Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

QUARANTINE ACT 1908 - SECT 8B

             (1)  There shall be a Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine, who shall, under the Minister, be charged with the execution of this Act, and any regulations and proclamations in force under this Act, in relation to animal and plant quarantine.

             (2)  The Minister may, by writing, determine that there are to be Chief Quarantine Officers (Animals) or Chief Quarantine Officers (Plants) for a division or divisions of animal quarantine or plant quarantine, as the case may be, specified in the determination.

             (3)  Any Chief Quarantine Officers (Animals) and Chief Quarantine Officers (Plants) shall perform their functions and exercise their powers under, and subject to the directions of, the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine.

             (4)  The Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine has all the functions and powers of a Chief Quarantine Officer (Animals), of a Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants), of a quarantine officer (animals) and of a quarantine officer (plants) under this Act and the regulations and proclamations referred to in subsection (1).

             (5)  A Chief Quarantine Officer (Animals) has all the functions and powers of a quarantine officer (animals) under this Act and the regulations and proclamations referred to in subsection (1) and a Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants) has all the functions and powers of a quarantine officer (plants) under this Act and the regulations and proclamations referred to in subsection (1).

             (6)  Each quarantine officer (animals) or quarantine officer (plants) is to perform functions and may exercise powers, for a division of quarantine for which he or she is appointed, under, and subject to the directions of:

                     (a)  the Chief Quarantine Officer for the division; or

                     (b)  if there is no such Chief Quarantine Officer--the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine.

             (7)  For the purposes of this section, any branch or subject in relation to animals or plants and a territorial division or locality shall be a division of quarantine.