigated shall, if practicable, be spread out in thin layers so as to be freely exposed to the destructive vapour, and shall be so placed as to be below the sieves or trays specified below, and fumigation shall be maintained for not less than thirty-six (36) hours. If seeds, grain, nuts or nutmegs cannot be spread out, vapour of twice the specified strength shall be used, the packages shall be stacked and fixed so as to leave space of not less than three inches between the packages on all sides, and fumigation shall be maintained for not less than forty-eight (48) hours.
(3) The bisulphide of carbon shall be evaporated by being poured on a layer of cotton waste placed on a sieve or pervious tray. The layer of cotton waste shall be not less than 1 inch in thickness and shall be spread evenly over the sieve or tray.
(4) One such sieve or tray, containing at least one-half of a pound of cotton waste, shall be provided for each half (½) pound of carbon bisulphide required and the bisulphide shall be poured evenly over the cotton waste.
The sieve or tray shall be supported or suspended in the upper part of the fumigating chamber. If more than one sieve or tray is used, they shall be so placed as to most effectively secure an even distribution of the fumes and their intimate contact with any seeds, nuts, or nutmegs to be fumigated.
(5) No officer or other person shall smoke or expose any light in or within 20 feet of any fumigating chamber in which carbon bisulphide is being used or while any sensible trace of the carbon bisulphide remains in such chamber.
Immersion in formaldehyde solution.—The solution of formaldehyde to be used for the treatment and disinfection of potatoes in quarantine shall be of the strength of one part by measure of formalin (40 per cent. formaldehyde) to three hundred parts of water (one ounce to fifteen pints) and the immersion shall continue for two hours.
Immersion and Spraying of Plants with Bordeaux Mixture.—The Bordeaux mixture prescribed for dipping and spraying imported plants for fungus diseases shall be prepared as follows :—Take (6) lbs. of bluestone (copper sulphate), 4 lbs. of quicklime, and 40 gallons of water, and mix them in accordance with the following directions:—
Three wooden casks, one having a capacity of at least 40 gallons or more and two each having a capacity of 25 gallons, are required.
Each of the two smaller casks shall be marked on the inside with an incised or seared (burnt) mark to indicate the measure of 20 gallons. These casks shall be raised on a platform, and shall be fitted with wooden taps, so placed as to run their contents into the third cask placed below.
Six (6) lbs. of sulphate of copper (bluestone) shall be suspended in a bag or cloth from a stick placed across the top of one of the smaller casks. Pour four (4) gallons of hot water into the cask. The water must completely cover the bluestone in the bag or cloth. When the bluestone has completely dissolved, 16 gallons of cold water shall be added.
Four (4) lbs. of fresh quicklime in hard lumps shall next be slaked slowly in the other cask by adding water, pint by pint, as it is absorbed, until a thick paste of lime free from lumps is formed. Sufficient water shall then be added to make up 20 gallons, and the whole shall be thoroughly stirred. This forms “milk of lime.”
When the bluestone solution and the milk of lime are quite cool, they shall be poured together at the same rate (evenly) into the third cask.
These directions must be carefully followed to produce an effective mixture.
The following test for determining whether Bordeaux mixture is properly prepared is approved and prescribed:—
Dissolve 4 ozs. of ferrocyanide of potassium in one pint of water, place this in a glass vessel, and add a few drops of the mixture to be tested. Should any brownish discoloration occur, more milk of lime must be added to the Bordeaux mixture, till, on testing, no discoloration is apparent.
Any tree or plant in quarantine affected with any fungus disease shall be immersed or sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer.
Immersion in an aqueous solution of two (2) per cent. of copper sulphate or in an aqueous mixture of carbonate of potassium and sulphate of copper (producing hydrocarbonate of copper).
The hydrocarbonate of copper mixture shall be prepared by dissolving (a) one pound of carbonate of potassium in 40 pints of water; (b) two pounds of sulphate of copper in 40 pints of water, and carefully mixing the two solutions in a cask.
Imported vines shall, if so directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer, be dipped in the copper sulphate solution or the mixture prescribed.
Weakly plants, or those showing new shoots, shall, one hour after being dipped, be washed in clean water.
The Disinfection of Cases, Bags and similar Packages.—Cases, bags, and similar packages which have been used in the packing of any diseased plants shall, if the Chief Quarantine Officer orders their disinfection, be subjected to the same disinfecting process as prescribed for the plants packed therein, or be immersed in boiling water, kept boiling, for a period of not less than two minutes.
Depreciation or Injury of Imported Plants.
Any loss occasioned during the removal, handling, or treatment of any imported plant under the direction of a quarantine officer shall be borne by the owner of such plant, and he shall have no claim whatever against the Commonwealth for compensation for any such loss.
The Disposal of Plants and Packing Seized under the Quarantine Act.
Any plant, together with any case, package, or packing material seized under the provisions of section 68 of the Quarantine Act shall be removed to a quarantine station, and if its introduction is not absolutely prohibited under this Act, it may, after due detention and treatment, and provided that, in the opinion of the Chief Quarantine Officer, there is no danger to be apprehended by its introduction, be sold, otherwise it shall be destroyed.
Penalty for Breach of Regulations.
Except in those cases where a penalty is specially provided in the Act for any offence against the Act or breach of the Regulations made thereunder, the penalty for a breach of any of the Regulations of this Part shall be a sum not exceeding Fifty pounds.
PART VI.—MISCELLANEOUS.
Ingress to and Egress from Vessels of Bats and Mice—Section 87 (f).
(1) The master or owner of every vessel shall—
(a) effectively obstruct—against the migration of rats—by means of stout wire netting, all pipes, ports, cabin scuttles, and other openings or holes in the side of the vessel next to the wharf, and also when cargo is being discharged into lighters, in the side next to the lighters, and keep them so obstructed, while the vessel is alongside the wharf or lighters;
(b) prevent any organic refuse, galley scraps, and waste from being discharged into the waters or on the wharfs of any port.
(2) The master or owner of any vessel arriving in any port in Australia from any place proclaimed infected with plague, or as a place from or through which plague may be brought or carried, under section 12 of the Quarantine Act 1908 shall—
(a) produce to the quarantine officer a certificate showing that an efficient fumigation of such vessel while empty had been carried out prior to departure. Such certificate, in the case of an oversea vessel, must (if the port of departure be within the British dominions) be signed, by the health officer of the port; or, when such port is a foreign port, by the British Consul. In the case of an Inter-State vessel, the certificate must be signed by a quarantine officer. In the absence of such certificate, the quarantine officer may require her cargo to be discharged in the stream. Efficient fumigation in this regulation shall mean fumigation as specified in regulation 26 (f);
(b) suspend or cause to be suspended over the side of the vessel against the wharf, or against any lighter alongside, electric or other effective lights distributed so as to afford from sunset to sunrise thorough illumination fore and aft along the whole side of the vessel.
Destruction of Rats, Mice, and other Vermin—Section 87 (g).
(1) The owner or master of any vessel shall—
(a) keep all foodstuffs and food refuse in rat-proof and mouse-proof receptacles;
(b) thoroughly flush out and afterwards empty the bilges before berthing at any port;
(c) keep on board the vessel a dog or a cat—or both—efficient for rat and mouse killing, and give it or them constant access to those parts of the vessel where rats or mice may harbor;
(d) set and keep set in sufficient numbers and in suitable places metal breakback traps or other effective traps for rats and mice; and
(2) When so ordered by a quarantine officer shall—
(a) lay on the vessel poison baits effective for rats and mice;
(b) submit the holds and other such parts of the vessel as the quarantine officer directs to sulphur fumigation in accordance with this regulation, or to some other method of fumigation approved by the Director of Quarantine. Sulphur fumigation shall be effected by passing sulphur fumes into the vessel under pressure, and at the same time exhausting the air in the parts of the vessel under fumigation, and shall be continued until all parts of the vessel under fumigation are filled with a gaseous mixture of a strength of not less than three per cent, of sulphur oxides, and are kept so filled for at least eight hours. The fumigation shall, if the quarantine officer so orders, be carried out in the stream or away from a wharf;
(c) clean, wash, or spray as prescribed all portions of the vessel likely to harbor or afford shelter to vermin, with the approved insecticidal solution prescribed* as effective for the killing of fleas, lice, bugs and other vermin; and
(d) flush, cleanse, disinfect, or empty all lavatories, water tanks, or any closed in space on board the vessel, and cause to be produced for disinfection any articles desired by the quarantine officer.
For the purposes of this Part of these Regulations “wharf” shall include any pier, stage, landing-place, jetty, or similar structure at which a vessel may lie.
Quarantine Area—Section 87 (c).
Movement of Persons and Things in a Quarantine Area.
No person shall enter or leave any quarantine area proclaimed on account of any quarantinable disease [Section 13 (h)], nor shall any goods, vehicles, or animals be permitted to enter or leave any such area, without the written permission of a quarantine officer, and subject to such conditions as he may impose, or as may be prescribed.
Penalty for Breach of Regulations.
Except in those cases where a penalty is specially provided in the Act for any breach of the Regulations the penalty for a breach of any of these Regulations shall be a sum not exceeding Fifty pounds.
* See regulation 44.
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