Quarantine Amendment Proclamation 2003 (No. 3)
Quarantine Act 1908
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make this Proclamation under section 13 of the Quarantine Act 1908.
Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on 18 December 2003
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
Warren truss
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1	Name of Proclamation
		This Proclamation is the Quarantine Amendment Proclamation 2003 (No. 3).
2	Commencement
		This Proclamation commences on gazettal.
3	Amendment of Quarantine Proclamation 1998
		Schedule 1 amends the Quarantine Proclamation 1998.

Schedule 1	Amendments
(section 3)
  
[1]	Reader’s guide, paragraph 3.1, quoted section 4 of Quarantine Act
substitute
4   Scope of quarantine
	(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:
	(c)	to the control and eradication of the epidemic; or
	(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.
insert
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
substitute
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
	(c)	the importation, introduction or bringing in of the thing is in contravention of this Act.
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
	(c)	the importation, introduction or bringing in of the thing is in contravention of this Act; 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
	(c)	the removal of the thing is in contravention of this Act.
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)
insert
Allium spp. (other than A. vineale)
[12]	Schedule 5
omit
Annona spp. (other than A. senegalensis)
insert
Annona spp. (other than A. glabra and A. senegalensis)
[13]	Schedule 5
omit
Araujia hortorum
[14]	Schedule 5
omit
Cleome spp. (other than C. burmanni, C. gynandra and C. rutidosperma)
Cleome gynandra
insert
Cleome spp. (other than C. burmanni and C. rutidosperma)
[15]	Schedule 5
omit
Gnetokoktum africanum
insert
Gnetokokotum africanum
[16]	Schedule 5
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Rodrigueziopsis spp.
Roella ciliata
Roella ciliata
Roeperocharis spp.
insert
Rodrigueziopsis spp.
Roella ciliata
Roeperocharis spp.
[17]	Schedule 5
omit
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 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)
insert
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