1Quarantine Regulations 1911 (Provisional)

STATUTORY RULES.

1911. No. 121

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 operation on the first day of October 1911, and make the Regulations to come into operation accordingly as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this 17th day of August, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

FRANK G. TUDOR,

Minister for Trade and Customs.

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PART I.—PRELIMINARY.

Citation.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Quarantine Regulations 1911.

Repeal.

(2) All Regulations under the Quarantine Act in force at the passing of these Regulations (Statutory Rules Nos. 73, 100, 146 of 1909, and Nos. 25, 42, 56, 78, 93 of 1910) are hereby repealed.

Parts.

2. 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.—a. Relating to Special Measures against Plague.

b. Miscellaneous.

Part V.—Relating to Quarantine of Animals.

Part VI.—Relating to Quarantine of Plants.

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PART II.—GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Quarantine Signal—Section 23.

3. The Quarantine Signal* shall be—

(1) From sunrise to sunset:—

(a) For oversea vessels requiring pratique, 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 lights (two red and one white, each being not less than eight inches in diameter) 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 an equilateral triangle with the apex (the white light) above.

PART III.—RELATING TO QUARANTINE OF VESSELS, PERSONS, AND GOODS GENERALLY.