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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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addition to any other charges a fee not exceeding the sum
of 2s. per hour or portion thereof shall be charged for super-
vision. Minimum fee, 2s.

Depreciation or Injury of Imported Plants.

Any loss occasioned during the removal, handling, or treat-
ment of any imported plant under the direction of a quaran-
tine 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.

Disposal of Plants and Packing seized under the Quarantine Act.

Any plant or goods, together with any case, package, or
packing-material, seized under the provisions of section 68
of the Act shall be removed to a quarantine-station, and if
their introduction is not absolutely prohibited under the
Act they may, after due detention and treatment, and pro-
vided that, in the opinion of the Chief Quarantine Officer,
there is no danger to be apprehended by their introduction,
be sold; otherwise they 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
£50.

Restrictions on the Introduction into Australia of Animals,
Hides and Skins, Wool, Hair, Animal-manures, &c., from
New Zealand.—Notice No. 1800.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 21st September, 1915.

THE following summary of restrictions imposed by the
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia on the
introduction of animals, hides and skins, wool, hair, animal-
manures, &c., into that country is published for general
information.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture.

DEFINITIONS.

“DISEASE,” in relation to animals, means glanders, farcy,
pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa, foot-and-mouth disease, rinder-
pest, anthrax, Texas or tick fever, hog-cholera, swine-plague,
mange, scab, surra, dourine, rabies, tuberculosis, actinomy-
cosis, variola ovina, cattle-tick, camel-tick, horse-tick, sheep-
tick, sheep-lice, epizootic lymphangitis, influenza, mal de
caderas, nagana (tsetse-fly disease), warbles, swine-erysipelas,
trichinosis, fowl-cholera, fowl-diphtheria (roup), trypanoso-
miasis, Johne’s disease, or any other disease declared by the
Governor-General by Proclamation to be a disease affecting
animals.

“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.

“Australian vessel” means a vessel which does not voyage
or ply to or from any place outside Australia.

“Oversea vessel” means any vessel other than an Australian
vessel.

PORTS OF ENTRY.

No person shall land any imported animals or plants in
any port or place in Australia except a port declared by
Proclamation to be a port where the imported animals or
plants may be landed. Penalty, £100.

The following have been declared ports where imported
animals may be landed:—

New South Wales.. .. Sydney.
Victoria .. .. .. Melbourne.
Queensland .. .. .. Brisbane, Townsville.
South Australia .. .. Port Adelaide.
Western Australia .. .. Fremantle.
Tasmania .. .. .. Hobart.

GENERAL PROVISIONS OF QUARANTINE ACT.

No imported animals or plants, and no hay, straw, fodder,
litter, fittings, clothing, utensils, appliances, or packages
used on any vessel in connection with imported animals or
plants shall, until released from quarantine, be moved, dealt
with, or interfered with except by authority and in accord-
ance with this Act and the regulations. Penalty, £100.

No imported animals or plants, and no hay, straw, fodder,
litter, fittings, clothing, utensils, appliances, or packages
used on any vessel in connection with imported animals or
plants shall be landed or removed from the vessel until a
permit for their landing or removal from the vessel has been
granted by a quarantine officer.

A quarantine officer prescribed for the purpose shall make
a careful inspection of all imported animals before they are
delivered to the importer.

If the imported animals (other than camels, horses, or dogs)
come from a country declared by the Governor-General by
Proclamation to be free from disease affecting animals of the
kind of those imported, and are accompanied by a certificate
of an approved veterinary surgeon at the port of shipment,
certifying that he had examined the animals prior to their
shipment and that they then were in good health and free
from disease, and the quarantine officer has reported to the
Minister that he is satisfied that during the voyage they have
not suffered from any disease or been exposed to infection,
and were free from disease at the time of landing, and that
there is no danger of their introducing any disease, he may,
subject to the regulations, give to the importer a certificate
to that effect, and may allow them to be delivered to the
importer without being required to perform quarantine.

If any imported animal is not suffering from any disease,
the quarantine officer may, subject to the regulations, permit
the animal to leave the ship, or, if it has been ordered
into quarantine, the quarantine-station under quarantine sur-
veillance.

An animal under quarantine surveillance shall continue
thereunder for such period as is prescribed, and shall be
treated and dealt with as prescribed, and the owner or person
in charge of the animal shall during such period comply
with the regulations relating to quarantine surveillance of
animals, and a quarantine officer may, at any time during
such period, order the animal into quarantine.

In all other cases a quarantine officer shall order the imported
animals into quarantine.

A quarantine officer may examine, and order into quarantine,
any animals or plants declared by Proclamation to be subject
to quarantine.

The expenses connected with the examination of any
animals or plants or goods, and of their conveyance to a
quarantine-station, and of their detention, maintenance,
and treatment in quarantine, or under quarantine surveillance,
shall be paid by the importer or owner of the animals or plants
or goods to the Commonwealth, and shall be a charge upon the
animals or plants or goods.

A quarantine officer may refuse to grant a permit for the
landing or removal of any animals or plants or goods until
security is given to his satisfaction for payment of the expenses
payable to the Commonwealth under this section.

REGULATIONS.

Importation of Animals.

Not less than seven days’ notice of the arrival of any animal
from any country except New Zealand shall be given by the
importer to the Chief Quarantine Officer of the State.

In the case of any animal from New Zealand, not less than
three days’ notice shall be given by the importer.

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:—

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 the date
of shipment;

(b.) That it has not been in contact with any animal
suffering from disease during the six months
next preceding the date of shipment.

(2.) A certificate by a Government Veterinary Surgeon—

(a.) That the animal is free from disease; and

(b.) That he has knowledge that the animal has not
been within any country from which the
importation of horses into Australia is pro-
hibited under the Commonwealth of Aus-
tralia Quarantine Act within the three years
next preceding the date of shipment.

In the case of cattle from New Zealand:—

(1.) A declaration from a Government Veterinary Surgeon,
certifying that the animal is free from disease, and
that it has been located in New Zealand for not less
than sixty days next preceding shipment.

(2.) A tuberculin-test certificate by a qualified surgeon.
The certificate shall state, inter alia, the date on
which the test was applied.