Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Reader’s guide, paragraph 3.1, quoted section 4 of Quarantine Act

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(1) In this Act, quarantine includes, but is not limited to, measures:

(a) for, or in relation to:

(i) the examination, exclusion, detention, observation, segregation, isolation, protection, treatment and regulation of vessels, installations, human beings, animals, plants or other goods or things; or

(ii) the seizure and destruction of animals, plants, or other goods or things; or

(iii) the destruction of premises comprising buildings or other structures when treatment of these premises is not practicable; and

(b) having as their object the prevention or control of the introduction, establishment or spread of diseases or pests that will or could cause significant damage to human beings, animals, plants, other aspects of the environment or economic activities.

(2) Without otherwise limiting the nature of any quarantine measure, or measure incidental to quarantine:

(a) by way of a direction that a person may be authorised to give; or

(b) by way of an action that a person may be authorised to take;

either as a result of a Ministerial authorisation under subsection 3(1) or as a result of an authorisation by the executive head of a national response agency under subsection 3(2), that direction or action must be no more than is reasonably appropriate and adapted:

(d) to the removal of the danger of the epidemic;

in respect of which the authorisation was given.

[2] Reader’s guide, paragraph 3.2

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Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Regulations.

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Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Regulations 1982.

[3] Reader’s guide, paragraph 8.3

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Cairns Airport	Animals from NZ only (see table 4 in s 11)	Yes	Yes
Horn Island Airport

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Cairns Airport	Animals from NZ only (see table 4 in s 11)	Yes	Yes
Coolangatta Airport
Horn Island Airport

[4] Reader’s guide, paragraph 9.1, quoted section 67 of Quarantine Act

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67 Penalties for certain acts done in contravention of Act

Basic illegal importation offence

(1) A person is guilty of an offence against this subsection if:

(a) the person imports, introduces, or brings into any port or other place in Australia or the Cocos Islands any thing; and

(b) the person knows that the thing is:

(i) a disease or pest; or

(ii) a substance or article containing a disease or pest; or

(iii) an animal, plant or other goods; and

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(c)

(2) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (1), strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(c).

Aggravated illegal importation offence

(3) A person is guilty of aggravated illegal importation if:

(a) the person imports, introduces, or brings into any port or other place in Australia or the Cocos Islands any thing; and

(b) the person knows that the thing is:

(i) a disease or pest; or

(ii) a substance or article containing a disease or pest; or

(iii) an animal, plant or other goods; and

(d) the person obtains, or is likely to obtain, a commercial advantage over the person’s competitors or potential competitors.

Maximum penalty:

(a) if the offender is an individual—imprisonment for 10 years or a fine of 2,000 penalty units, or both; and

(b) if the offender is a body corporate—a fine of 10,000 penalty units.

Examples of commercial advantage

(4) The following are examples of a commercial advantage as referred to in subsection (3):

(a) the avoidance of business costs associated with obtaining an import permit or meeting quarantine requirements; or

(b) the avoidance of delays necessarily involved in compliance with applicable quarantine measures.

Strict liability applies to paragraph (3)(c)

(4A) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (3), strict liability applies to paragraph (3)(c).

Illegal removal offence

(4B) A person is guilty of an offence against this subsection if:

(a) the person removes any thing:

(i) from a part of Australia to another part of Australia; or

(ii) from a part of the Cocos Islands to another part of the Cocos Islands; or

(iii) from Australia to the Cocos Islands; or

(iv) from the Cocos Islands to Australia; and

(b) the person knows that the thing is an animal, plant or other goods; and

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Strict liability applies to paragraph (4B)(c)

(4C) For the purposes of an offence against subsection (4B), strict liability applies to paragraph (4B)(c).

Non‑compliance with condition of permit granted under Proclamation

(5) A person is guilty of an offence if:

(a) the person fails to comply with a condition or restriction set out in a permit granted under a Proclamation made in accordance with subsection 13(2A); and

(b) the person is reckless as to whether or not the condition or restriction is complied with.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Hindering compliance with Act

(6) A person is guilty of an offence if the person:

(a) does any act that hinders or prevents another person from complying with this Act; and

(b) is reckless as to whether or not the doing of that act hinders or prevents the other person from complying with this Act.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

[5] Reader’s guide, paragraph 9.1, quoted section 68 of Quarantine Act

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Person to whom notice may be given

(4) A notice under subsection (2) or (3) may be given:

(a) in respect of animals, plants or other goods imported as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)—to the importer; or

(b) otherwise—to the owner, or the person in possession or control, of the animals, plants or goods.

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Person to whom notice may be given

(4) A notice under subsection (2) or (3) may be given:

(a) in respect of animals, plants or other goods imported or introduced into, or brought into any port or other place in, Australia or the Cocos Islands—to the importer or consignee of the goods; or

(b) otherwise—to the owner, or the person in possession or control, of the animals, plants or goods.

[6] Subsection 14 (1), note

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[7] Paragraph 15 (a)

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Rydalmere

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Eastern Creek

[8] Section 15, note

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[9] Section 20, note

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[10] Schedule 1, Part 2, clause 11

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11 Eastern Creek (New South Wales)

The land in New South Wales in folio identifier 3/262259 at Wallgrove, City of Blacktown, Parish of Melville, County of Cumberland that is Lot 3 in deposited plan 262259

[11] Schedule 5

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Allium spp. (other than A. vinale)

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Allium spp. (other than A. vineale)

[12] Schedule 5

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Annona spp. (other than A. senegalensis)

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Annona spp. (other than A. glabra and A. senegalensis)

[13] Schedule 5

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Araujia hortorum

[14] Schedule 5

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Cleome spp. (other than C. burmanni, C. gynandra and C. rutidosperma)

Cleome gynandra

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Cleome spp. (other than C. burmanni and C. rutidosperma)

[15] Schedule 5

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Gnetokoktum africanum

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Gnetokokotum africanum

[16] Schedule 5

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Rodrigueziopsis spp.

Roella ciliata

Roeperocharis spp.

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Rodrigueziopsis spp.

Roella ciliata

Roeperocharis spp.

[17] Schedule 5

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Rubus spp. (other than R. affinis, R. apetalus, R. argutus, R. caesius, R. cuneifolius, R. longepedicella, R. niveus, R. pinnatus, R. rigidus and R. vitifolius)

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Rubus spp. (other than R. affinis, R. apetalus, R. argutus, R. caesius, R. cuneifolius, R. fruticosus L. agg., R. longepedicella, R. niveus, R. pinnatus, R. rigidus and R. vitifolius)

[18] Schedule 5

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Solanum hirtum

Solanum jasminoides

Solanum nigrum

Solanum spp. (other than S. alatum, S. cyananthum, S. dimidiatum, S. dubium, S. glaucum, S. gracile, S. grossedentum, S. tampicense, S. tuberosum, S. viarum and S. xanthocarpum)

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Solanum hirtum

Solanum jasminoides

Solanum nigrum

[19] Schedule 5

insert each of the following in the appropriate alphabetical position (determined on a letter-by-letter basis)

Aesculus turbinata

Agropyron junceum

Agropyron repens

Aphanes arvensis

Arrhenatherum elatis

Balsamorhiza sericea

Berberis thunbergii var. ‘Bailgreen’ (Jade Carousel)

Berberis thunbergii var. ‘Bailsel’ (Golden Carousel)

Berberis thunbergii var. ‘Tara’ (Emerald Carousel)

Berneuxia thibetica

Bukiniczia cablica

Callicarpa cathayana

Calyptridium umbellatum

Celmisia angustifolia

Celmisia incana

Chenopodium album

Colobanthus muelleri

Craspedia alpina

Deinanthe bifida

Diphylleia grayi

Douglasia montana

Dovyalis caffra

Dryas x suendermannii

Edraianthus serpyllifolius

Elmera racemosa

Entada phaseoloides

Epimedium platypetalum

Euadenia eminens

Euphorbia fulgens

Euphorbia gymnocalycioides

Euphorbia lactea

Euphorbia nicaeensis

Euphorbia rigida

Globularia repens

Haastia palvinaris

Haloragis erecta

Heracleum miminum

Hylocereus triangularis

Iliamna rivularis

Isoplexis isabelliana

Isopyrum thalictroides

Jensenobotrya lossowiana

Kalmiopsis leachiana

Leycesteria crocothyrsos

Ligularia sachalinensis

Lithophragma parviflorum

Lobelia bridgesii

Lobelia excelsa

Lobelia kalmii

Lobelia polyphylla

Lobelia valida

Lonchocarpus violaceus

Mandragora caulescens

Markhamia obtusifolia

Markhamia zanzibarica

Massularia acuminata

Melandrium elisabethae

Melicytus chathamicus

Millettia grandis

Moltkia petraea

Mondarella purpurea

Moringa hildebrandtii

Musschia wollastonii

Nebelia fragarioides

Nymania capensis

Olsynium douglasii

Omphalodes luciliae

Onosma helveticum

Osmitopsis asteriscoides

Petrocoptis glaucifolia

Phyteuma sieberi

Piper longum

Plectranthus australis

Podalyria calyptrata

Polygonum aviculare

Polygonum lapathifolium

Polygonum persicaria

Polyxena corymbosa

Pseudodracontium amomalum

Pseudodracontium fallax

Pseudodracontium lacourii

Pulsatilla rubra

Pulsatilla sukaczevii

Ranunculus buchananii

Ranunculus cortusifolius

Ranunculus pachyrrhizus

Ranunculus repens

Rhinephyllum broomii

Rhodanthemum hosmariense

Rumex obtusifolius

Ryparosa javanica

Sabatia angularis

Scandix pecten-veneris

Senecio vulgaris

Shortia uniflora

Solanum mammosum

Staehelina dubia

Stomatium pyrodorum

Syncarpia glomulifera

Talisia oliviformis

Teucridium parvifolium

Treculia africana

Trichodiadema densum

Uncarina grandidieri

Vallarsia caalthifolia

Vitaliana primuliflora

Vitex lucens