Quarantine Proclamation 1998

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make this Proclamation under sections 5, 12, 13 and 14 of the Quarantine Act 1908.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia
on 1998

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN ANDERSON

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Quarantine Proclamation 1998

made under the

Quarantine Act 1908

Contents

 Page

Readers’ Guide 8

Tables of ports 13

Part 1 Preliminary

 1 Name of this proclamation 17

 2 Commencement 17

 3 Definitions 17

 4 Meaning of permit to import or remove something 18

 5 References to a thing being intended for a particular use 18

 7 Material that is, and is not, part of this proclamation 19

Part 2 First ports of entry, landing places and quarantine stations

Division 1 Australia

 8 First ports of entry for vessels other than aircraft (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (a))              20

 9 First ports of entry and landing places for aircraft (Quarantine Act, ss 13 (1) (a) and (aa))              21

 10 Ports where imported animals generally may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))              22

 11 Ports where imported animals of particular kinds may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))              23

 12 Ports where imported plants generally may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))              24

 13 Ports where imported plants of particular kinds may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))              25

 14 Quarantine stations for animals or goods (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (c)) 25

 15 Quarantine stations for plants or goods (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (c)) 26

Division 2 Cocos Islands

 16 First ports of entry for vessels other than for aircraft (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (aaa))              27

 17 First port of entry and landing place for aircraft (Quarantine Act, ss 13 (1) (aaa) and (aa))              27

 18 Ports where imported animals may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))27

 19 Ports where imported plants may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))27

 20 Quarantine station for animals or goods (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (c)) 28

Part 3 Human quarantine

Division 1 General

 21 Quarantinable diseases (Quarantine Act, s 5 (1)—definition of quarantinable disease)              29

 22 Proclaimed places (Quarantine Act, s 12) 29

Division 2 Importation of corpses and human body parts into Australia

 23 Corpses and human body parts for burial or cremation 30

 24 Importation of human body parts 30

Division 3 Importation of corpses and human body parts into Cocos Islands

 25 Corpses and human body parts for burial or cremation 32

 26 Importation of human body parts 32

Part 4 Biological materials

Division 1 Preliminary

 27 Meaning of terms 34

Division 2 Importation of biological materials into Australia

 28 Importation of biological materials 37

 29 Introduction of disease, germs etc 38

Division 3 Importation of biological materials into Cocos Islands

 30 Importation of biological materials 39

 31 Introduction of disease, germs etc 40

Part 5 Articles likely to introduce a pest or disease

Division 1 Introductory

 32 Meaning of article likely to introduce a pest or disease 41

Division 2 Importation of articles likely to introduce pests or diseases—Australia

 33 Importation of articles likely to introduce pests or diseases 44

Division 3 Importation of articles likely to introduce pests or diseases—Cocos Islands

 34 Importation of articles likely to introduce pests or diseases 45

Part 6 Animal quarantine

Division 1 General

 35 Definitions for Part 46

 36 Diseases affecting animals and quarantinable diseases of animals (Quarantine Act, s 5 (1)—definitions of disease and quarantinable disease)              46

Division 2 Importation of animals, animal parts and animal products into Australia

 37 Importation of live animals 47

 38 Dead animals or animal parts the importation of which is prohibited other than subject to conditions              48

 39 Importation of meat and meat products 51

 40 Importation of milk and dairy products 52

 41 Importation of eggs and egg products 53

 42 Importation of honey and other bee products 53

 43 Importation of fish of family Salmonidae 54

 44 Importation of fish meal and crustacean meal 54

 45 Importation of other fish and fish products 55

 46 Importation of animals, animal parts and animal products from Cocos Islands              57

Division 3 Importation of animals, animal parts and animal products into Cocos Islands

 47 Importation of live animals 58

 48 Dead animals or animal parts the importation of which is prohibited other than subject to conditions              59

 49 Importation of meat and meat products 60

 50 Importation of milk and dairy products 60

 51 Importation of eggs and egg products 61

 52 Importation of honey and other bee products 62

 53 Importation of fish of family Salmonidae 62

 54 Importation of fish meal and crustacean meal 63

 55 Importation of other fish and fish products 63

Division 4 Movement of animals, animal parts and animal products within Australia

 56 Removal of animals, animal parts and animal products from Protected Zone or Special Quarantine Zone              65

Part 7 Plant quarantine

Division 1 Preliminary

 57 Definitions for Part 7 67

Division 2 General matters affecting plants

 58 Diseases affecting plants (Quarantine Act, s 5 (1)—definition of disease) 68

 59 Noxious plants (Quarantine Act, s 5 (1)—definition of disease) 68

 60 Quarantinable diseases (of plants) (Quarantine Act, s 5 (1)—definition of quarantinable disease)              68

Division 3 Importation of plants and plant parts into Australia

 61 Importations of plants and plant parts affected by diseases 69

 62 Importation of living plants 69

 63 Importation of seeds 69

 64 Importation of fruit and vegetables 70

 65 Importation of other plant parts 71

Division 4 Importation of plants and plant parts into Cocos Islands

 66 Importation of soil or plants into Cocos Islands 72

Division 5 Movement of soil and plants within Australia

 67 Removal of soil from Protected Zone 73

 68 Removal of soil from Special Quarantine Zone 73

 69 Removal of plants and plant parts from Protected Zone or Special Quarantine Zone              74

Part 8 Administration

 70 Things a Director of Quarantine must take into account when deciding whether to grant a permit for importation into Australia              76

 71 Things a Director of Quarantine must take into account when deciding whether to grant a permit for importation into Cocos Islands              76

 72 Things a Director of Quarantine must take into account when deciding whether to grant a permit for movement of something within Australia              77

Part 9 Miscellaneous

 73 Aircraft need not display quarantine signals (Quarantine Act, ss 14, 21) 78

Part 10 Revocation and savings

 74 Revocation 79

 75 Saving of permits already granted 79

Schedule 1 Quarantine stations 80

Schedule 2 Proclaimed places 85

Schedule 3 Diseases affecting animals 90

Schedule 4 Plant diseases and noxious weeds 95

Schedule 5 Permitted seeds 103

Schedule 6 Kinds of plants that must not be imported 132

Indexes  137

Tables in the text of this proclamation

Table 1 First ports of entry for vessels other than aircraft 20

Table 2 First ports of entry and landing places for aircraft 21

Table 3 Ports where imported animals generally may be landed 22

Table 4 Ports where particular kinds of imported animals may be landed 23

Table 5 Ports where imported plants generally may be landed 24

Table 6 Ports where imported plants of particular kinds may be landed 25

Table 7 First ports of entry for vessels other than aircraft 27

Table 8 Ports where imported animals or plants may be landed 27

Table 9 Quarantinable diseases (of humans) 29

Table 10 Human body parts 31

Table 11 Prohibited biological materials 35

Table 12 Articles likely to introduce a pest or disease 41

Table 13 Dead animals and animal parts 48

Table 14 Other fish and fish products 55

Table 15 Animal products not to be removed from the Special Quarantine Zone into other parts of Australia              66

Table 16 Characteristics of plants 70

Reader’s Guide

Warning!

This guide is intended only to help you to understand and use the Quarantine Proclamation 1998. It is not part of the law and is not intended to replace reading the proclamation itself. It is also not a complete summary of the law of quarantine in Australia. (There is also State and Territory law on the introduction and spread of human, animal and plant pests and diseases. That law is not dealt with in this Guide. For information on the law of the States and Territories, refer to the relevant authority of the State or Territory.)

What quarantine is all about

The quarantine system is designed to prevent the introduction into Australia, the establishment in Australia, or the spread within Australia, of human, animal or plant pests and diseases. The basic Commonwealth law is contained in the Quarantine
Act 1908 (the Quarantine Act). There are 4 sets of regulations made under that Act—the Quarantine (General) Regulations, the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations, the Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Regulations, and the Quarantine (Plants) Regulations. Again, those Regulations are not dealt with in this Guide.

The Quarantine Act creates a system by which things that are likely to introduce pests or diseases can be prevented from entering Australia. It also makes it possible to prevent the spread of a pest or disease by preventing the movement within Australia of things likely to spread the pest or disease. The basic way to impose these restrictions is proclamation.

Authority for this proclamation

Sections 5, 12, 13 and 14 of the Quarantine Act, so far as relevant, are as follows:

“5  Interpretation

 “(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

…

Disease in relation to animals, means glanders, farcy, pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa, foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, anthrax, Texas or tick fever, hog cholera, swine plague, mange, scab, surra, dourine, rabies, tuberculosis, actinomycosis, variola ovina, or any disease, parasite or pest declared by the Governor-General by proclamation to be a disease affecting animals.

Disease, in relation to plants, means any disease, pest or plant declared by the Governor-General by proclamation, or by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette, to be a disease or pest affecting plants or a noxious plant.

…

Quarantinable disease means plague, cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, or leprosy, or any disease declared by the Governor-General, by proclamation, to be a quarantinable disease.

…

“12  Proclaimed places

  “The Governor-General may, by proclamation, declare that any place beyond or in Australia is infected with a quarantinable disease, or that a quarantinable disease may be brought or carried from or through that place, and thereupon, and so long as the proclamation remains in force, that place shall be a proclaimed place within the meaning of this Act.

  …

“13  Proclamation of ports of entry etc

 “(1) The Governor-General may, by proclamation:

 (a) declare any ports in Australia to be first ports of entry for oversea vessels;

 (aaa) declare any ports in the Cocos Islands to be first Cocos Islands ports of entry for oversea vessels;

 (aa) declare any place or area in Australia or the Cocos Islands to be a landing place for vessels engaged in navigation by air;

 (b) declare any ports in Australia or the Cocos Islands to be ports where imported animals and plants or any particular kinds of imported animals or plants may be landed;

 (c) appoint places on land or sea to be quarantine stations for the performance of quarantine by vessels, persons, goods, animals, or plants;

 (d) prohibit the introduction into Australia, or prohibit the introduction into the Cocos Islands, of any noxious insect, or any pest, or any disease germ or microbe, or any disease agent, or any culture virus or substance or article containing, or likely to contain, any noxious insect, pest, disease germ, microbe, or disease agent;

 (e) prohibit the importation into Australia, or prohibit the importation into the Cocos Islands, of any articles likely, in his or her opinion, to introduce, establish or spread any infectious or contagious disease, or disease or pest affecting persons, animals or plants;

 (f) prohibit the importation into Australia, or prohibit the importation into the Cocos Islands, of any animals or plants, or any parts of animals or plants;

 (fa) prohibit the bringing into any port or place in Australia or the Cocos Islands of any animals;

 (g) prohibit the removal of any animals, plants or goods, or parts of animals or plants from any part of the Commonwealth to any other part of the Commonwealth or from any part of the Cocos Islands to any other part of the Cocos Islands;

  (h) declare any part of the Commonwealth or of the Cocos Islands in which any quarantinable disease or any disease or pest affecting animals or plants exists, or is suspected to exist, to be a quarantine area; or

 (i) declare that any vessel, persons, animals, plants, or goods in any quarantine area, or in any part of the Commonwealth or of the Cocos Islands in which any quarantinable disease, or any disease or pest affecting plants or animals, exists, or is suspected to exist, shall be subject to quarantine.

 “(1A) The power to declare first ports of entry shall extend to authorize the declaration of a port to be a first port of entry for all oversea vessels, or for oversea vessels from any particular place, or for any class of oversea vessels.

 “(1B) The power to declare first Cocos Islands ports of entry shall extend to authorize the declaration of a port to be a first Cocos Islands port of entry for all oversea vessels, or for oversea vessels from any particular place, or for any class of oversea vessels.

 “(2) The power of prohibition under this section shall extend to authorize prohibition generally or with limitations as to place and subject matter, and either absolutely or subject to any specified conditions or restrictions.

 “(2A) A Proclamation made under subsection (1):

 (a) prohibiting the importation into Australia or the Cocos Islands of any thing; or

 (b) prohibiting the removal of any thing from any part of the Commonwealth to any other part of the Commonwealth or from any part of the Cocos Islands to any other part of the Cocos Islands;

may provide that the importation or removal of that thing is prohibited unless a permit granting permission to import or remove that thing or a class of those things is granted by a Director of Quarantine.

 “(2B) A permit granted pursuant to a proclamation made in accordance with
subsection (2A) may be granted subject to compliance with conditions or requirements, either before or after the importation or removal of the thing to which the permit relates, by the holder of the permit, being conditions or requirements set out in the permit.

 “(2C) If, after the grant of a permit under a Proclamation made in accordance with subsection (2A), a Director of Quarantine is satisfied:

 (a) that the risk of the introduction, establishment or spread of diseases or pests attaching to the importation or removal of the thing or class of things to which the permit relates has altered; or

 (b) that the person to whom the permit was granted has breached a condition of the permit;

that Director of Quarantine may, by notice in writing given to the person to whom the permit was issued, revoke the permit.

 “(3) The powers conferred on the Governor-General by this section, in relation to the matters specified in paragraphs (g), (h), and (i) of subsection (1), so far as they relate to animals, plants or goods, or any disease or pest affecting animals or plants, shall only be exercised in relation to the Commonwealth in cases where the Governor-General is satisfied that the exercise of those powers is necessary for the purpose of preventing the introduction, establishment or spread of a quarantinable disease, or a disease or pest affecting animals or plants.

 “(4) Where there is in force a Proclamation (in this subsection referred to as the relevant Proclamation) under subsection (1) (whether made before or after the commencement of this subsection) prohibiting the importation into Australia of any articles, animals or plants, the Governor-General may, by Proclamation (in this subsection referred to as the exempting Proclamation), either generally or subject to such conditions or restrictions as are specified in the exempting Proclamation, exempt from the operation of the relevant Proclamation articles, animals or plants of a kind specified in the exempting Proclamation, being articles, animals or plants that:

 (a) are brought into a part of Australia that is in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone on board a Protected Zone vessel; and

 (b) are owned by, or are under the control of, a traditional inhabitant who is on board that vessel and have been used, are being used or are intended to be used by him or her in connection with the performance of traditional activities in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone.

 “(5) A Proclamation made under subsection (1) may, either generally or subject to such conditions or restrictions as are specified in the Proclamation, exempt from the operation of the Proclamation any articles, animals or plants specified in the Proclamation, being articles, animals or plants in respect of which an exemption may be granted under subsection (4).

“14  Exemption of certain vessels and goods

  “The Governor-General may exempt, for such time and subject to such conditions as he or she thinks fit, from all or any of the provisions of this Act:

 (a) any ship of war;

 (b) any vessels trading exclusively:

 (i) between Australian ports;

 (ia) between Australian ports and Australian installations;

 (ii) between ports in the Cocos Islands;

 (iii) between Australia and New Zealand;

 (iv) between Australia and Fiji;

 (v) between Australia and the Cocos Islands; or

 (vi) between Australia and another place adjacent to Australia;

 (c) any particular vessel or class of vessels; and

 (d) any persons, animals, plants, or goods.”.

The Quarantine Act extends to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but not to Christmas Island or the Ashmore and Cartier Islands—see ss 6AA and 6AB. (It also does not extend to the other non-self-governing Territories—see s 17 (a) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.) When the proclamation speaks of Australia, it means the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory and the Northern Territory. That is, Australia does not include Norfolk Island (which has its own quarantine laws), the Territory of Christmas Island or the uninhabited external Territories. (Lord Howe Island is part of New South Wales, and Macquarie Island is part of Tasmania.)

Earlier Quarantine Proclamations

A large number of Quarantine Proclamations have been made under these provisions. This proclamation revokes all earlier Quarantine Proclamations that are still in force (see s 74 on page 79).

A permit to import something granted under a revoked proclamation remains effective to permit the importation of the thing (see s 3 (4) on page 18 and s 75 on page 79).

How the proclamation is arranged

Most of this proclamation is about things that cannot be imported into Australia or the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. There are also some restrictions on the movement of things within Australia. Where a Part of this proclamation is about both importing things into Australia (that is, the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory and the Northern Territory), and importing things into the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the parts about Australia and the parts about the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are in separate Divisions within the Part. If a Part contains restrictions on moving things within Australia, those restrictions are in yet another Division. All of the Parts and Divisions have self-explanatory headings that are repeated as running headings at the top of each page within the Part or Division.

The proclamation is organised into Parts as follows:

• Parts 1 and 2—preliminary and general matters

• Part 3—human quarantine

• Parts 4 and 5—some miscellaneous matters that do not fit easily into human, animal or plant quarantine

• Part 6—animal quarantine

• Part 7—plant quarantine

• Parts 8, 9 and 10—administrative matters.

Some of the Parts are divided into Divisions, as mentioned above.

Following Part 10 are the Schedules, which set out lengthy matters that cannot be conveniently put into the main text of the proclamation.

At the end there are 2 short indexes, by pages and by provisions, (beginning on
page 137) that can be used to find where the proclamation deals with controls on the importation of particular things or products—say, dairy products. It does not include topics dealt with in Part 1 or 2 (that is, things like first ports of entry), because those topics can be easily found through the Table of Contents. There are lists of first ports of entry and airports below.

The proclamation is arranged so that you do not need to look for other documents to understand it. Where it refers to other Commonwealth or State legislation or Gazette notices, a copy of the relevant legislation or notice has been included (if possible) as a note in the text. There are many other notes giving, for example, references to relevant provisions of the Quarantine Act.

What status has a particular port under the proclamation?

Many ports in Australia are proclaimed as first ports of entry, and many airports are declared to be landing places for aircraft. (The declaration of ports as first ports of entry begins on page 20, and the declaration of airports as landing places for aircraft begins on page 21). The following tables list the ports that are first ports of entry (in alphabetical order), and the airports that are landing places for aircraft (also in alphabetical order). The tables also show whether imported animals and plants may be landed at a port or airport. Ports and airports in the Cocos Islands are not included in the tables, but see Division 2 of Part 2 (beginning on page 27).

1 Ports in Australia that are first ports of entry for vessels other than aircraft

2 Airports in Australia that are landing places for aircraft

Part 1 Preliminary

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1 Name of this proclamation

  This proclamation is the Quarantine Proclamation 1998.

2 Commencement

  This proclamation commences on the day it is gazetted.

3 Definitions

  In this proclamation:

Cocos Islands see section 5 of the Quarantine Act.

Note   The definition is:

“Cocos Islands means the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.”.

Director of Quarantine see section 5 of the Quarantine Act.

Note   The definition is:

“Director of Quarantine means:

 (a) where the expression is used in a context that relates only to human quarantine—the Director of Human Quarantine;

 (b) where the expression is used in a context that relates only to animals or plants or both—the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine; or

 (c) in any other case—the Director of Human Quarantine or the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine.”.

electronically means:

 (a) by facsimile; or

 (b) by electronic mail.

hermetically sealed container means a container that, when closed, does not allow microorganisms or any other material to enter it.

officer see section 5 of the Quarantine Act.

Note   The definition is:

“Officer means a quarantine officer or other officer appointed under this Act.”.

Quarantine Act means the Quarantine Act 1908.

Special Quarantine Zone means the area bounded by an imaginary line:

 (a) beginning at the intersection of the parallel 10° 28´ south latitude with the meridian 142° east longitude; and

 (b) then bearing due east to the intersection of the parallel 10° 28´ south latitude with the meridian 143° east longitude; and

 (c) then bearing due south to the intersection of the parallel 10° 47´ south latitude with the meridian 143° east longitude; and

 (d) then bearing due west to the intersection of the parallel 10° 47´ south latitude with the meridian 142°46´ east longitude; and

 (e) then bearing generally north-westerly to the intersection of the parallel 10° 36´ south latitude with the meridian 142° 27´ east longitude; and

 (f) then bearing generally south-westerly to the intersection of the parallel 10° 52´ south latitude with the meridian 142° 10´ east longitude; and

 (g) then bearing due west to the intersection of the parallel 10° 52´ south latitude with the meridian 142° east longitude; and

 (h) then bearing due north to the point of commencement.

Note   Terms defined in the Act have the same meaning in this proclamation—see the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s 46 (1) (a).

4 Meaning of permit to import or remove something

  A reference in this proclamation to a permit to import or remove something includes:

 (a) a permit to import the thing, or remove the thing to another part of Australia, granted under a proclamation revoked by this proclamation; and

 (b) a permit that allows the importation or removal of things in a class of things that includes the thing.

5 References to a thing being intended for a particular use

  For this proclamation, a thing is taken to be intended for a particular use if:

 (a) a person states in an application for a permit, or otherwise tells an officer, that the thing is intended for that use; and

 (b) there is no evidence known to an officer that the thing is intended for some other use.

Note   Section number 6 intentionally not used.

7 Material that is, and is not, part of this proclamation

 (1) The Reader’s Guide is not part of this proclamation.

 (2) A note in this proclamation is explanatory and is not part of this proclamation.

 (3) A heading to a Part, Division, section, table, schedule or part of a schedule is part of this proclamation.

Part 2 First ports of entry, landing places and quarantine stations

Division 1 Australia

8 First ports of entry for vessels other than aircraft (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (a))

  Each port mentioned in table 1 is a first port of entry for oversea vessels other than aircraft.

Table 1 First ports of entry for vessels other than aircraft

New South Wales

Botany Bay, Sydney

Coffs Harbour

Lord Howe Island

Newcastle

Port Jackson, Sydney

Port Kembla

Twofold Bay

Yamba

Victoria

Geelong

Melbourne

Portland

Westernport

South Australia

Ardrossan

Cape Thevenard

Port Adelaide

Port Bonython

Port Giles

Port Lincoln

Port Pirie

Port Stanvac

Wallaroo

Whyalla

Queensland

Abbot Point

Brisbane

Bundaberg

Cairns

Gladstone

Hay Point (including Dalrymple Bay)

Lucinda

Mackay

Mourilyan Harbour

Port Alma

Thursday Island

Townsville

Weipa

Northern Territory

Darwin

Gove (Nhulunbuy)

Groote Eylandt

Western Australia

Albany

Broome

Bunbury

Carnarvon

Dampier

Derby

Esperance

Exmouth

Fremantle

Geraldton

Port Hedland

Port Walcott

Wyndham

Tasmania

Burnie

Devonport

Hobart Including Risdon and Selfs Point)

Launceston, including Beauty Point, Bell Bay and Long Reach

Port Latta

Port Huon

Spring Bay

Stanley

9 First ports of entry and landing places for aircraft (Quarantine Act, ss 13 (1) (a) and (aa))

 (1) Each place or area mentioned in table 2 is a first port of entry for aircraft.

 (2) Each place or area mentioned in that table is a landing place for aircraft.

Table 2 First ports of entry and landing places for aircraft

New South Wales

HMAS Albatross

Lord Howe Island Airport

Royal Australian Air Force Base, Richmond

Royal Australian Air Force Base, Williamtown

Kingsford-Smith Airport, Sydney

Victoria

Avalon Airport

Essendon Airport, Melbourne

Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne

Royal Australian Air Force Base, Laverton

Queensland

Brisbane Airport

Cairns Airport

Horn Island Airport

Royal Australian Air Force Base, Amberley

Townsville Airport

Tasmania

Hobart Airport

Western Australia

Broome Airport

Learmonth Airport

Perth Airport

Port Hedland Airport

Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Pearce

South Australia

Adelaide Airport

Royal Australian Air Force Base, Edinburgh

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra Airport (including Royal Australian Air Force Base, Fairbairn)

Northern Territory

Darwin Airport

Alice Springs Airport

Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Tindal

10 Ports where imported animals generally may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))

  Each port mentioned in table 3 is a port where imported animals may be landed.

Table 3 Ports where imported animals generally may be landed

New South Wales

Port Botany, Sydney

Port Jackson, Sydney

Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney

Victoria

Melbourne

Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne

Queensland

Brisbane

Brisbane Airport

Cairns Airport

South Australia

Adelaide Airport

Port Adelaide

Western Australia

Fremantle

Perth Airport

Tasmania

Hobart, including Risdon and Selfs Point
Hobart Airport

Northern Territory

Darwin Airport

Darwin

Gove (Nhulunbuy)

11 Ports where imported animals of particular kinds may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))

  Each port mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 4 is a port where imported animals of a kind mentioned in column 3 of the item may be landed.

12 Ports where imported plants generally may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))

  Each port in Australia specified in table 5 is a port where imported plants may be landed.

Table 5 Ports where imported plants generally may be landed

New South Wales

Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney

Newcastle

Port Botany, Sydney

Port Jackson, Sydney

Victoria

Geelong

Melbourne

Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne

Queensland

Brisbane

Brisbane Airport

Cairns

Cairns Airport

Gladstone

Port Alma

Townsville

Townsville Airport

South Australia

Adelaide Airport

Port Adelaide

Western Australia

Broome

Bunbury

Dampier

Fremantle

Geraldton

Perth Airport

Port Hedland

Tasmania

Burnie

Devonport

Hobart, including Risdon and Selfs Point

Hobart Airport

Launceston, including Beauty Point, Bell Bay and Long Reach

Stanley

Northern Territory

Darwin

Darwin Airport

13 Ports where imported plants of particular kinds may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))

  A port mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 6 is a port where imported plants of a kind mentioned in column 3 of the item may be landed.

14 Quarantine stations for animals or goods (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (c))

 (1) The following places are quarantine stations for the performance of quarantine by animals or goods:

 (a) the place known as the Billabong avian quarantine facility, Marulan in New South Wales described in clause 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (b) the place at Eastern Creek in New South Wales described in clause 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (c) the place known as Taronga Zoo, Mosman in New South Wales described in clause 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (d) the place known as Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, Parkville in Victoria described in clause 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (e) the place known as Sandown Racecourse in Victoria described in clause 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (f) the place at Spotswood in Victoria described in clause 6 of Schedule 1;

 (g) the place on Torrens Island in South Australia described in clause 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (h) the place known as Adelaide Zoo, Adelaide in South Australia described in clause 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (i) the place at Byford in Western Australia described in clause 9 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 (j) the place known as Perth Zoological Gardens, South Perth in Western Australia described in clause 10 of Part 1 of Schedule 1.

Note   Part 1 of Schedule 1 begins on page 80.

 (2) However, in spite of paragraph (1) (e), on a day when a race meeting is being conducted at Sandown Racecourse, only the area from the racecourse proper in the east to Corrigan Road in the west, and from the pondage in the south to Dandenong Road in the north, is taken to be a quarantine station.

15 Quarantine stations for plants or goods (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (c))

  The following places are quarantine stations for the performance of quarantine by plants or goods:

 (a) the place at Rydalmere in New South Wales described in clause 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 1;

 (b) the place at Knoxfield in Victoria described in clause 12 of Part 2 of Schedule 1;

 (c) the place at Kamerunga in Queensland described in clause 13 of Part 2 of Schedule 1;

 (d) the place at Baron Hay Court, South Perth in Western Australia described in clause 14 of Part 2 of Schedule 1;

 (e) the place at Kingston in Tasmania described in clause 15 of Part 2 of Schedule 1.

Note   Part 2 of Schedule 1 begins on page 83.

Division 2 Cocos Islands

16 First ports of entry for vessels other than for aircraft (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (aaa))

  Each port mentioned in table 7 is a first Cocos Islands port of entry for oversea vessels (other than aircraft).

17 First port of entry and landing place for aircraft (Quarantine Act, ss 13 (1) (aaa) and (aa))

  Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport is a first port of entry, and a landing place, for aircraft.

18 Ports where imported animals may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))

  Each port and landing place mentioned in table 8 is a port where imported animals may be landed.

19 Ports where imported plants may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b))

  Each port and landing place mentioned in table 8 is a port where imported plants may be landed.

20 Quarantine station for animals or goods (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (c))

  The place on West Island in the Cocos Islands described in Part 3 of Schedule 1 is a quarantine station for the performance of quarantine by animals or goods.

Note   Part 3 of Schedule 1 is on page 84.

Part 3 Human quarantine

Division 1 General

21 Quarantinable diseases (Quarantine Act, s 5 (1)—definition of quarantinable disease)

  Each disease mentioned in table 9 is a quarantinable disease.

Note   The definition in the Quarantine Act already includes plague, cholera and yellow fever—see the Quarantine Act, s 5 (1).

22 Proclaimed places (Quarantine Act, s 12)

  Each place described in Schedule 2 is a proclaimed place.

Note   Schedule 2 begins on page 85.

Division 2 Importation of corpses and human body parts into Australia

23 Corpses and human body parts for burial or cremation

 (1) The importation into Australia of a corpse or part of a corpse for burial or cremation is prohibited unless:

 (a) the corpse or part is accompanied by an official copy of an official certificate or official extract from an entry in an official register, in which the date, place and cause of death of the deceased person are set out; and

 (b) when the corpse or part is landed in Australia, the certificate or copy is produced to an officer at the port where the corpse or part is landed.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a corpse or part if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the corpse or part into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which the corpse or part is imported into Australia arrives at its first port of entry in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at that port; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

24 Importation of human body parts

 (1) The importation into Australia of a human body part mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 10 is prohibited unless it complies with the condition in column 3 of the item.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the introduction or importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which the thing is imported into Australia arrives at its first port of entry in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at that port; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

Division 3 Importation of corpses and human body parts into Cocos Islands

25 Corpses and human body parts for burial or cremation

 (1) The importation into the Cocos Islands of a corpse or part of a corpse for burial or cremation is prohibited unless:

 (a) the corpse or part is accompanied by an official copy of an official certificate or official extract from an entry in an official register, in which the date, place and cause of death of the deceased person are set out; and

 (b) when the corpse or part is landed in the Cocos Islands, the certificate or copy is produced to an officer at the port where the corpse or part is landed.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a corpse or part if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the corpse or part into the Cocos Islands; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which the corpse or part is imported into the Cocos Islands arrives at its first port of entry in the Cocos Islands:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at that port; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

26 Importation of human body parts

 (1) The importation into the Cocos Islands of a human body part mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 10 is prohibited unless it complies with the condition in column 3 of the item.

Note   Table 10 is on page 31.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the introduction or importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into the Cocos Islands; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which the thing is imported into the Cocos Islands arrives at its first port of entry in the Cocos Islands:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at that port; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

Part 4 Biological materials

Division 1 Preliminary

27 Meaning of terms

  In this Part:

animal does not include a micro-organism or an infectious agent.

animal secretion, excretion or exudate does not include silk or wax.

animal tissue does not include:

 (a) a living animal; or

 (b) any of the following things, if without adhering tissue—skin, hide, wool, hair, bristles, feathers, tusks, teeth, antlers, horn, glue pieces, bones.

human therapeutic use means therapeutic use (within the meaning given by section 3 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989) in relation to humans.

human tissue does not include:

 (a) a corpse, or part of a corpse, that is being imported for burial or cremation; or

 (b) any of the following things, if without adhering tissue—hair, teeth, bones.

infectious agent includes:

 (a) a virus; or

 (b) a prion; or

 (c) a plasmid; or

 (d) a viroid; or

 (e) genetic material coding for an infectious agent.

micro-organism includes:

 (a) a single-celled organism (whether an animal or a plant); or

 (b) a bacterium (including chlamydia, coxiella, ehrlichia, mycoplasma, phytoplasma and rickettsia); or

 (c) a protozoan; or

 (d) a fungus.

prohibited biological material means a substance mentioned in table 11.

Division 2 Importation of biological materials into Australia

28 Importation of biological materials

 (1) The introduction or importation into Australia of the following things is prohibited:

 (a) an article that is prohibited biological material;

 (b) an article that contains prohibited biological material;

 (c) an article of which prohibited biological material is an ingredient.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prevent the importation of:

 (a) an article that is, or contains, prohibited biological material, or of which prohibited biological material is an ingredient, if importation of the article is permitted under section 38; or

 (b) a dye or colouring agent of animal origin (for example, cochineal); or

 (c) food (for either human or animal use); or

 (d) a beverage (for either human or animal use); or

 (e) a substance that is used as a flavouring for food or beverages (for example, monosodium glutamate); or

 (f) a cosmetic substance or perfume for human bodily use that contains, in total less than 20% by mass of material of animal origin (for example, musk, civet or ambergris).

 (3) Also, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which the thing is imported into Australia arrives at its first port of entry in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at that port; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

29 Introduction of disease, germs etc

 (1) The introduction or importation into Australia of a substance or article containing, or likely to contain, a pest, disease germ, microbe or disease agent is prohibited.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prevent the importation of a starter culture for a food or beverage for human consumption.

 (3) Also, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which the thing is imported into Australia arrives at its first port of entry in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at that port; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

Division 3 Importation of biological materials into Cocos Islands

30 Importation of biological materials

 (1) The introduction or importation into the Cocos Islands of the following things is prohibited:

 (a) an article that is prohibited biological material;

 (b) an article that contains prohibited biological material;

 (c) an article of which prohibited biological material is an ingredient.

Note   For the meaning of prohibited biological material, see the definition of that term in section 27 on page 34 and table 11 on page 35.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prevent the importation of:

 (a) an article that is, or contains, prohibited biological material, or of which prohibited biological material is an ingredient, if importation of the article is permitted under section 38; or

 (b) a dye or colouring agent of animal origin (for example, cochineal); or

 (c) food (for either human or animal use); or

 (d) a beverage (for either human or animal use); or

 (e) a substance that is used as a flavouring for food or beverages (for example, monosodium glutamate); or

 (f) a cosmetic substance or perfume for human bodily use that contains, in total less than 20% by mass of material of animal origin (for example, musk, civet or ambergris).

 (3) Also, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into the Cocos Islands; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which the thing is imported into the Cocos Islands arrives at its first port of entry in the Cocos Islands:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

31 Introduction of disease, germs etc

 (1) The introduction or importation into the Cocos Islands of a substance or article containing, or likely to contain, a pest, disease germ, microbe or disease agent is prohibited.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prevent the importation of a starter culture for a food or beverage for human consumption.

 (3) Also, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into the Cocos Islands; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which the thing is imported into the Cocos Islands arrives at its first port of entry in the Cocos Islands:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

Part 5 Articles likely to introduce a pest or disease

Division 1 Introductory

32 Meaning of article likely to introduce a pest or disease

  In this Part:

article likely to introduce a pest or disease means an article mentioned in table 12.

Division 2 Importation of articles likely to introduce pests or diseases—Australia

33 Importation of articles likely to introduce pests or diseases

  The importation into Australia of an article likely to introduce a pest or disease is prohibited unless:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the article into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which it is imported into Australia arrives at its first port of entry in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

Note   For the meaning of article likely to introduce a pest or disease, see table 12 on page 41.

Division 3 Importation of articles likely to introduce pests or diseases—Cocos Islands

34 Importation of articles likely to introduce pests or diseases

  The importation into the Cocos Islands of an article likely to introduce a pest or disease is prohibited unless:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the article into the Cocos Islands; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which it is imported into the Cocos Islands arrives at its first port of entry in the Cocos Islands:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

Note   For the meaning of article likely to introduce a pest or disease, see table 12 on page 41.

Part 6 Animal quarantine

Division 1 General

35 Definitions for Part

  In this Part:

animal part includes (unless the contrary is stated):

 (a) blood; and

 (b) animal reproductive material; and

 (c) skin (whether or not tanned); and

 (d) bone; and

 (e) hair and feathers; and

 (f) scales; and

 (g) chitin.

animal reproductive material means a part of an animal from which another animal can be reproduced, and includes semen, ova, or an embryo.

official veterinarian for a country has the same meaning as in the International Animal Health Code promulgated by the Office International des Epizooties.

Note   Under that Code, official veterinarian of a country means “a civil service veterinarian or a specially appointed veterinarian as authorised by the veterinary administration of the country”.

36 Diseases affecting animals and quarantinable diseases of animals (Quarantine Act, s 5 (1)—definitions of disease and quarantinable disease)

 (1) Each disease, parasite or pest mentioned in Schedule 3 is a disease affecting animals.

 (2) Each disease mentioned in that Schedule is a quarantinable disease.

Note   Schedule 3 begins on page 90.

Division 2 Importation of animals, animal parts and animal products into Australia

37 Importation of live animals

 (1) In this section, a reference to a live animal does not include a fish, of a kind mentioned in Division 2 of Part II of Schedule 6 to the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982, that has not been genetically modified.

Note   Division 2 of Part II of Schedule 6 of the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 is set out in a note beginning on page 134.

 (2) The importation into Australia of a live animal by a person is prohibited unless:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import it into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the vessel on which it is imported into Australia arrives at its first port of entry in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

 (3) However, subsection (2) is not taken to prohibit the importation into Australia from New Zealand of a live domestic cat if:

 (a) an official veterinarian has certified that:

 (i) he or she is an official veterinarian; and

 (ii) New Zealand is free from rabies; and

 (iii) he or she has examined the cat (on a day, and at a time, stated in the certificate) and found it fit to travel; and

 (b) the examination mentioned in subparagraph (a) (iii) took place within 72 hours before the cat was exported from New Zealand; and

 (c) the cat is accompanied by the certificate; and

 (d) when the vessel on which the cat is imported arrives at its first port of entry in Australia, the certificate or a copy is produced to an officer.

 (4) Also, subsection (2) is not taken to prohibit the importation into Australia from New Zealand of a live domestic dog if:

 (a) an official veterinarian has certified that:

 (i) he or she is an official veterinarian; and

 (ii) New Zealand is free from rabies; and

 (iii) none of canine brucellosis, canine ehrlichiosis and leptospirosis due to Leptospira interrogans var. canicola have been confirmed in New Zealand within 12 months before the dog is exported from New Zealand; and

 (iv) he or she has examined the dog (on a day, and at a time, stated in the certificate) and found it fit to travel; and

 (v) if the dog has ever lived in Africa, it has been treated twice for Babesia canis with imidocarb dipropionate at a dose rate of 7.5 mg/kg of its live weight; and

 (b) the examination mentioned in subparagraph (a) (iv) took place within 72 hours before the dog was exported from New Zealand; and

 (c) the dog is accompanied by the certificate; and

 (d) when the vessel on which the dog is imported arrives at its first port of entry in Australia, the certificate or a copy is produced to an officer.

38 Dead animals or animal parts the importation of which is prohibited other than subject to conditions

 (1) The importation into Australia of a dead animal or animal part is prohibited.

 (2) However, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the importation into Australia of an animal, animal part or article mentioned in column 2 of table 13 if the animal, part or article complies with the condition in column 3 of the item.

 (3) For the table, an animal or part is non-viable if a living animal of the same species cannot be produced from it.

 (4) Also, subsection (1) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import it into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the thing is landed at a place in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at the place; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

39 Importation of meat and meat products

 (1) In this section:

meat means a part of an animal (other than a fish, a crustacean, a mollusc, a crustacean, a cnidarian, an echinoderm or a tunicate) that is intended or able to be used as food by a human being or an animal (whether or not cooked, dried or otherwise processed), and includes:

 (a) blood; and

 (b) gelatin, bone meal, meat meal, tallow and fat.

meat product means a product that contains meat, or of which meat is an ingredient.

 (2) The importation into Australia of meat or a meat product is prohibited, other than a meat product that:

 (a) is contained in a hermetically sealed container; and

 (b) contains less than 5%, by weight, of meat; and

 (c) does not require refrigeration to maintain its quality.

 (3) However, subsection (2) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the thing is landed at a place in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at the place; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

40 Importation of milk and dairy products

 (1) In this section:

dairy product means:

 (a) milk (including condensed, concentrated, dried and powdered milk); or

 (b) goods produced from milk (including butter, cheese, casein, cream, ghee, whey, ice cream, milk albumin and yoghurt).

 (2) The importation into Australia of a dairy product (whether for human consumption or not) is prohibited.

 (3) However, subsection (2) is not taken to prohibit the importation of the following dairy products (if not intended to be used for stockfood):

 (a) a dairy product imported directly from New Zealand that is, or whose dairy product ingredients consist only of:

 (i) milk produced in New Zealand; or

 (ii) dairy products made in New Zealand from milk that did not originate in, or pass through, a country other than New Zealand or Australia;

 (b) goods of which each individually packaged unit contains less than 10% by weight (other than any added water) of a dairy product;

 (c) commercially prepared and packaged chocolate;

 (d) lactose, and its derivatives.

 (4) Also, subsection (2) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the thing is landed at a place in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at the place; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

 (5) Also, if a person entering Australia has the care of, and is accompanied by, 1 or more infants under 2 years old, subsection (2) is not taken to prohibit the importation by the person of up to 1 kilogram, for each of those infants, of a dairy product that is an infants’ food.

41 Importation of eggs and egg products

 (1) In this section:

egg product includes:

 (a) whole egg in any form (pasteurised or unpasteurised); and

 (b) egg albumen in any form (pasteurised or unpasteurised); and

 (c) egg yolk in any form (pasteurised or unpasteurised); and

 (d) goods produced from egg (including egg noodles and mooncakes).

 (2) The importation into Australia of the following (whether for human consumption or not) is prohibited:

 (a) eggs;

 (b) egg products;

 (c) goods that include egg or an egg product among their ingredients.

 (3) However, subsection (2) is not taken to prohibit the importation of the following egg products (if not intended to be used for stockfood):

 (a) goods of which each individually packaged unit contains less than 10% by weight (other than added water) of egg or an egg product;

 (b) commercially prepared and packaged cakes (other than mooncakes and cheese cakes), biscuits or bread;

 (c) cake mixes containing less than 10% egg by mass.

 (4) Also, subsection (2) is not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of a thing if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the thing into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the thing is landed at a place in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at the place; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

42 Importation of honey and other bee products

 (1) In this section:

bee product means a product produced by bees (including honey, beeswax, honeycomb and bee pollen), but does not include propolis or royal jelly.

 (2) The importation into Australia of a bee product (whether for human consumption or not), other than honey that is pure and free from extraneous material, by a person is prohibited unless:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the product into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the product is landed at a place in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at the place; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

43 Importation of fish of family Salmonidae

 (1) The importation into Australia of fish of the family Salmonidae, or any part of such a fish, in any form (including canned fish, dried fish, processed fish and fish meal) is prohibited.

 (2) The importation into Australia of the roe or caviar of fish of the family Salmonidae is prohibited.

 (3) However, subsections (1) and (2) are not taken to prohibit the importation of canned fish, canned roe or canned caviar of that family if the fish:

 (a) is contained in a hermetically sealed container; and

 (b) has been heat-treated in that container so as not to require refrigeration or freezing to maintain its quality.

 (4) Also, subsection (1) and (2) are not taken to prohibit the importation by a person of fish, fish parts, roe or caviar of that family if:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the fish, fish parts, roe or caviar into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the fish, fish parts, roe or caviar is landed at a place in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at the place; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

44 Importation of fish meal and crustacean meal

  The importation into Australia of fish meal or crustacean meal by a person is prohibited unless:

 (a) a Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the fish meal or crustacean meal into Australia; and

Note   For what a Director of Quarantine must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8 beginning on page 76.

 (b) when the fish meal or crustacean meal is landed at a place in Australia:

 (i) the permit or a copy is produced to an officer at the place; or

 (ii) the details necessary to identify the permit are given to an officer electronically.

45 Importation of other fish and fish products

 (1) The importation into Australia of an animal, or animal product, mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 14 is prohibited unless the animal or product complies with the condition in column 3 of the item.

 (2) For the table, an animal or part is non-viable if a living animal of the same species cannot be produced from it.