Quarantine Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 362

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Quarantine Act 1908.

Dated 20 March 2003

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Quarantine Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Quarantine Regulations 2000

  Schedule 1 amends the Quarantine Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 4, before definition of health administration

insert

first port of entry includes first Cocos Islands port of entry.

[2] Regulation 4, note   

after

 exposed

insert

 First Cocos Islands port of entry 

[3] Regulation 59, definition of infringement notice offence, paragraph (a)

omit

a contravention, by a person who travelled to Australia or the Cocos Islands on an overseas vessel,

insert

a contravention

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2000 No. 129, as amended by 2001 No. 154; 2002 Nos. 2, 60 and 285.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 March 2003.