Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1983 No. 299 QUARANTINE (ANIMALS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3

3. After regulation 38 of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations the following
regulation is inserted: Bees of the species Apis mellifera (L.) from Canada,
New Zealand or the United States of America

"39. (1) A queen bee imported into Australia from New Zealand shall not be
released from quarantine unless an examination of her escort bees establishes
that her release would not spread disease in Australia.

"(2) The larvae of a queen bee that has been imported into Australia from
Canada or the United States of America shall not be released from quarantine
unless an examination of the queen bee, her escort bees and her larvae
establishes that the release of the larvae would not spread disease in
Australia.

"(3) Before conducting an examination referred to in sub-regulation (2) a
Chief Quarantine Officer may place the queen bee with escort bees other than
imported escort bees.

"(4) In this regulation, 'bee' means a bee of the species Apis mellifera
(L.).".