Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1981 No. 10 QUARANTINE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) - REG 2

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.".