QUARANTINE SERVICE FEES DETERMINATIONS 2001
(No.1 of 2001)

I, WARREN ERROL TRUSS, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, make these Determinations under section 86E of the Quarantine Act 1908.

Dated 21st June 2001

WARREN TRUSS
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Contents
Page
1	Name of Determinations	2
2	Definitions	2
3	Fees payable for services	2
4	Minimum fee	2
5	Multiple fees	2
6	Due date for payment	2
7	Late payment fees	2
8	Determinations do not apply to certain services	3
9	Revocation of previous determinations	3
SCHEDULE	4

SCHEDULE	Name of Determinations
These Determinations are the Quarantine Service Fees Determinations 2001.

Note: These Determinations take effect on the day on which the notice of the Determinations is published in the Gazette – see Act, subsection 86E(3).

SCHEDULE	Definitions
In these Determinations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Act means the Quarantine Act 1908;
item means an item in the Schedule;
line equivalent means:
1.1	in relation to seeds – each lot of 20 or less seeds planted in no more than 4 pots having a diameter of 300 millimetres; and
1.2	in relation to fruit trees or vines – each lot of 2 or less fruit trees or vines planted separately.

SCHEDULE	Fees payable for services
Subject to clauses 4 and 5, the fee payable in respect of a service specified in column 2 of an item is the amount set out in, or ascertained in accordance with, column 3 opposite the description of that service.

SCHEDULE	Minimum fee
When a fee in column 3 is expressed as a minimum fee, the fee payable is not less than the amount specified.

SCHEDULE	Multiple fees
When more than one fee in column 3 is applicable to a service, the fee payable is to be calculated by adding together the fees that are applicable to that service.

SCHEDULE	Due date for payment
A fee imposed by these Determinations is to be paid:

1.1	if the amount of the fee is determined before the provision of the service – on demand for payment; or
1.2	in any other case – on the due date shown on an invoice issued by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.
SCHEDULE	Late payment fees
A penalty fee at the rate of 20% per annum applies if a fee remains unpaid at any time after the due date for payment.

SCHEDULE	Determinations do not apply to certain services
These Determinations do not apply in relation to services provided:

1.1	to diplomatic staff of a country other than Australia;
1.2	to foreign vessels and equipment undertaking combined exercises with the Australian defence forces;
1.3	for examination of personal luggage arriving in Australia aboard the same vessel as the owner or importer of the goods; or
1.4	for surveillance of parcel post items containing goods that are for private/non‑commercial use.
SCHEDULE	Revocation of previous determinations
These Determination revoke all previous determinations made under section 86E of the Act, with the exception of the Quarantine Service Fees 2000-03 (Australia Post) Determination 2000.
SCHEDULE	

Item	Service	Fee	
	A.	General services
		
1	Surveillance, risk assessment and screening activities performed with respect to air cargo imports not requiring a formal Australian Customs entry	$1 per house airway bill or straight line airway bill	
2	Cargo risk profiling, development implementation and maintenance of Commonwealth/industry co-regulation arrangements for commercial air cargo/surveillance/inspection of air container units.	$3 per air cargo entry lodged on the Australian Customs Service entry management system	
3	Cargo risk profiling, development implementation and maintenance of Commonwealth/industry co-regulation arrangements for commercial sea cargo	$3 per sea cargo entry lodged on the Australian Customs Service entry management system	
4	Surveillance, inspection and treatment of High Volume Low Value (HVLV) air cargo consignments	In addition to the fee set out in item 2 or 3, $7.50 per sea or air cargo entry lodged on the Australian Customs Service entry management system by a person registered as a 'special reporter' under Division 3 of Part IV of the Customs Act 1901	
5	Clearance of a sea container unit – not empty containers	$12.50 per container	
6	Clearance of a consignment of goods of quarantine concern by examining documents only	$30 per consignment	
7	For container (tailgate) inspections performed in-office, or at a quarantine approved premises where inspection services are permanently available	$30 per container	
8	For other container (tailgate) inspections	$68 for the first container recorded on an entry and thereafter $34 per container	
9	For fumigation monitors performed in-office, or at a quarantine approved premises where inspection services are permanently available	$30 per container, per fumigation (full container load cargo)

$30 per consignment, per fumigation (less than a full container load cargo)

$30 per consignment, per fumigation (non-containerised cargo)	
10	For other fumigation monitors	$68 per container, per fumigation for the first container recorded on an entry and thereafter $34 per container, per fumigation (full container load cargo)

$68 per consignment, per fumigation (less than a full container load cargo)

$68 per consignment, per fumigation 
(non-containerised cargo)	
11	For in-office inspections where an entry is lodged	$30 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service	
12	For inspections performed at a quarantine approved premises where inspection services are permanently available	$60 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service and thereafter $30 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service	
13	For examination of documentation relating to a live animal or animal reproductive material import	$30 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service	
14	For other inspections (including examination of live animals)	$68 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service and thereafter $34 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service	
15	For the services of each inspector whose services are required for a normal working day	$605 per day	
16	For the services of each inspector whose services are required during normal working hours for a week	$2,107 per week	
17	For the services of each inspector whose services are required during normal working hours for a period of four weeks	$8,252 per four weeks	
18	For the services of each inspector whose services are required during normal working hours for a year	$95,417 per year	
19	Examination of:
(a)	a consignment of timber (excluding plywood or veneers)
(b)	seed samples where analysis is performed in a laboratory	$1.10 per cubic metre or part thereof
$30 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer involved	
20	In-office supervision or packing of goods for fumigation or other treatment including destruction by use of an oven, chamber, tank or incinerator	$30 per quarter hour or part thereof per officer involved for the aggregate time taken to pack, fumigate or otherwise treat the goods	
21	Processing of a quarantine entry associated with a compliance agreement	$8 per entry	
	B.	Lodgments		
22	Lodgment of an electronic quarantine entry via the Joint Entry Management System	$6 per entry	
23	Lodgment of a quarantine form other than as referred to in item 22	$12 per entry	
24	Lodgment of an application to import plants and plant products	$60 per application	
25	Lodgment of an application to import live animals and animal reproductive material:
(a)	dog/cat
(b)	laboratory animals and bees
(c)	other live animals, birds and other reproductive materials	

$60 per application
$60 per application
$120 per application	
26	Lodgment of an exemption against an existing animal import condition	$60 per application	
27	Lodgment of an application to import biological material and other animal products and associated inspections:
(a)	foodstuffs for human consumption (except pigmeat)
(b)	single consignments of pigmeat
(c)	animal and fish feeds:
(i)	livestock feeds
(ii)	aquaculture feeds
(iii)	pet feeds
(d)	therapeutics and cosmetics:
	(i)	fermented products (including antibiotics and enzymes)
(ii)	human therapeutics (for personal use by applicant)

	(iii)	human therapeutics (commercial quantities)

	(iv)	veterinary therapeutics and probiotics (excluding fermented antibiotics)
	(v)	cosmetics (greater than 20 per cent animal material)

(e)	vaccines:
(i)	human vaccines

(ii)	veterinary vaccines and master seeds
	(iii)	raw materials for veterinary vaccines (excluding master seeds)
	(iv)	in-vivo approvals
(f)	viable organisms (other than vaccines):
	(i)	microbes (non pathogenic and human pathogens for laboratory use only)
	(ii)	microbes (possible pathogens for laboratory use only)
(ii)	parasites, animal cell lines, plant material (for laboratory use only)
(iii)	bioremediation agents, soil conditioners
(g)	fertilisers containing plant and/or aquatic materials and/or micro-organisms
(h)	other laboratory and industrial materials, diagnostic test kits and reagents (other than those referred to above):
(i)	materials not for exposure to animals or plants (less than 20ml or 20g of animal extract)

	(ii)	materials which may be exposed to plants or animals (other than laboratory animals)
(i)	other charges:
(i)	other biological materials and foodstuffs
(ii)	permit reprints and amendments
(iii)	transfer approvals
(iv)	biological goods releases
(v)	costs for inspection of overseas facilities involved in producing uncanned processed foods (eg powdered egg products, retorted hens eggs, foie gras, dairy products), pet foods, aquaculture feeds, stockfeeds, veterinary vaccines and veterinary therapeutics	

$50 per 5 items or part thereof
$120 per item

$180 per item
$120 per item
$60 per item

$60 per item

$60 per 5 items or part thereof
$180 per 5 items or part thereof
$180 per item

$60 per 5 items or part thereof

$180 per 5 items or part thereof
$360 per item
$180 per item

$180 per item

$60 per 5 items or part thereof
$60 per item

$60 per 5 items or part thereof
$180 per item
$180 per item

$60 for up to 50 items or part thereof and thereafter $120 for 51 to 1000 items and thereafter $120 per 1000 items or part thereof
$180 per item

$60 per item
$60 per permit
$60 per transfer
$120 per release
$100 per supplier, to be charged once every two years
	
	C.	Plants – care and testing		
28	Care of consignment of plants at a government nursery:
(a)	seed lines or varieties (consignments of less than 30 seed lines or varieties):
(i)	for the first nine months or part thereof

(ii)	for each subsequent nine months or part thereof

(a)	seed lines or varieties (consignments of 30 or more seed lines or varieties):
(i)	for time spent servicing consignments at or for a government nursery

(ii)	for the services of each officer whose services are required for a normal working day
(iii)	for the services of each officer whose services are required during normal working hours for a week
(iv)	for the services of each officer whose services are required during normal working hours for a period of four weeks
(a)	fruit trees or vines:
(i)	for the first year or part thereof

(ii)	for each subsequent year or part thereof in a glass house

(iii)	for each subsequent year or part thereof in screen or shade house
(a)	bulbs, corms or tubers planted under field conditions:
(i)	for the first growing period

(ii)	for each subsequent growing period

(a)	other plants, bulbs, corms or tubers:
(i)	for the first 4 months or part thereof

(ii)	for each subsequent 4 month period or part thereof
(e)	repotting
(f)	hand pollination	

$246 for the first line equivalent, plus

$148 for each of the next nine line equivalents, plus

$100 for each additional line equivalent in excess of ten

$100 for each line equivalent

$72 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service and thereafter

$36 for each additional quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service

$32 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service in-office

$637 per day

$2218 per week

$8686 per four weeks

$246 for the first line equivalent plus

$148 for the next 9 line equivalents plus

$100 for each additional line equivalent in excess of ten

$148 for the first line equivalent plus

$100 for each additional line equivalent

$49 for each line equivalent

$49 for the first bulb, corm or tuber in a consignment plus

$6 for each additional bulb, corm or tuber

$6 for each bulb, corm or tuber

$81 for the first plant, bulb, corm or tuber in a consignment, regardless of pot size, plus

$8 each for the next 19 plants, bulbs, corms or tubers in pots up to and including 15cm diameter, or

$10 each for the next 19 plants, bulbs, corms or tubers in pots between 15 and 30cm diameter, or

$15 each for the next 19 plants, bulbs, corms or tubers in pots exceeding 30cm diameter, plus

$6 for each plant, bulb, corm or tuber in excess of 20

$6 for each plant
$6 per plant repotted
$57 per line equivalent	
29	Services provided in respect of plants in quarantine:
(g)	testing for the presence of a disease organism in an imported plant by
(i)	electron microscopy
(ii)	using herbaceous indicator plants

(iii)	using woody indicator plants

(iv)	serological testing at AQIS facility

(v)	serological testing at a facility not owned or managed by AQIS

(vi)	double stranded RNA testing

(vii)	other biochemical testing
(a)	disease elimination:
(i)	by heat therapy

(ii)	by shoot tip culture

$86 per test
$86 per test for the first line equivalent, plus

$43 per test for the next nine line equivalents, plus

$22 per test for each line equivalent in excess of ten

$173 per test for the first line equivalent, plus

$130 per test for the next nine line equivalents, plus

$86 per test for each line equivalent in excess of ten

$86 per test for the first line equivalent, plus

$65 per test for each of the next nine line equivalents, plus

$43 per test for each line equivalent in excess of ten

the amount charged per test plus $10 per line equivalent plus any amount required for postage

$745 for each group of ten or less tests
$86 per test

$2421 per treatment and subsequent test
$1210 per treatment and subsequent test	
	D.	Animals – quarantine station		
30	Use of a quarantine station for management of animals:
(a)	an equine animal or ruminant animal:
(i)	equine animal, care and maintenance provided by importer

(ii)	cattle and alpaca, care and maintenance provided by importer

(a)	use of grooms quarters with cleaning to be carried out by importer

(b)	cats and dogs:
(i)	cat that is 6 weeks or more old

(ii)	dog that is 6 weeks or more old

(a)	a bitch that whelps

(b)	a cat that has kittens

(c)	a rabbit, a guinea pig or a queen bee with all reproductive management for queen bees provided by the importer
(d)	avian imports:
(i)	a consignment of live birds
(ii)	a consignment of birds eggs
(a)	an animal that is not specified in paragraphs (a-g) (inclusive):
(i)	weighing not more than 60 kilograms
(ii)	weighing in excess of 60 kilograms

(i)	conveyance of cats and dogs to Government quarantine stations

(h)	for time spent providing services at a quarantine station for management of animals:
(i)	for in-office inspections

(j)	for other inspections	

$34 per animal per day, for the first 25 animals, plus

$10 per day for each animal in excess of 25 with feed and veterinary  supplies to be provided by importer

$34 per animal per day, for the first 25 animals, plus

$3 per day for each animal in excess of 25 with feed and veterinary supplies to be provided by importer

$150 per week or part thereof, plus $55 per person per week or part thereof

$12 per day for the first animal in a consignment, plus

$9 per animal per day for each animal in excess of one

$16 per day for the first animal in a consignment, plus

$11 per animal per day for each animal in excess of one 

$400 for the first 7 hours or less of supervision, plus

$19 per hour for each additional hour of supervision, plus

up to $5 per day for each pup up to 6 weeks, plus

the daily rate

$300 plus the daily rate
$5 per day

$400 per day
$420 per day

$16 per day
$34 per day for the first 25 animals plus

$10 per day for each animal in excess of 25 with feed and veterinary supplies to be provided by importer

$95 per importer per journey within normal business hours, and $120 per importer per journey after hours

$30 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service

$68 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service and thereafter $34 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service	
	E.	Shift work and overnight		
31	When services are performed outside an officer's usual hours of duty, or an officer is required to perform shiftwork, an additional fee will be charged calculated at the following rates:
(a)	time and a half:
	(i)	for veterinary officers

(ii)	for other officers

(b)	double time:
	(i)	for veterinary officers

(iii)	for other officers

(c)	double time and a half:
	(i)	for veterinary officers

	(ii)	for other officers

(d)	for the performance of shiftwork by veterinary officers:
	(i)	for shiftwork performed on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday which is not a holiday
(iv)	for shift work performed on Saturday

(v)	for shift work performed on Sunday
(vi)	for shift work performed on a public holiday during normal hours
(vii)	for shift work performed on a public holiday outside normal hours
(e)	for the performance of shiftwork by other officers:
(i)	for shiftwork performed on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday which is not a holiday
(viii)	for shift work performed on Saturday

(ix)	for shiftwork performed on Sunday

(x)	for shiftwork performed on a public holiday during normal hours
(xi)	for shiftwork performed on a public holiday outside normal hours

$10.60 for each ¼ hour or part thereof. A minimum fee of $183 applies when the services are performed non-continuously with ordinary duty

$7 for each ¼ hour or part thereof. A minimum fee of $122 applies when the services are performed non-continuously with ordinary duty

$14.10 for each ¼ hour or part thereof. A minimum fee of $226 applies when the services are performed non-continuously with ordinary duty

$9.40 for each ¼ hour or part thereof. A minimum fee of $150 applies when the services are performed 
non-continuously with ordinary duty

$18 for each ¼ hour or part thereof. A minimum fee of $282 applies when the services are performed 
non-continuously with ordinary duty

$11.80 for each ¼ hour or part thereof. A minimum fee of $188 applies when the services are performed 
non-continuously with ordinary duty

$1 per quarter hour

$3.50 per quarter hour
$7 per quarter hour
$10.60 per quarter hour
$17.60 per quarter hour

$0.70 per quarter hour

$2.30 per quarter hour
$4.70 per quarter hour
$7 per quarter hour

$11.80 per quarter hour	
32	Overnight costs when an officer is required to stay overnight in order to perform services	$120 per night	
	F.	Registration of premises		
33	(a)	Application for approval for registration or premises for the purposes of performing quarantine (including zoological gardens, circuses and theatres)

(b)	renewal of registration

	$415 plus

$68 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service (for inspection of premises and examination of documentation)

and thereafter $34 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service

$415 plus

$68 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing an inspection of the premises and thereafter $34 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing an inspection of the premises	
	G.	Stowage of goods		
34	Stowage of goods not removed from premises owned or managed by AQIS after clearance through quarantine:
(a)	seeds if not removed within 7 days of quarantine clearance

(b)	plants including bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tubers if not removed within 7 days of quarantine clearance

(c)	machinery or other equipment (including motor vehicles) if not removed within 7 days of quarantine clearance

(d)	animals following completion of the mandatory quarantine period

(e)	other goods if not removed within 7 days of quarantine clearance

(f)	care and maintenance of goods held for passengers on in-transit flights

$9.60 per kilogram or part thereof

$2.40 per plant per day or part thereof

$66 per unit per day or part thereof

continue daily management rate according to species as specified in item 30

$12 per cubic metre per day or part thereof

$30 per passenger
	
	H.	Seaports and airports		
35	Routine examination and clearance at first and subsequent seaports of call in Australia for each entry of:
1.2	granting of pratique:
(i)	with inspection of non-aircraft vessels in excess of 25 metres overall length

(ii)	with inspection of non-aircraft vessels 25m or less in overall length

(b)	follow-up inspections

$680 plus

$34 for each quarter or part thereof in excess of 1.5 hours of inspection for each officer performing the service

$132 for the first hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service, then

$34 for each additional quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service

$68 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service, plus

$34 for each additional quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service
	
36	Deratting certificate when not performed in conjunction with first port of call inspection	$68 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service, plus

$34 for each additional quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service	
37	Performance of a non-aircraft vessel related service for which a fee is not set out in item 35 or 36:
	(a)	for inspections or any other quarantine service

	(b)	for the services of each inspector whose services are required for a normal working day
	(c)	for the services of each inspector whose services are required during normal working hours for a week	

$68 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service, plus

$34 for each additional quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service

$605 per day

$2,107 per week
	
38	Routine examination and clearance at first approved landing place in Australia:
(a)	for in-office inspections

(b)	for other inspections

(c)	for the services of each inspector whose services are required for a normal working day

(d)	for the services of each inspector whose services are required during normal working hours for a week	

$32 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service

$72 for the first half hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service and thereafter

$36 per quarter hour or part thereof for each officer performing the service

$637 per day

$2,218 per week