QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) 1981 NO. 10 

QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) 1981 NO. 10 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Interpretation  
2. Methods of disinfecting parts of vessels and goods  


1981 No. 10 QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS)
- REG 1
Interpretation


  1. Regulation 5 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is amended by
inserting after the definition of "last oversea port" in sub-regulation (1)
the following definition:
  " 'master', in relation to a vessel, means-
     (a)  in the case of a vessel used in navigation by sea, the person (other
than a pilot) in charge or command of the vessel; and
     (b)  in the case of an aircraft, the person in charge or command of the
aircraft;".


1981 No. 10 QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS)
- REG 2
Methods of disinfecting parts of vessels and goods


  2. Regulation 39 of the Quarantine (General) Regulations is amended-
  (a)  by omitting from paragraph (f) of sub-regulation (1) "or" (last
occurring); and
  (b)  by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1) the following paragraphs:

     "(h)  by being exposed to ethylene oxide-
         (i)  at a concentration of 1.5 grams per litre;
        (ii)  at a pressure of 50.5 kilopascals; and
        (iii)  at a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius,
       for not less than 4 hours or for not less than such shorter period as a
quarantine officer, in the particular case, determines; or
      (i)  by irradiation with gamma rays to a dose of not less than 25
kilograys.".



- NOTES


1981 No. 10*1* QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENTS)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 February 1981.
*2* Statutory Rules 1956 No. 114 as amended by 1957 No. 13; 1958 No. 34; 1965
Nos. 80 and 188; 1972 Nos. 82, 129 and 190; 1973 No. 252; 1976 No. 193; 1978
No. 167; 1979 Nos. 15 and 286; 1980 No. 51.