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This instrument (Provisional Quarantine Regulations 1915) repeals earlier rules (Reg 1(2)) and sets out detailed procedures, forms and technical standards for quarantine of vessels, persons, goods, animals and plants: signals, health reports, pratique certificates, specified quarantine periods, tests, disinfecting and fumigation methods, fees and penalties. It affects ship masters, medical and quarantine officers, importers and animal/plant owners who must report, permit inspection, pay fees and bear costs for disinfection or destruction; decision-making and enforcement rest with quarantine officers, the Chief Quarantine Officer and the Minister.
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STATUTORY RULES.
1915. No. 88.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-12.
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 1908-12 should come into operation on the first day of July, 1915, and make the Regulations to come into operation accordingly as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this eighth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
FRANK G. TUDOR,
Minister for Trade and Customs.
Part I.—Preliminary.
Citation.
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Quarantine Regulations 1915.
Repeal.
(2) All Regulations under the Quarantine Act in force at the making of these Regulations. (Statutory Rules No. 121 of 1911, Nos. 105, 185, of 1912, and No. 67 of 1914) are hereby repealed.
Parts.
2. These Regulations are divided into Parts as follows:—
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—General Provisions.
Part III.—Quarantine of Vessels, Persons, and goods generally.
Part IV.—Special Measures against Plague.
Part V.—Miscellaneous.
Part VI.—Quarantine of Animals.
Part VII.—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.—Quarantine of Vessels, Persons, and Goods Generally.
Hours of Clearance of Vessels subject to Quarantine.
4. The hours of clearance for vessels subject to Quarantine shall be from sunrise to sunset provided that an authorized quarantine officer may, at any hour between five a.m. and midnight during the months from November to March (inclusive), and between six a.m. and ten p.m. during the remaining months of the year, 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. (1) When—
(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 of any vessel, the master of the vessel 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.
(2) The master of a vessel in port shall forthwith give notice in writing to a quarantine officer of every case of any prescribed disease which was on his vessel when she arrived in the port or which has arisen on his vessel since she arrived in the port.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.
23. The quarantine signal shall be as prescribed.
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(1) The Primary Health Report relating to any vessel at its first part of entry to the Commonwealth shall be in accordance with the following form:—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="9" style="border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Commonwealth of Australia.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="9" style="border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">The </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">Quarantine Act </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1908.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="9" style="border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:21.6pt; text-align:left; widows:0; orphans:0"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Health report and answers to questions as to the present and recent 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</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="9" style="border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; widows:0; orphans:0"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Master* of the said vessel.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:10.9%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:left; widows:0; orphans:0"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">and by</span></p></td><td colspan="6" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:left; widows:0; orphans:0"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:right; widows:0; orphans:0"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Medical Officer</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="9" style="border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:left; widows:0; orphans:0"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">of the said vessel.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="3" style="width:10.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Name, Description, Tonnage, and Nationality of Vessel.</span></p></td><td rowspan="3" style="width:11.62%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Port from which Vessel started, and Date of sailing therefrom.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ports at which Vessel has called, and Dates of arrival and departure.</span></p></td><td colspan="4" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Number of Persons now on Board.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:9.74%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Port.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Date.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Passengers</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Crew.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:6%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Arrival.</span></p></td><td style="width:5.82%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Departure.</span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Class.</span></p></td><td style="width:5.7%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Number.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.56%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">malign.</span></p></td><td style="width:9.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Number</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:12.65pt"><td style="width:10.9%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:18pt; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Name.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:11.62%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:9.74%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:6%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:5.82%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:11.82%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:left; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">First</span><span style="width:25.14pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:5.7%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:15.56%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; 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