QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) 1980 NO. 16 QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) 1980 NO. 16 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Interpretation 2. Landing of meat, &c. 1980 No. 16 QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) - REG 1 Interpretation 1. Regulation 4 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of "container ship" in sub-regulation (1) the following definition: " 'container system unit' means a container (including a lift-van or a tank but not including a vehicle)- (a) designed for repeated use as a unit of cargo-handling equipment in the transport of goods by ships or aircraft specially constructed, adapted or equipped for the handling and carrying of containers of the kind to which the container belongs in the course of a transportation system in which goods are transported to, in and from such a ship or aircraft in containers of that kind; and (b) fitted with devices to permit its ready handling in the course of that system, and includes normal accessories and equipment of such a container when used or transported with the container;". 1980 No. 16 QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) - REG 2 Landing of meat, &c. 2. Regulation 82 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations is amended- (a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) "uncooked meat of bovine animals from Canada or the United States of America," after "than" (first occurring); and (b) by inserting after sub-regulation (1AA) the following sub-regulations: "(1AAA) Subject to sub-regulation (1AAB), uncooked meat of bovine animals from Canada or the United States of America shall not be landed unless the Chief Quarantine Officer for the animals division of quarantine in the State or Territory where it is proposed to land the meat has certified, by writing under his hand, that he is satisfied that- (a) the meat was derived from an animal that was slaughtered for human consumption in that country; (b) the animals were slaughtered, or the meat was packed, on a specified date or dates; (c) the animals from which the meat was derived were subjected to ante mortem and post mortem veterinary inspection and were found to be free of contagious and infectious disease; (d) the animals were bovine; (e) the meat does not include meat of any animal other than a bovine animal; (f) the meat was not exposed to contamination prior to exportation; (g) foot and mouth disease and rinderpest do not exist in that country; (h) where the meat has been comminuted, no segment of the meat has a volume of less than 125 cubic centimetres; (j) the abattoir or other establishment in which the meat was processed or packed did not, at the time the meat was processed or packed, hold- (i) any ruminant or pig imported from a country other than Canada or the United States of America for immediate slaughter; or (ii) any imported meat other than meat imported from Canada or the United States of America, as the case may be, Australia or New Zealand in accordance with the law of the country into which that meat was imported; (k) the abattoir or other establishment in which the meat was processed or packed- (i) is licensed, registered or otherwise considered acceptable by the Australian government, for the purpose of exporting meat to Australia; (ii) has been allocated a number commonly known as a veterinary control number by the government of the country from which the goods were exported; and (iii) that number is stamped on, or shown on an adhesive label stuck to, the meat or the packing in which the meat is contained; (l) the meat was transported to Australia- (i) in a cargo compartment or container system unit that- (A) was, before the meat was loaded into it, thoroughly cleaned with a 2 per cent solution of sodium hydroxide or a 4 per cent solution of sodium carbonate; (B) did not, after it was so cleaned, contain any other meat; and (C) was, after the meat was loaded into it, sealed with the official seal of the appropriate department of the government of the country from which the meat was exported and was incapable of being opened, after being so sealed, without breaking that seal; or (ii) by air otherwise than in a container system unit and the packing containing the meat was sealed with the official seal of the appropriate department of the government of the country from which the meat was exported and was- (A) fresh packing material incapable of being opened, after being so sealed, without breaking that seal; and (B) enclosed in an outer transparent polythene wrapping; and (m) the seal on the cargo compartment or container system unit, or on the packing containing the meat, referred to in paragraph (l) has not been broken. "(1AAB) Where- (a) the seal on the cargo compartment or container system unit in which uncooked meat of bovine animals from Canada or the United States of America was transported to Australia or, in the case of such meat transported to Australia by air otherwise than in a container system unit, on the packing containing the meat, has been broken; or (b) the cargo compartment, the container system unit or the packing was not sealed as described in paragraph (1AAA) (l), the provisions of sub-regulation (1AAA) shall be deemed to have been complied with, notwithstanding that the Chief Quarantine Officer referred to in that sub-regulation has not certified under that sub-regulation in relation to the official seal on, or the sealing of, the cargo compartment, the container system unit or the packing in pursuance of paragraphs (1AAA) (l) and (m), if the provisions of that sub-regulation have been complied with in every other respect and the Director of Quarantine has certified, by writing under his hand, that he is satisfied that the meat so transported to Australia has not been subject to contamination. "(1AAC) Uncooked meat of a bovine animal from Canada or the United States of America landed in Australia shall not be released from quarantine until the expiration of the period of 21 days commencing on- (a) the date on which the animal was slaughtered; or (b) if that date is not certified under sub-regulation (1AAA) in respect of that meat, the date on which the meat was packed.". - NOTES 1980 No. 16 QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS*1* *2* (AMENDMENTS) *1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 February 1980. *2* Statutory Rules 1935 No. 71 as amended by Statutory Rules 1936 No. 37; 1937 No. 69; 1938 No. 95; 1939 No. 139; 1941 No. 83; 1942 No. 61; 1944 No. 184; 1946 No. 17; 1950 No. 95; 1953 No. 15; 1955 No. 10; 1956 Nos. 36, 65 and 111; 1958 Nos. 35 and 36; 1959 Nos. 72 and 87; 1960 No. 85; 1961 No. 23; 1966 Nos. 14, 109, 117 and 155; 1969 No. 98; 1971 No. 72; 1973 No. 179; 1974 No. 260; 1976 Nos. 83 and 206; 1977 No. 182; 1978 No. 174; 1979 No. 64.