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Quarantine Amendment (Commission of Inquiry) Act 2007
No. 158, 2007
An Act to amend the Quarantine Act 1908, and for other purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Quarantine Act 1908
Schedule 2—Other amendments Archives Act 1983 Freedom of Information Act 1982 Privacy Act 1988
Quarantine Amendment (Commission of Inquiry) Act 2007
No. 158, 2007
An Act to amend the Quarantine Act 1908, and for other purposes
[Assented to 24 September 2007]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Quarantine Amendment (Commission of Inquiry) Act 2007.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Quarantine Act 1908
1 Subsection 5(1) Insert:
Commissioner means a person appointed under section 66AY.
2 Subsection 5(1) Insert:
Commission of inquiry means the inquiry conducted, or to be conducted, by a person appointed under section 66AY.
3 Subsection 5(1) (at the end of the definition of quarantine officer) Add "and, to the extent that the Director of Quarantine has determined under section 66AZC that a person (or a person included in a specified class of persons) has functions and/or powers of a quarantine officer under this Act, includes such a person".
4 Subsection 5(1) Insert:
Royal Commission has the meaning given by the Royal Commissions Act 1902.
5 After Part VIA Insert:
Part VIB—Commission of inquiry into equine influenza outbreak
66AY Appointment of Commissioner
(1) The Minister may, in writing, appoint a person to: (a) conduct a Commission of inquiry into matters specified in the instrument of appointment relating to all or any of the following: (i) the outbreak of equine influenza in Australia in 2007; (ii) quarantine requirements and practices relating to the outbreak; (iii) any matters incidental to the matters referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and (b) report to the Minister on the matters (including any recommendations relating to the matters) on or before a day specified in the instrument of appointment.
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