Quarantine Amendment Act 1984 (Cth)

Quarantine Amendment Act 1984

No. 19 of 1984

An Act to amend the Quarantine Act 1908, and for related purposes

[Assented to 26 April 1984]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Quarantine Amendment Act 1984. (2) The Quarantine Act 19081 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement 2. (1) Section 1, this section and section 27 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2) Sections 20, 21 and 22 shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. (3) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation 3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting "small-pox," from the definition of "Quarantinable disease" in sub-section (1); and (b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (7) (b) (ii) "wih" and substituting "with".

Director of Quarantine, Chief Quarantine Officers and quarantine officers 4. (1) Section 8a of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting from sub-section (2) "Governor-General thinks fit" and substituting "Minister determines by writing signed by him"; (b) by omitting from sub-section (3) "quarantine officers (including Chief Quarantine Officers)" and substituting "Chief Quarantine Officers"; (c) by omitting from sub-section (3) "Quarantine Officer" (first occurring) and substituting "quarantine officer"; and (d) by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section: "(4) Each quarantine officer (other than a Chief Quarantine Officer) shall exercise his powers and perform his functions under and subject to the directions of the Chief Quarantine Officer for the division or divisions of quarantine for which that quarantine officer is appointed.". (2) A determination made by the Governor-General pursuant to sub-section 8a (2) of the Principal Act that was in force immediately before the commencement of this section shall be deemed to be a determination made by the Minister under sub-section 8a (2) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act. 5. (1) Section 9 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted: