Quarantine Proclamation 1998
as amended
made under section 13 of the
This compilation was prepared on 1 November 2007
taking into account amendments up to Quarantine Amendment
Proclamation
2007 (No. 4)
This document has been split into
two volumes
Volume 1 contains Reader’s Guide, Parts 1 to 10 and Schedules 1 to 4
Volume 2 contains Schedules 5 and 6 and the Notes
Each volume has its own table of contents
Prepared by the Office of
Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra
Contents
Reader’s Guide 6
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of this Proclamation [see
Note 1] 24
2 Commencement [see Note 1] 24
3 Definitions 24
4 Meaning of permit to import
or remove something 25
5 References to a thing being intended
for a particular use 25
6 Tables 25
7 Material that is, and is not, part
of this Proclamation 25
Part 2 First ports of entry, landing places and
quarantine stations
Division 1 Australia
8 First ports of entry for overseas
vessels other than aircraft (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (a)) 26
9 First ports of entry and landing
places for overseas aircraft (Quarantine Act, ss 13 (1) (a) and
(aa)) 27
10 Ports where imported animals
generally may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b)) 28
11 Ports where imported animals of
particular kinds, or having particular descriptions, may be landed (Quarantine
Act, s 13 (1) (b)) 28
12 Ports where imported plants
generally may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b)) 30
13 Ports where imported plants of
particular kinds, or having particular uses, may be landed (Quarantine Act,
s 13 (1) (b)) 30
13A Ports where other goods may be
landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b)) 31
13B Ports where particular kinds of
other goods may be landed (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (b)) 32
14 Quarantine stations for animals or
goods (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (c)) 33
15 Quarantine stations for plants or
goods (Quarantine Act, s 13 (1) (c)) 34
Part 2A Miscellaneous
20A Exemption from obligation to land
goods at declared port (Quarantine Act, ss 14 and 20D) 35
Part 3 Human quarantine
Division 1 General
21 Quarantinable diseases (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) (definition of quarantinable disease) and
13 (1) (ca)) 37
Division 2 Importation of corpses and human
body parts into Australia
23 Corpses and human body parts for
burial or cremation (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d) and (e)) 37
24 Importation of human body parts
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d) and (e)) 38
Part 4 Biological materials
Division 1 Preliminary
27 Meaning of terms 39
Division 2 Importation of biological materials
into Australia
28 Importation of biological materials
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d) and (e)) 41
29 Introduction or importation of
disease or pest (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d)
and (e)) 42
Part 5 Articles and things likely to introduce a
disease or pest
Division 1 Introductory
32 Meaning of article or thing
likely to introduce a disease or pest 44
Division 2 Importation into Australia of
articles and things likely to introduce diseases or pests
33 Importation of articles likely to
introduce diseases or pests — Australia (Quarantine Act,
ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d) and (e)) 46
Part 6 Animal quarantine
Division 1 General
35 Definitions for Part 47
36 Quarantinable diseases (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) (definition of quarantinable disease) and
13 (1) (ca)) 48
Division 2 Importation of animals, animal parts
and animal products into Australia
37 Importation of live animals
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 48
38 Dead animals or animal parts the
importation of which is prohibited other than subject to conditions (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 49
38A Competent Authorities 54
39 Importation of meat and meat
products (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and
(f)) 54
40 Importation of dairy products
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 54
41 Importation of eggs and egg products
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 55
42 Importation of honey and other bee
products (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 56
43 Importation of fish of family
Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 56
44 Importation of fish meal and
crustacean meal (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d),
(e) and (f)) 57
46 Importation of animal, animal parts
and animal products from the Cocos Islands (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1)
and 13 (1) (d), (e), (f) and (ga)) 57
Division 4 Movement of animals, animal parts
and animal products within Australia
56 Removal of animals, animal parts and
animal products from Protected Zone (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (g)) 57
56A Removal of animals, animal parts and
animal products from Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone (Quarantine Act,
ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (g)) 58
Part 7 Plant quarantine
Division 1 General
57 Definitions for Part 7 60
57A Plant products excluded from
application of Part 7 60
58 Quarantinable diseases of plants,
and quarantinable pests (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) (definitions of quarantinable
disease and quarantinable pest) and 13 (1) (ca)) 60
Division 3 Importation of plants and plant
parts into Australia
61 Importations of plants and plant
parts affected by quarantinable pests 61
62 Importation of living plants
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 61
63 Importation of seeds (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 61
64 Importation of fresh fruit and
vegetables (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e)
and (f)) 62
65 Importation of other plant parts
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f)) 62
Division 5 Movement of soil and plants within
Australia
67 Removal of soil from Protected Zone
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (g)) 63
68 Removal of soil from Torres Strait
Special Quarantine Zone (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (g)) 63
69 Removal of plants and plant parts
from Protected Zone (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (g)) 63
69A Removal of plants and plant parts
from Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1)
and 13 (1) (g)) 64
Part 8 Administration
70 Things a Director of Quarantine must
take into account when deciding whether to grant a permit for importation into
Australia 65
Part 10 Revocation and savings
75 Saving of permits already granted 66
Schedule 1 Quarantine stations 67
Part 1 Quarantine
stations for animals or goods in Australia 67
Part 2 Quarantine
stations for plants or goods in Australia 69
Schedule 3 Quarantinable animal diseases 70
Schedule 4 Quarantinable plant diseases and
quarantinable pests 75
Part 1 Plant
diseases that are quarantinable diseases 75
Part 2 Plants
that are quarantinable pests 84
Reader’s Guide
1 Warning!
1.1 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.
2 What quarantine is all about
2.1 Quarantine is about controls to maintain Australia’s
privileged human, animal and plant health status. Australians generally benefit
from a natural environment that, compared to other countries, is relatively
free of many debilitating pests and diseases of humans, animals and plants.
Effective and efficient quarantine controls enhance the quality of life of all
Australians by protecting public health, contributing to Australia’s
comparative advantage in agricultural production, reducing the need to use
chemicals to prevent and control pests and diseases, protecting native flora
and fauna and promoting Australia as a tourist attraction.
2.2 There are Commonwealth, State and Territory laws
regulating quarantine. Under the Constitution the Commonwealth does not have
exclusive power to make laws in relation to quarantine. Accordingly,
Commonwealth and State laws on quarantine co‑exist. However, under
s 109 of the Constitution, if a state law is inconsistent with a
Commonwealth law the Commonwealth law prevails and the State law is invalid.
State and Territory laws are not dealt with in this Guide. (For information on
the law of a State and Territory, refer to the relevant State or Territory
agency.)
3 The Quarantine Act 1908
3.1 The principal Commonwealth legislation regulating
quarantine is the Quarantine Act 1908 (the Quarantine Act).
The Quarantine Act has broad coverage over matters of quarantine concern in
Australia. In particular, s 4 of the Quarantine Act describes the scope of
quarantine as follows:
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.
3.2 The Quarantine Act provides for certain matters to be
dealt with by subordinate legislation (that is, Proclamations, Regulations and
determinations). There is 1 set of Regulations made under the Quarantine Act:
the Quarantine Regulations 2000. This Proclamation is 1 of 3 Quarantine
Proclamations now in force. The 2 other Proclamations are the Quarantine
(Christmas Island) Proclamation 2004 and
the Quarantine (Cocos Islands) Proclamation 2004. The Quarantine
Act, Regulations and Proclamations can be accessed through the Australian
Quarantine and
Inspection Service Internet site at www.aqis.gov.au/law/index.htm or from the
SCALEplus website (maintained by the Attorney‑General’s Department) at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/.
4 Does the Act extend to the External
Territories?
4.1 The Quarantine Act extends to some, but not all, of
the external territories. (If an Act ‘extends to’ an external Territory, it
applies in it.) The following table sets out whether the Quarantine Act extends
to each external Territory:
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Territory
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Whether the Quarantine Act extends
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands
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Yes — see s 6AB
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|
Australian Antarctic Territory
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No — see s 17 (a) of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901
|
|
Christmas Island
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Yes — see s 6
|
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
Yes — see s 6
|
|
Coral Sea Islands
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No — see s 17 (a) of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901
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|
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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No — see s 17 (a) of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901
|
|
Norfolk Island
|
No — see s 17 (a) of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901
|
5 Authority for this Proclamation
5.1 Sections 13, 13A and
14 of the Quarantine Act, so far as relevant, are as follows:
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 overseas vessels; or
(aaa) declare any ports in the Cocos
Islands to be first Cocos Islands ports of entry for overseas vessels; or
(aab) declare any ports in Christmas Island
to be first Christmas Island ports of entry for overseas vessels; or
(aa) declare any place or area in
Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island to be a landing place for
aircraft; or
(b) declare any ports in Australia, the
Cocos Islands or Christmas Island to be ports where imported animals, plants or
other goods, or imported animals, plants or other goods of a particular kind or
description or having a particular use, may be landed; or
(c) appoint places on land or sea to be
quarantine stations for the performance of quarantine by vessels, persons,
goods, animals, or plants; or
(ca) declare a disease or pest to be a
quarantinable disease or quarantinable pest, as the case may be; or
(d) prohibit the introduction or importation
into Australia, into the Cocos Islands, or into Christmas Island, of any
disease or pest or any substance, article or thing containing, or likely to
contain, any disease or pest; or
(e) prohibit the importation into
Australia, into the Cocos Islands, or into Christmas Island, of any articles or
things likely, in his or her opinion, to introduce, establish or spread any
disease or pest; or
(f) prohibit the importation into
Australia, into the Cocos Islands, or into Christmas Island, of any animals, plants
or other goods, or any parts of animals or plants; or
(fa) prohibit the bringing into any port
or other place in Australia, the Cocos Islands or into Christmas Island of any
animals, plants or other goods, or any parts of animals of plants; or
(g) prohibit the removal of any animals,
plants or other goods, or any parts of animals or plants:
(i) from any part of the
Commonwealth to any other part of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) from any part of the Cocos
Islands to any other part of the Cocos Islands; or
(iii) from any part of Christmas
Island to any other part of Christmas Island; or
(ga) prohibit the removal of any animals,
plants or other goods, or any parts of animals or plants:
(i) from Australia or a part
of Australia to the Cocos Islands or a part of the Cocos Islands; or
(ii) from the Cocos Islands or
a part of the Cocos Islands to Australia or a part of Australia; or
(gb) prohibit the removal of any animals,
plants or other goods or any parts of animals or plants:
(i) from Australia or a part
of Australia to Christmas Island or a part of Christmas Island; or
(ii) from Christmas Island or a
part of Christmas Island to Australia or a part of Australia; or
(gc) prohibit the removal of any animals,
plants or other goods, or parts of animals or plants:
(i) from the Cocos Islands or
a part of the Cocos Islands to Christmas Island or a part of Christmas Island;
or
(ii) from Christmas Island or a
part of Christmas Island to the Cocos Islands or a part of the Cocos Islands;
or
(h) declare any part of the
Commonwealth, of the Cocos Islands, or of Christmas Island in which any disease
or pest exists, or is suspected to exist, to be a quarantine area; or
(i) declare that any vessel, people,
animals, plants or other goods in any quarantine area, or in any part of the
Commonwealth, of the Cocos Islands or of Christmas Island in which a disease or
pest exists, or is suspected to exist, are to 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 overseas vessels, or for overseas vessels from any particular place, or
for any class of overseas 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 overseas vessels, or for overseas
vessels from any particular place, or for any class of overseas vessels.
(1C) The power to declare first Christmas Island
ports of entry extends to authorize the declaration of a port to be a first
Christmas Island port of entry for all overseas vessels, or for overseas
vessels from any particular place, or for any class of overseas vessels.
(2) The power of prohibition under this
section shall extend to authorize prohibition generally or as otherwise
provided by the instrument authorising the prohibition, including prohibition
either absolutely or subject to any specified conditions or restrictions.
(2A) A
Proclamation under subsection (1):
(a) prohibiting the introduction into
Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island of any thing; or
(b) prohibiting the importation into
Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island of any thing; or
(c) prohibiting the bringing into a port
or other place in Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island of any
thing; or
(d) prohibiting
the removal of 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 or a part
of Australia to the Cocos Islands or a part of the Cocos Islands or from the
Cocos Islands or a part of the Cocos Islands to Australia or a part of
Australia; or
(iv) from a part of Christmas
Island to another part of Christmas Island; or
(v) from Australia or a part of
Australia to Christmas Island or a part of Christmas Island or from Christmas
Island or a part of Christmas Island to Australia or a part of Australia; or
(vi) from Christmas Island or a
part of Christmas Island to the Cocos Islands or a part of the Cocos Islands or
from the Cocos Islands or a part of the Cocos Islands to Christmas Island or a
part of Christmas Island;
may provide that the introduction, importation, bringing
or removal of the thing is prohibited unless a permit to introduce, import,
bring or remove the thing is granted by a Director of Quarantine.
(2AA) A Director of Quarantine may, for the
purposes of subsection (2A), grant a permit that relates to a specified act, or
a specified class of acts, in relation to a specified thing or a specified
class of things.
(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 introduction,
importation, bringing 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 level of quarantine risk in
respect of the introduction, importation, bringing 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 (1)(g),
(ga), (gb), (gc), (h) and (i), so far as they relate to vessels, people,
animals, plants or other goods, or any disease or pest, are exercisable in
relation to the Commonwealth, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island only if the
Governor‑General is satisfied that the exercise of the powers is
necessary for the purpose of preventing the introduction, establishment or
spread of a disease or pest.
(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 animals, plants or other goods, 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 animals, plants or other goods of a kind specified in the
exempting Proclamation, being animals, plants or other goods 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 animals, plants or other goods specified in the Proclamation, being
animals, plants or other goods in respect of which an exemption may be granted
under subsection (4).
(6) If there is in force a Proclamation (the relevant
Proclamation) under subsection (1) (whether made before or after the
commencement of this subsection) prohibiting:
(a) the bringing into a port or other
place in Australia of any animals, plants or other goods; or
(b) the
removal of any animals, plants or other goods:
(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 or a part
of Australia to the Cocos Islands or a part of the Cocos Islands; or
(iv) from the Cocos Islands or a
part of the Cocos Islands to Australia or a part of Australia; or
(v) from a part of Christmas
Island to another part of Christmas Island; or
(vi) from Australia or a part of
Australia to Christmas Island or a part of Christmas Island; or
(vii) from Christmas Island or a
part of Christmas Island to Australia or a part of Australia; or
(viii) from Christmas Island or a
part of Christmas Island to the Cocos Islands or a part of the Cocos Islands;
or
(ix) from the Cocos Islands or a
part of the Cocos Islands to Christmas Island or a part of Christmas Island;
the Governor‑General may, by Proclamation (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 animals, plants or other goods of a kind
specified in the exempting Proclamation, being animals, plants or other goods
that:
(c) are
brought or removed, on board a Protected Zone vessel, from a part of Australia
that:
(i) is in the Protected Zone;
or
(ii) is in an area in the
vicinity of the Protected Zone; or
(iii) is in a Special Quarantine
Zone; and
(d) are owned by, or are under the
control of, a traditional inhabitant who is on board that vessel.
(7) 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 animals, plants or other goods specified in the Proclamation, being
animals, plants or other goods in respect of which an exemption may be granted
under subsection (6).
13A Emergency quarantine
grounds
The Minister may appoint any place to be
a temporary quarantine station for such period as he or she thinks necessary,
for the performance of quarantine by any vessel, installation, persons, goods,
animals, or plants, and the place so appointed shall be deemed to be a
quarantine station accordingly.
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; and
(b) any
vessels trading exclusively:
(i) between Australian ports;
or
(ia) between Australian ports
and Australian installations; or
(ii) between ports in the Cocos
Islands; or
(iii) between Australia and New
Zealand; or
(iv) between Australia and Fiji;
or
(v) between Australia and the
Cocos Islands; or
(va) between ports in Christmas
Island; or
(vb) between Australia and
Christmas Island; or
(vc) between the Cocos Islands
and Christmas Island; or
(vi) between Australia and
another place adjacent to Australia; and
(c) any particular vessel or class of
vessels; and
(d) any persons, animals, plants or
goods or any classes of persons, animals, plants or other goods.
6 How this Proclamation is arranged
6.1 Most of this Proclamation is about things that cannot
be imported into Australia. There are also some restrictions on the movement of
things within Australia. If a Part contains restrictions on moving things
within Australia, those restrictions are in a separate 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.
6.2 The Proclamation is organised into Parts as follows:
·
Parts 1, 2 and 2A — 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 and 10 — administrative matters.
6.3 Some of the Parts are divided into Divisions, as
mentioned above.
6.4 Following Part 10 are the Schedules, which set out
lengthy material that cannot be conveniently put into the main text of this
Proclamation.
6.5 This 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, an extract from 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.
7 How do I find the meaning of words used in
this Proclamation?
7.1 If a word or term used in this Proclamation has a
special meaning, it will often be defined in s 3 of the Proclamation or in
s 5 of the Quarantine Act. If a term is used only in one provision, you
may find a definition of it in that provision.
7.2 Normally, a term used in the Quarantine Act (even if
not defined there) has the same meaning in this Proclamation. An exception is Torres
Strait Special Quarantine Zone. Since 23 June 2000, the Quarantine Act has
used the term Special Quarantine Zone with a particular meaning (for which, see
ss 5 and 5A of that Act), but the term has a long history of use, with a
somewhat different meaning, for a particular part of Australia near Torres
Strait. In this Proclamation, the term Torres Strait Special Quarantine
Zone is used (defined in s 3) with the latter meaning.
8 What status has a particular port under this
Proclamation?
8.1 Many ports in Australia are proclaimed as first ports
of entry, and many airports are declared to be landing places for aircraft. 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, plants or
goods may be landed at each port or airport, and indicate any limitations that
apply. If there is no entry in the table for animals, plants or goods for a
particular port or airport, imported animals, plants or goods (as the case may
be) cannot be landed there.
8.2 For full information see the relevant sections and
tables in the Proclamation, as follows:
·
Ports that are first ports of entry for vessels other than
aircraft — table 1 in s 8
·
First ports of entry and landing places for aircraft — table
2 in s 9
·
Ports where imported animals generally may be landed — table
3 in s 10
·
ports at which imported animals of particular kinds, or having
particular descriptions, may be landed — table 4 in s 11
·
ports at which imported plants generally may be landed —
table 5 in s 12
·
ports at which imported plants of particular kinds, or having
particular descriptions, may be landed — table 6 in s 13
·
ports where imported goods (other than animals or plants)
generally may be landed — table 6A in s 13A
·
ports where imported goods other than waste may be landed —
table 6B in s 13A
·
Ports where particular kinds of imported goods, or goods having
particular uses, may be landed — table 6C in s 13B
·
Ports where personal effects that are accompanied passenger
baggage may be landed — table 6D in s 13B.
Ports in Australia
that are first ports of entry for vessels other than aircraft
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Port
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Can imported animals be landed there?
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Can imported plants be landed there?
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Can imported goods of other kinds be landed there?
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Ports in New South Wales
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Coffs Harbour
|
|
|
|
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Lord Howe Island
|
|
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Newcastle
|
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Yes
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Yes
|
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Port Botany, Sydney
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
|
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Port Jackson, Sydney
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Port Kembla
|
|
Grain only (see table 6 in s 13)
|
Yes
|
|
Twofold Bay
|
|
|
|
|
Yamba
|
|
Sawn timber from Norfolk Island or New Zealand only
Kentia palm seed from Norfolk Island
(see table 6 in s 13)
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Ports in Victoria
|
|
Geelong
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Melbourne
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Portland
|
|
|
Fertiliser only (see table 6C in s 13B)
|
|
Westernport
|
|
|
|
|
Ports in Queensland
|
|
Abbot Point
|
|
|
|
|
Brisbane
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Bundaberg
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only (see table 4 in
s 11)
|
|
Yes
|
|
Cairns
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only
Fish
(see table 4 in s 11)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Dalrymple Bay
|
see Hay Point
|
|
Gladstone
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only (see table 4 in
s 11)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Hay Point (including Dalrymple Bay)
|
|
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Lucinda
|
|
|
|
|
Mackay
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Mourilyan Harbour
|
|
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Port Alma
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Thursday Island
|
Dead fish only (see table 4 in s 11)
|
Certain kinds only (see table 6 in s 13)
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Townsville
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only
Fish
(see table 4 in s 11)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Weipa
|
|
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Ports in South Australia
|
|
Ardrossan
|
|
|
|
|
Cape Thevenard
|
|
|
Fertiliser and waste only (see table 6C in s 13B)
|
|
Port Adelaide
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Port Bonython
|
|
|
Ballast water and waste only (see table 6C in s 13B)
|
|
Port Giles
|
|
|
|
|
Port Lincoln
|
Dead fish only (see table 4 in s 11)
|
|
Fertiliser and waste only (see table 6C in s 13B)
|
|
Port Pirie
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Port Stanvac
|
|
|
Bulk oil products and waste only (see table 6C in
s 13B)
|
|
Wallaroo
|
|
|
Fertiliser and waste only (see table 6C in s 13B)
|
|
Whyalla
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Ports in Western Australia
|
|
Albany
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Broome
|
|
Yes
|
|
|
Bunbury
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Carnarvon
|
|
|
|
|
Dampier
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Derby
|
|
|
|
|
Esperance
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Exmouth
|
|
|
|
|
Fremantle
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Geraldton
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Port Hedland
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Port Walcott
|
|
|
|
|
Wyndham
|
|
|
|
|
Ports in Tasmania
|
|
Beauty Point
|
see Launceston
|
|
Bell Bay
|
see Launceston
|
|
Burnie
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Devonport
|
|
Yes
|
|
|
Hobart (including Risdon and Selfs Point)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Launceston (including Beauty Point and Bell Bay)
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only (see table 4 in
s 11)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Port Huon
|
|
|
|
|
Port Latta
|
|
|
|
|
Spring Bay
|
|
|
|
|
Stanley
|
|
Yes
|
|
|
Ports in the Northern
Territory
|
|
Darwin
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only (see table 4 in
s 11)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Gove (Nhulunbuy)
|
Yes
|
|
Yes, except waste (see table 6B in s 13A)
|
|
Groote Eylandt
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Nhulunbuy
|
see Gove
|
Airports in
Australia that are landing places for aircraft
|
Airport
|
Can imported animals be landed there?
|
Can imported plants be landed there?
|
Can imported goods of other kinds be landed there?
|
|
Airports in the Australian Capital Territory
|
|
Canberra International Airport
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only (see table 4 in
s 11)
|
Yes
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
RAAF Base, Fairbairn
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only (see table 4 in
s 11)
|
Yes
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Airports in New South Wales
|
|
HMAS Albatross
|
|
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Kingsford‑Smith Airport, Sydney
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Lord Howe Island Airport
|
|
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
RAAF Base, Richmond
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
RAAF Base, Williamtown
|
|
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Airports in Victoria
|
|
Avalon Airport
|
|
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
Essendon Airport
|
|
|
|
|
RAAF Base, Laverton
|
|
|
|
|
Tullamarine Airport
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Airports in Queensland
|
|
Brisbane Airport
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cairns
|
Animals from New Zealand only
Fish
(see table 4 in s 11)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only
(see table 4 in s 11)
|
|
Yes
|
|
Horn Island Airport
|
Dead fish (see table 4 in s 11)
|
|
Personal effects, as accompanied baggage, only (see table
6D in s 13B)
|
|
RAAF Base, Amberley
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Townsville Airport
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only
Fish
(see table 4 in s 11)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Airports in South Australia
|
|
Adelaide Airport
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAAF Base, Edinburgh
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Airports in Western Australia
|
|
Broome Airport
|
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Learmonth Airport
|
|
|
|
|
Perth Airport
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Port Hedland Airport
|
|
Yes
|
Yes, except waste (see table 66B in s 13A)
|
|
RAAF Base, Pearce
|
|
|
|
|
Airports in Tasmania
|
|
Hobart Airport
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Airports in the Northern Territory
|
|
Alice Springs
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
Darwin Airport
|
Cats and dogs from New Zealand only (see table 4 in
s 11)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAAF Base, Katherine
|
|
|
Yes, except waste (see table 66B in s 13A)
|
|
RAAF Base, Tindal
|
|
|
|
9 What are the consequences of illegal
importation?
9.1 The Quarantine Act
creates offences for importing things in contravention of the Quarantine Act or
this Proclamation, and for failing to comply with conditions attached to
permits granted under this Proclamation. The Quarantine Act also provides for
seizure of illegally imported things. The relevant provisions in the Quarantine
Act are set out below:
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, the Cocos Islands or
Christmas Island 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, the Cocos Islands or
Christmas Island 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; or
(v) from a part of Christmas
Island to another part of Christmas Island; or
(vi) from Australia to Christmas
Island; or
(vii) from Christmas Island to
Australia; or
(viii) from Christmas Island to
the Cocos Islands; 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.
68 Effect of unlawful importation etc.
Circumstances
in which section applies
(1) This
section applies if:
(a) any animals, plants or other goods
are imported or introduced into, or brought into any port or other place in,
Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island; or
(b) any
animals, plants or other goods are removed:
(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; or
(v) from a part of Christmas
Island to another part of Christmas Island; or
(vi) from Australia to Christmas
Island; or
(vii) from Christmas Island to
Australia; or
(viii) from Christmas Island to
the Cocos Islands; or
(ix) from the Cocos Islands to
Christmas Island; or
(c) any animals, plants or other goods
are moved, interfered with or dealt with;
in contravention of this Act.
Seizure
of goods
(2) A
quarantine officer may seize the animals, plants or goods and, if they are
seized:
(a) they are forfeited to the
Commonwealth; and
(b) the quarantine officer must give a
notice to a person referred to in subsection (4) stating that they have been
seized and forfeited to the Commonwealth and that they will be sold, destroyed,
exported from Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island or otherwise
disposed of in any way that a Director of Quarantine thinks appropriate; and
(c) a Director of Quarantine may cause
the animals, plants or goods to be sold, destroyed, exported from Australia,
the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island or otherwise disposed of.
Notice
by Director of Quarantine where goods not seized
(3) If the
animals, plants or goods have not been seized under subsection (2), a Director
of Quarantine may give a notice to a person referred to in subsection (4)
stating that they will be seized, sold, destroyed, exported from Australia, the
Cocos Islands or Christmas Island or otherwise disposed of in any way that the
Director thinks appropriate unless, within a period set out in the notice:
(a) they are destroyed, exported from
Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island, as the case may be, or otherwise
dealt with in a way set out in the notice; and
(b) any other requirements set out in
the notice relating to the animals, plants or goods are complied with.
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, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island —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.
Notice
must not require action involving unacceptably high level of risk
(5) A Director
of Quarantine must not give a notice under subsection (3) if the Director is
not satisfied that:
(a) if the animals, plants or goods are
dealt with in the way set out in the notice, there will be no unacceptably high
level of quarantine risk; or
(b) the person will either comply with
the notice or tell the Director within the period set out in the notice that
the person does not wish to deal with the goods as required by the notice.
Authorised
action will not contravene Act
(6) If, the animals, plants or goods have not
been released from quarantine, any movement of, interference with, or dealing
with, them that is necessary to comply with the notice is not a contravention
of this Act.
Liability
for things done before notice not affected
(7) Any civil or criminal liability of the
person to whom a notice is given because of a contravention of this Act that
occurred in relation to the animals, plants or goods before the notice is given
is not affected by the giving of the notice.
Further
notice may be given
(8) At any
time before the person to whom a notice under subsection (3) is given complies
with the notice, a Director of Quarantine may give a further notice to the
person amending or revoking the notice. If the notice is amended, this section
applies to the notice as amended in the same way as it applied to the original
notice.
If
notice is not complied with
(9) If a
notice is given to a person under subsection (3) within the period prescribed
by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection, but the person:
(a) does not comply with the notice
within the period specified in it; or
(b) tells a Director of Quarantine
within that period that the person does not wish to deal with the goods as
required by the notice;
the following provisions have effect:
(c) the animals, plants or goods are
forfeited to the Commonwealth; and
(d) an officer or an officer of Customs
may seize them; and
(e) a Director of Quarantine may cause
them to be sold, destroyed, exported from Australia, the Cocos Islands or
Christmas Island or otherwise disposed of.
68A Destruction of certain
animals
If:
(a) an animal has been brought into a
port or other place in Australia, the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island but the
animal was not intended, or is not permitted, to be imported into Australia,
the Cocos Islands or Christmas Island, as the case may be; and
(b) the
master of a vessel or installation fails to comply with:
(i) a direction given by a
Director of Quarantine with respect to the animal; or
(ii) any
of the prescribed conditions relating to the giving of reports about the
animal, or relating to the control or confinement of, or the giving of access
to, the animal;
a quarantine officer may destroy the animal.
10 What happened to earlier proclamations?
10.1 Many proclamations have
been made under the Quarantine Act since 1908 — some 150 in all. All the
proclamations made before 1998 under ss 5 (definitions of: disease
in relation to animals; disease in relation to plants;
and quarantinable disease), 12 13 and 14 of that Act were revoked
by the Quarantine Proclamation 1998. However, permits granted under a
revoked proclamation are taken to continue in force according to their terms
(see s 75 of this Proclamation).
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name
of this Proclamation [see
Note 1]
This Proclamation is the Quarantine Proclamation
1998.
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
This Proclamation commences on the day it is
gazetted.
3 Definitions
In this
Proclamation:
Australia, when used in a geographical sense:
(a) includes the Territory of Ashmore and
Cartier Islands; but
(b) does not include Christmas Island or the
Cocos Islands.
Christmas Island — see
section 5 of the Quarantine Act.
Note The definition is:
‘Christmas Island means the Territory of
Christmas Island.’.
Cocos Islands
see section 5 of the Quarantine Act.
Note The
definition is:
‘Cocos Islands means the Territory of Cocos
(Keeling) Islands.’.
consumer ready product
means a processed product for which the risk that importation would lead to the
introduction, establishment or spread of a disease or pest is acceptably low.
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.
fish means an elasmobranch or a teleost.
Gene Technology Act means the Gene
Technology Act 2000.
hermetically‑sealed container means a
container that, when closed, does not allow micro‑organisms 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.
retorted means in an unopened hermetically‑sealed
container that has been heated for a time, and to a temperature, sufficient to
make the contents commercially sterile.
Torres Strait 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 1 The Torres Strait Special
Quarantine Zone is not a ‘Special Quarantine Zone’ within the meaning of section 5A
of the Quarantine Act.
Note 2 Terms defined in the Act have the
same meaning in this Proclamation, see the Acts Interpretation Act 1901,
paragraph 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 relates to an act or a class of
acts specified in the permit in relation to a thing or a class of things
specified in the permit.
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.
6 Tables
(1) A table in this Proclamation that immediately
follows the end of a section is part of the section.
(2) A table in this Proclamation that is within a
section is part of the section.
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 overseas vessels other than aircraft (Quarantine Act,
s 13 (1) (a))
Each port mentioned in table 1 is a first port of
entry for overseas vessels other than aircraft.
Table 1 First ports of entry for overseas 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
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra International Airport
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Fairbairn
New South
Wales
HMAS Albatross
Kingsford‑Smith Airport,
Sydney
Lord Howe Island Airport
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Richmond
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Williamtown
Victoria
Avalon Airport
Essendon Airport, Melbourne
Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Laverton
Queensland
Brisbane Airport
Cairns Airport
Coolangatta Airport
Horn Island Airport
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Amberley
Townsville Airport
South
Australia
Adelaide Airport
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Edinburgh
Western
Australia
Broome Airport
Learmonth Airport
Perth Airport
Port Hedland Airport
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Pearce
Tasmania
Hobart Airport
Northern
Territory
Alice Springs Airport
Darwin Airport
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Katherine
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Tindal
New South Wales
Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney
Port Botany, Sydney
Port Jackson, Sydney
Victoria
Melbourne
Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne
Queensland
Brisbane
Brisbane Airport
South
Australia
Adelaide
Airport
Port
Adelaide
Western
Australia
Fremantle
Perth Airport
Tasmania
Hobart, including Risdon and
Selfs Point
Hobart Airport
Northern
Territory
Gove (Nhulunbuy)
11 Ports
where imported animals of particular kinds, or having particular descriptions,
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 or description mentioned in column
3 of the item may be landed.
Table 4 Ports where particular
kinds or descriptions of imported animals may be landed
|
Column 1
Item
|
Column 2
Port
|
Column 3
Kind or description of imported animal
|
|
Australian Capital Territory
|
|
1
|
Canberra International Airport
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
|
|
2
|
RAAF Base, Fairbairn
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
|
|
Queensland
|
|
3
|
Bundaberg
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
|
|
4
|
Cairns
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
Fish (whether alive or dead)
|
|
5
|
Cairns Airport
|
Animals from New Zealand
Fish (whether alive or dead)
|
|
5A
|
Coolangatta Airport
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
|
|
6
|
Gladstone
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
|
|
6A
|
Horn Island Airport
|
Dead fish
|
|
7
|
Thursday Island
|
Dead fish
|
|
8
|
Townsville
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
Fish (whether alive or dead)
|
|
9
|
Townsville Airport
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
Fish (whether alive or dead)
|
|
South Australia
|
|
10
|
Port Lincoln
|
Dead fish
|
|
Tasmania
|
|
11
|
Launceston, including Beauty Point and Bell Bay
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
|
|
Northern Territory
|
|
12
|
Darwin
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
|
|
13
|
Darwin Airport
|
Domestic cats and domestic dogs from New Zealand
|
12 Ports
where imported plants generally may be landed (Quarantine Act,
s 13 (1) (b))
Each port in
Australia mentioned in table 5 is a port where imported plants may be landed.
Table 5 Ports where imported plants generally
may be landed
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
International Airport
Royal
Australian Air Force Base, Fairbairn
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
Broome
Airport
Bunbury
Dampier
Fremantle
Geraldton
Perth Airport
Port Hedland
Port Hedland
Airport
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
New South
Wales
Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney
Newcastle
Port Botany, Sydney
Port Jackson, Sydney
Port Kembla
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Richmond
Victoria
Geelong
Melbourne
Tullamarine
Airport, Melbourne
Queensland
Brisbane
Brisbane Airport
Bundaberg
Cairns
Cairns Airport
Coolangatta Airport
Gladstone
Mackay
Port Alma
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Amberley
Townsville
Townsville Airport
South Australia
Adelaide Airport
Port Adelaide
Port Pirie
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Edinburgh
Whyalla
Western Australia
Albany
Broome Airport
Bunbury
Dampier
Esperance
Fremantle
Geraldton
Perth Airport
Port Hedland
Tasmania
Burnie
Hobart, including Risdon and
Selfs Point
Hobart Airport
Launceston (including Beauty
Point and Bell Bay)
Northern
Territory
Alice Springs
Darwin
Darwin Airport
Groote Eylandt
(2) A port mentioned in
table 6B is a port where imported goods (other than animals or plants, and
other than waste) may be landed.
Table 6B Ports where imported goods other than waste may
be landed
Western Australia
Port Hedland Airport
Northern Territory
Gove (Nhulunbuy)
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Katherine
13B Ports
where particular kinds of other goods may be landed (Quarantine Act,
s 13 (1) (b))
(1) A port mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 6C
is a port where imported goods (other than animals or plants) of a kind, or
having a use, mentioned in column 3 of the item may be landed.
Table 6C Ports where
particular kinds of imported goods, or goods having particular uses, may be
landed
|
Column 1
Item
|
Column 2
Port
|
Column 3
Kind of imported goods, or use of goods
|
|
Victoria
|
|
1
|
Portland
|
Fertiliser only
|
|
South Australia
|
|
2
|
Cape Thevenard
|
Fertiliser and waste only
|
|
3
|
Port Bonython
|
Ballast water and waste only
|
|
4
|
Port Lincoln
|
Fertiliser and waste only
|
|
5
|
Port Stanvac
|
Bulk oil products and waste only
|
|
6
|
Wallaroo
|
Fertiliser and waste only
|
(2) A port mentioned in table 6D is a port where
imported goods (other than animals or plants) that are personal effects, as
accompanied passenger baggage, may be landed.
Table 6D Ports where personal
effects that are accompanied passenger baggage may be landed
Australian
Capital Territory
Canberra International Airport
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Fairbairn
New South
Wales
HMAS Albatross
Lord Howe Island Airport
Royal Australian Air Force Base,
Williamtown
Yamba
Victoria
Avalon Airport
Queensland
Coolangatta Airport
Hay Point (including Dalrymple
Bay)
Horn Island Airport
Mourilyan Harbour
Thursday Island
Weipa
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.
(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 west to Corrigan Road in the east, 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 Eastern Creek 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.
Part 2A Miscellaneous
20A Exemption
from obligation to land goods at declared port (Quarantine Act, ss 14 and
20D)
(1) An animal, a plant or
goods may be landed at a port that is not a port declared by Proclamation to be
a port at which it or they may be landed if it or they:
(a) satisfies or satisfy the criteria in
subsection (2); and
(b) is not or are not of a kind to which
subsection (3) applies.
(2) The criteria are that
the animal, plant or goods:
(a) is or are brought into a part of Australia
that is in the Protected Zone, or is in the vicinity of the Protected Zone, on
board a Protected Zone vessel; and
(b) is or are under the control of a traditional
inhabitant of the Protected Zone who is on board the vessel; and
(c) has or have been used, is or are being used,
or will be used, by him or her in performing traditional activities in the
Protected Zone or an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone.
(3) This subsection
applies to the following:
(a) a living plant;
(b) a fresh fruit or vegetable;
(c) a part of a
plant of any of the following genera or species (whether or not capable of
being used for propagation):
(i) Musa (bananas);
(ii) Saccharum (sugar cane);
(iii) Zea (maize);
(iv) Manihot esculenta Crantz
(cassava);
(v) Citrus;
(vi) Gossypium (cotton);
(d) a part of a plant of any other species or
genus that is capable of being used for propagation;
(e) a live animal (except an animal to which
subsection (4) applies);
(f) a dead animal (except an animal to which
subsection (4) applies) or part of an animal (except an animal to which that
subsection applies);
(g) goods wholly or partly of animal origin
(except goods to which subsection (5) applies);
(h) soil.
(4) This subsection applies to an animal that is a
cnidarian, echinoderm, tunicate, fish, crustacean, marine mollusc, turtle or
dugong.
(5) This subsection
applies to:
(a) goods wholly or partly made from an animal
to which subsection (4) applies; and
(b) goods made of the skin of a goanna or other
lizard, or a snake.
Part 3 Human quarantine
Division 1 General
21 Quarantinable
diseases (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) (definition of quarantinable
disease) and 13 (1) (ca))
Each disease mentioned in table 9 is a
quarantinable disease for Australia.
Table 9 Quarantinable diseases of humans
|
Item
|
Disease
|
|
1
|
Cholera
|
|
1A
|
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Humans (HPAIH)
|
|
2
|
Plague
|
|
3
|
Rabies
|
|
3AA
|
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
|
|
3A
|
Smallpox
|
|
4
|
Viral haemorrhagic fevers of humans
|
|
5
|
Yellow fever
|
Division 2 Importation of corpses and human body parts into Australia
23 Corpses
and human body parts for burial or cremation (Quarantine Act,
ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d) and (e))
The importation into
Australia of a corpse or part of a corpse for burial or cremation is
prohibited:
(a) unless:
(i) 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
(ii) 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; or
(b) unless a
Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import the corpse or part into
Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine must
consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
24 Importation
of human body parts (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d) and (e))
The importation into
Australia of a human body part mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 10 is
prohibited unless:
(a) it complies with the condition in column 3
of the item; or
(b) a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit
to import the body part into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
Table 10 Human body parts
|
Column 1
Item
|
Column 2
Part
|
Column 3
Condition
|
|
Bones, teeth etc
|
|
1
|
Human bones and teeth for use as curios or jewellery
|
If clean and without adhering tissue, blood or faeces
|
|
Hair
|
|
2
|
Hair
|
If cleaned by an approved method, free of adhering
material and not for use in animal foods or fertilisers, nor for growing
purposes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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.
Table 11 Prohibited biological materials
|
Item
|
Material
|
|
1
|
Animal blood or blood components
|
|
2
|
Animal enzymes
|
|
3
|
Animal secretions, excretions or exudates
|
|
4
|
Animal semen, embryos or ova
|
|
5
|
Animal tissue extracts
|
|
6
|
Animal tissues
|
|
7
|
Glue made from animal material
|
|
8
|
Antisera
|
|
9
|
Cell components (including microbial components)
|
|
10
|
Cell lines
|
|
11
|
Cell or microbial culture media
|
|
12
|
Human blood or blood components (other than blood or blood
components intended only for human therapeutic use)
|
|
13
|
Human enzymes (other than enzymes intended only for human
therapeutic use)
|
|
14
|
Human secretions, excretions or exudates (other than
secretions, excretions or exudates intended only for human therapeutic use)
|
|
15
|
Human semen, embryos or ova (other than semen, embryos or
ova intended only for human therapeutic use, or use for artificial
insemination or in an in‑vitro fertilisation program)
|
|
16
|
Human tissue extracts (other than tissue extracts intended
only for human therapeutic use)
|
|
17
|
Human tissues
|
|
18
|
Hybridomas
|
|
19
|
Infectious agents
|
|
20
|
Infectious agent extracts (for example, DNA or cell wall
protein)
|
|
21
|
Microbial enzymes
|
|
22
|
Microbial extracts
|
|
23
|
Microbial fermentation products (other than alcohols,
vitamins and amino acids)
|
|
24
|
Micro‑organisms (other than semen, embryos or ova)
|
|
25
|
Sera of animal origin
|
|
26
|
Toxins of animal or microbial origin
|
|
27
|
Toxoids
|
|
28
|
Vaccines
|
Division 2 Importation of biological materials into Australia
28 Importation
of biological materials (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d) and (e))
(1) The introduction or
importation into Australia of the following things is prohibited unless a
Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import the article into Australia:
(a) an article (other than an article to which
subsection (2) applies) that is prohibited biological material;
(b) an article (other than an article to which
subsection (2) applies) that contains prohibited biological material;
(c) an article
(other than an article to which subsection (2) applies) 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.
(2) This subsection
applies to the following articles:
(a) an article the introduction or importation
of which is permitted under section 29, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 or 46, and
is not otherwise prohibited by this Proclamation;
(b) an article that contains a dye or colouring
agent of animal origin (for example, cochineal), and the importation of which
is not otherwise prohibited by this Proclamation;
(c) an article
that:
(i) in its normal use, is generally
meant for human therapeutic use; and
(ii) is imported into Australia
(whether personally or by post) by someone who intends to use it for his or her
own personal therapeutic use; and
(iii) if imported, would not result in
him or her having imported (whether personally or by post) more than
3 months’ supply in normal use during any 3 month period; and
(iv) is not prohibited from being
imported under Part 7 (other than an article that contains bee pollen, Ganoderma
spp. or slippery elm bark); and
(v) is commercially prepared and
packaged and in a form that indicates it has been processed to prevent it being
infected or contaminated by a quarantinable disease;
(d) an article that is or contains a cosmetic
substance or perfume for human bodily use and contains, in total less than 20%
by mass of material of animal origin (for example, musk, civet or ambergris),
and the importation of which is not otherwise prohibited by this Proclamation.
29 Introduction
or importation of disease or pest (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d) and (e))
(1) The introduction or importation into Australia of a
substance or article (other than a substance or article to which subsection (2)
applies) containing, or likely to contain, a disease or pest is prohibited
unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to introduce or import the
substance or article into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) This subsection
applies to a substance or article that is a starter culture, or a derivative of
a starter culture (including an enzyme) listed in table 11A, if the substance
or article is not contained in a milk‑based carrier, and is intended for:
(a) human food, beverage, or cosmetic
manufacture; or
(b) in‑vitro laboratory work; or
(c) in‑vivo work in laboratory animals.
Table 11A Starter
cultures
|
Item
|
Starter culture
|
|
1
|
Acetobacter spp.
|
|
2
|
Aspergillus oryzae
|
|
3
|
Baker’s yeast
|
|
4
|
Bifidobacterium spp.
|
|
5
|
Brevibacterium linens
|
|
6
|
Brewer’s yeast
|
|
7
|
Candida spp.
|
|
8
|
Citeromyces spp.
|
|
9
|
Clavispora spp.
|
|
10
|
Debaromyces spp.
|
|
11
|
Dekkera spp.
|
|
12
|
Enterococcus durans
|
|
13
|
Enterococcus faecalis
|
|
14
|
Enterococcus faecium
|
|
15
|
Geotrichum candidum
|
|
16
|
Hansenula spp.
|
|
17
|
Hasagawaea spp.
|
|
18
|
Hypopichia spp.
|
|
19
|
Issatchenkia spp.
|
|
20
|
Kluyveromyces spp.
|
|
21
|
Lactic acid bacteria
|
|
22
|
Lactobacillus spp.
|
|
23
|
Lactococcus spp.
|
|
24
|
Leuconostoc spp.
|
|
25
|
Monascus spp.
|
|
26
|
Pediococcus pentasaceus
|
|
27
|
Penicillium camemberti
|
|
28
|
Penicillium roqueforti
|
|
29
|
Phaffia spp.
|
|
30
|
Pichia spp.
|
|
31
|
Propionibacterium spp.
|
|
31A
|
Rhizopus spp.
|
|
32
|
Saccharomyces spp.
|
|
33
|
Schizosaccharomyces spp.
|
|
34
|
Schwanniomyces spp.
|
|
35
|
Staphylococcus carnosus
|
|
36
|
Staphylococcus xylosus
|
|
37
|
Streptococcus cremoris
|
|
38
|
Streptococcus diacetilactis
|
|
39
|
Streptococcus durans
|
|
40
|
Streptococcus faecalis
|
|
41
|
Streptococcus lactis
|
|
42
|
Streptococcus paracitrovirum
|
|
43
|
Streptococcus salivarius
|
|
44
|
Streptococcus thermophilus
|
|
45
|
Torulaspora spp.
|
|
46
|
Torulopsis spp.
|
|
47
|
Wine culture
|
|
48
|
Yoghurt/Kefir culture
|
|
49
|
Zygoascus spp.
|
|
50
|
Zygosaccharomyces spp.
|
Part 5 Articles and things likely to introduce a disease or pest
Division 1 Introductory
32 Meaning of article or thing likely to
introduce a disease or pest
In this Part:
article or thing likely to introduce a disease or
pest means an article or thing mentioned in table 12.
Table 12 Articles likely to introduce a pest or disease
|
Item
|
Article
|
|
Soil etc
|
|
|
1
|
Soil, articles with soil adhering and articles containing
soil
|
|
Water etc
|
|
|
2
|
Water, other than:
(a) commercially bottled
water; or
(b) rose water; or
(c) orange flower water;
or
(d) holy water for
personal use
|
|
3
|
Sea or ocean water, unless:
(a) free from suspended
and solid material and marine pathogens; and
(b) in a consignment of
less than 5 litres; and
(c) intended for use in
a testing laboratory
|
|
Fertilisers and soil conditioners
|
|
4
|
Fertiliser of any type, including synthetic fertiliser,
mined fertiliser, chemical fertiliser, and guano, but not including:
(a) chemical liquid
fertiliser; and
(b) chemical fertiliser
packed at the place of production, in new packaging, in units of 100kg or less
|
|
5
|
Growth supplements
|
|
6
|
Soil conditioners of animal, plant or microbial origin
|
|
Animal food
|
|
|
7
|
Food for animals, of plant, animal (including fish) or
microbial origin
|
|
Beehives and beekeeping equipment
|
|
8
|
Beehives, used
|
|
9
|
Beekeeping equipment, used
|
|
Birds’ nests etc
|
|
10
|
Birds’ nests (including nests intended for use in making
soup)
|
|
11
|
Birds’ nest products, other than commercially manufactured
and retorted birds’ nest products for consumption by the person wishing to
import the product
|
|
Coir peat etc
|
|
12
|
Coir peat and coir peat products
|
|
Peat etc
|
|
|
13
|
Peat and peat products, including peat moss
|
|
Straw
|
|
|
14
|
Cereal straw articles, other than small quantities that:
(a) are for the personal
use of the person wishing to import the article and are not intended for
marketing or commercial use; and
(b) are treated by an
approved treatment on arrival
|
|
15
|
Cereal straw packing
|
|
16
|
Cereal straw bedding
|
|
Used Packaging
|
|
17
|
Bags, boxes, cartons and packaging that has been in
contact with articles the importation of which without a permit is prohibited
|
|
18
|
Used egg crates, containers and packaging that have been
in contact with eggs
|
|
Used Machinery
|
|
19
|
Used food‑processing equipment, other than equipment
for domestic use, that has been in contact with:
(a) cooked or uncooked
animal products; or
(b) cooked or uncooked
plant products
|
|
20
|
Used earth‑moving, agricultural, construction or
timber felling machinery, including assembled parts, that have come into
contact with soil or material of plant origin
|
|
21
|
Used tyres, with or without rims, other than those
imported as part of a vehicle or as a spare tyre for an imported vehicle
|
|
22
|
Used mining machinery, including oil‑field drilling
machinery that has come into contact with soil
|
|
23
|
Used grain‑milling machinery
|
|
24
|
Field‑tested agricultural machinery that has come
into contact with soil or material of plant origin
|
|
Bioremedial products
|
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25
|
Bioremedial products
|
Division 2 Importation into Australia of articles and things likely to
introduce diseases or pests
33 Importation
of articles likely to introduce diseases or pests — Australia (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d) and (e))
(1) The importation into
Australia of an article or thing likely to introduce a disease or pest (other
than an article or thing to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless
a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import the article or thing
into Australia.
Note 1 For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
Note 2 For the meaning of article
likely to introduce a disease or pest, see table 12 in
section 32.
(2) This subsection applies to a teleost fish product,
importation of which is permitted under section 38 and item 25C of table 13.
Note Table 13 is in section 38.
Part 6 Animal quarantine
Division 1 General
35 Definitions
for Part
In this Part:
animal part
means a part of an animal and (unless the contrary is stated) includes:
(a) blood; and
(b) tissue; and
(c) animal reproductive material; and
(d) skin (whether or not tanned); and
(e) bone; and
(f) hair and feathers; and
(g) scales; and
(h) chitin.
animal reproductive material means a part of
an animal from which another animal can be reproduced, and includes semen, ova,
or an embryo.
animal tissue product means a product that
contains animal tissue, or of which animal tissue is an ingredient.
bee product
means a product produced by bees.
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).
egg means an egg of a bird.
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).
meat means a part of an animal (other than a
fish, 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 blood, bone‑meal,
meat meal, tallow and fat.
meat product means a product that contains meat,
or of which meat is an ingredient.
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 means ‘a veterinarian authorised by the Veterinary
Administration of the country to perform animal health and/or public health
inspections of commodities and, when appropriate, perform certification
in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 1.3.2. of this Code’.
36 Quarantinable
diseases (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) (definition of quarantinable
disease) and 13 (1) (ca))
Each disease mentioned in Schedule 3 is a
quarantinable disease for Australia.
Note The Schedule includes many parasites
of animals. Disease includes a parasite, see the definition of disease
in the Quarantine Act, subsection 5 (1).
Division 2 Importation of animals, animal parts and animal products into
Australia
37 Importation of live animals (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
(1) The importation into
Australia of a live animal by a person is prohibited unless a Director of
Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import it into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) However, subsection (1) 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.
(3) Also, subsection (1) 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 (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
(1) The importation into Australia of a dead animal or
animal part (except an animal or part to which subsection (2) applies) is
prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import the
animal or part into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) This subsection
applies to the following animals or animal parts:
(a) an animal or
part that:
(i) is mentioned in an item in table
13; and
(ii) complies with any restriction or
condition set out in the item;
(b) oysters in half shells from New Zealand, if
the shells are clean and free of viable animals and plants;
(c) a fish product (other than a product of fish
of the family Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae) that:
(i) is wholly or partly of teleost
origin; and
(ii) is accompanied into Australia by
the person importing it; and
(iii) is imported in an amount up to 5
kilograms; and
(iv) is eviscerated or is processed
further than evisceration.
(2A) In this section and the table, animal part
includes a product derived from or containing an animal or an animal part.
(4) For the table, an animal or part is non‑viable
if a living animal of the same species cannot be produced from it.
(5) For the table:
Competent Authority means a body recognised
as the Competent Authority for a country by a Director of Quarantine under
section 38A; and
exclusive economic zone has the meaning given
in subsection 3 (1) of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973.
Table 13 Dead animals and animal parts
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Column 1
Item
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Column 2
Animal, article or part
|
|
Animals and animal parts
|
|
1
|
Animals and animal tissues (including fish), if:
(a) preserved in 70% alcohol or 10% formalin or a
minimum of 2% glutaraldehyde; and
(b) the preservative fills at least 80% of the
container; and
(c) the container is reliably sealed; and
(d) no animal, plant or human is exposed directly or
indirectly to the material or any of its derivatives
|
|
2
|
Animals (including fish), if preserved by taxidermy for
display, or cremated
|
|
3
|
Bees of the genus Apis, if preserved in 70% alcohol
or 10% formalin or a minimum of 2% gluteraldehyde
|
|
4
|
Insects (other than bees of the genus Apis),
spiders and scorpions, if preserved for collections or display
|
|
Skins and hides
|
|
5
|
Animal (including fish) skins, if preserved or tanned
|
|
6
|
Rawhide dog chews, if accompanied by a manufacturer’s
declaration stating that the product has been soaked in a lime solution of pH
14 for not less than 8 hours
|
|
6A
|
An article containing rawhide, if:
(a) it is intended for the personal use of the person
seeking to import the article; and
(b) it is to be imported by itself or with no more than
4 other articles of the same kind; and
(c) it is treated on arrival, before release from
quarantine, to limit the level of quarantine risk to one that is acceptably
low
|
|
Bones, teeth, horn etc
|
|
7
|
Animal bones, tusks or teeth, for use as curios or
jewellery
|
|
8
|
Animal horn without velvet
|
|
Hair, bristles, feathers, wool etc
|
|
9
|
Bristles and hair (other than hair covered by item 11 or
12), if clean, not for use in animal foods or fertilisers, and, if for animal
husbandry or animal or human grooming purposes, accompanied by a certificate
confirming that the bristles or hair have been scoured or sterilised in a way
approved by a Director of Quarantine
|
|
10
|
Feathers, if not intended for stockfeed
|
|
11
|
Wool, goat fibre or other animal fibre in commercial
consignments, if scoured and with certification confirming the scouring
process, and free from contamination by extraneous material (for example
faeces, plant material or insects)
|
|
12
|
Wool, goat fibre or other animal fibre for the personal
use of the person wishing to import the item, and if scoured and free from
contamination by extraneous material (for example faeces, plant material or
insects)
|
|
Egg shells
|
|
|
13
|
Egg shells and egg shell ornaments, if clean and free of
adhering material (such as faeces, feathers and egg)
|
|
Aquatic animals and their products
|
|
14
|
Crustaceans (other than prawns or freshwater crayfish, or
crustacean meal), if non‑viable and clean
Note For the
importation of fish and crustacean meal, see sections 44 and 54.
|
|
15
|
Elasmobranch
fish, dried (other than fish meal), if free from insects, soil and other
debris
Note For the
importation of fish and crustacean meal, see s 44 and 54.
|
|
16
|
Elasmobranch fish, processed, (including fish fingers,
fish cakes and fish balls, but excluding fish meal), if containing less than
10% egg content and fit for human consumption
Note For the
importation of fish and crustacean meal, see s 44 and 54.
|
|
17
|
Cooked freshwater crayfish
|
|
18
|
Molluscs (other than oysters in full or half shell and
snails), if non‑viable and clean
|
|
19
|
Prawns or prawn products, other than dried prawns or prawn
meal, if:
(a) the prawns have been cooked in premises in the
exporting country that are approved by and under the control of the Competent
Authority of the exporting country; and
(b) as a result of the cooking process, all of the
protein in the prawn meat has coagulated and no raw prawn meat remains; and
(c) the prawns or prawn products are accompanied by a
certificate from the Competent Authority; and
(d) the certificate certifies that the requirements set
out in paragraphs (a) and (b) have been satisfied
Note For the importation of fish
meal and crustacean meal, see section 44.
|
|
20
|
Prawns or prawn products (other than prawn meal) if free
from insects, soil and other debris
Note For the
importation of fish meal and crustacean meal, see section 44.
|
|
21
|
Cnidarians (Coelenterates) other than coral sand, if non‑viable
and clean
|
|
22
|
Echinoderms, if non‑viable and clean
|
|
23
|
Tunicates, if non‑viable and clean
|
|
24
|
Shells, sea (other than oyster shell), if free of insects,
soil and other debris
|
|
25
|
Dead elasmobranch fish or fish parts, other than dried
fish, fish meal, and processed fish, if non‑viable and clean
Note For the
importation of fish and crustacean meal, see s 44 and 54.
|
|
25A
|
Teleost fish, other than
fish of the family Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae, if:
(a) the fish was caught in the New Zealand exclusive
economic zone or in adjacent international waters by fishers approved or
registered under controls administered by an authority of the government of
New Zealand; and
(b) the fish is accompanied by a certificate from the
Competent Authority for New Zealand certifying that the fish was caught in
the New Zealand exclusive economic zone or adjacent international waters
Note For the importation of fish and
particular products of fish of the family Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae, see
s 43 and 53.
|
|
25B
|
Teleost fish, other than fish of the family Salmonidae or
Plecoglossidae or teleost fish mentioned in item 25A, if the consignment is
accompanied by a health certificate from the Competent Authority of the
exporting country stating that the fish:
(a) was processed in premises approved by and under the
control of the Competent Authority; and
(b) is eviscerated; and
(c) was inspected under the supervision of the
Competent Authority; and
(d) is free from visible lesions associated with
infectious diseases; and
(e) has had its head and gills removed and its internal
and external surfaces thoroughly washed
Note For the importation of fish and
particular products of fish of the family Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae, see
s 43 and 53.
|
|
25C
|
Teleost fish product, other than a product of fish of the
family Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae, if the product is:
(a) wholly or partly of teleost origin; and
(b) a consumer ready product
Note 1 For
the importation of fish and particular products of fish of the family
Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae, see s 43 and 53.
Note 2 Consumer ready product
is defined in s 3.
|
|
|
Note 3 The
following are examples of consumer ready products of teleost fish:
(a) cutlets,
including the central bone and external skin but excluding fins, each cutlet
weighing no more than 450 grams;
(b) skinless
fillets, excluding the belly flap and all bones except the pin bones;
(c) skin‑on
fillets, excluding the belly flap and all bones except the pin bones, each
fillet weighing no more than 450 grams;
(d) eviscerated,
headless, ‘pan‑size’ fish, each fish weighing no more than 450 grams;
(e) a product that is
processed further than a stage described in para (a) to (d).
|
|
Miscellaneous products of animal origin
|
|
26
|
Fishing flies, if clean and no animal tissue is present
|
|
27
|
Cosmetics of, or partly of, animal origin, if commercially
manufactured and packaged and for the personal use of the person wishing to
import the item
|
|
28
|
Gelatine, if commercially prepared
|
|
29
|
Retorted snails
|
|
Meat and meat products
|
|
30
|
Meat products, if retorted, containing less than 5% by
weight of meat, and not requiring refrigeration to maintain quality
|
|
31
|
Meat products, if commercially manufactured, retorted and
shelf‑stable without refrigeration, for the personal consumption of the
person wishing to import the product
|
|
31A
|
Meat or meat products, other than pork or avian meat, if
clearly labelled as a product of New Zealand, and if for the personal
consumption of the person wishing to import the article
|
|
32
|
Meat or meat products, other than pork or avian meat, if
declared to be of New Zealand origin and:
(a) clearly labelled with the
date of processing; and
(b) clearly labelled with the
name and address of the processing premises; and
(c) the outermost wrapping of the
largest packaged unit is labelled ‘Product of New Zealand’
Note If the container is a full
sealed shipping container, it is not necessary for each individual package to
carry the ‘Product of New Zealand’ label.
|
|
|
|
|
34
|
Commercially prepared meat floss, if without discernible
meat portions, and if for the personal consumption of the person wishing to
import the article
|
38A Competent
Authorities
(1) A Director of Quarantine may declare, in writing,
that a body of a country is recognised as the Competent Authority for a country
if the body is responsible for export certification for goods exported from
that country.
(2) A Director of Quarantine may revoke, in writing, a
declaration made under subsection (1) for a body of a country if the body
ceases to be responsible for export certification for goods exported from that
country.
39 Importation
of meat and meat products (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
(1) The importation into Australia of meat or a meat
product (except meat or a meat product to which subsection (2) applies) is
prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import the
meat or meat product into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) This subsection
applies to meat or a meat product that:
(a) is mentioned in an item in table 13; and
(b) complies with any restriction or condition
set out in the item.
Note Table 13 is in section 38.
40 Importation
of dairy products (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d),
(e) and (f))
(1) The importation into
Australia of a dairy product (except a dairy product to which subsection (2)
applies), whether for human consumption or not, is prohibited unless a Director
of Quarantine has granted a permit to import the dairy product into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) This subsection
applies to 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) a commercially prepared dairy product that is
an infant food, if the person who seeks to import the product is entering
Australia, and has the care of, and is accompanied by, 1 or more infants;
(c) goods of which each individually packaged
unit contains less than 10% by weight (other than any added water) of a dairy
product;
(d) commercially
prepared and packaged chocolate;
(e) lactose, and its derivatives;
(f) commercially prepared and packaged clarified
butter oil;
(g) personal consignments of commercially
prepared and packaged dairy products that are manufactured in a country
recognised by the Office International des Epizooties as free from foot‑and‑mouth
disease, and approved by a Director of Quarantine, that are intended for human
consumption;
(h) biscuits, bread and cooked cakes (other than
cheese cakes and cakes containing dairy fillings or toppings that have not been
cooked with the cake);
(i) personal consignments of cheese cakes and
cooked cakes containing dairy fillings or toppings manufactured in a country
recognised by the Office International des Epizooties as free from foot and
mouth disease, and approved by a Director of Quarantine, that are intended for
human consumption;
41 Importation
of eggs and egg products (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
(1) The importation into
Australia of the following goods or things, whether for human consumption or
not (except goods or things to which subsection (2) applies) is prohibited
unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import the goods or
thing into Australia:
(a) eggs;
(b) egg products;
(c) goods, including mooncakes, that include egg
or an egg product among their ingredients.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(1A) The importation into Australia of goods or things,
whether for human consumption or not, containing discernible pieces of egg
(including goods or things to which subsection (2) would otherwise apply) is
prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import the
goods or thing into Australia.
(2) This subsection
applies to the following goods (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;
(c) cake
mixes containing less than 10% egg by mass.
42 Importation
of honey and other bee products (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
(1) The importation into Australia of a bee product,
whether for human consumption or not (other than a bee product to which
subsection (2) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has
granted a permit to import the bee product into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) This subsection
applies to the following bee products, if pure and free from extraneous matter:
(a) honey (whether or not containing honeycomb);
(b) bee venom;
(c) honeycomb;
(d) propolis;
(e) royal jelly.
43 Importation
of fish of family Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae (Quarantine Act,
ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
(1) The importation into
Australia of fish of the family Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae, or any part of
such a fish, in any form, including retorted fish, dried fish, processed fish
and fish meal (except fish or a fish product to which subsection (3) applies)
is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import
the fish or fish parts into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) The importation into Australia of the roe or caviar
of fish of the family Salmonidae or Plecoglossidae (except roe or caviar to
which paragraph (3) (a) applies) is prohibited unless a Director of
Quarantine has granted a permit to import the fish, fish parts, roe or caviar
into Australia.
(3) This subsection
applies to the following:
(a) retorted fish, roe or caviar of fish of
those families;
(b) a consumer ready product (except roe or
caviar) of fish of those families:
(i) commercially prepared and
packaged; and
(ii) if it is accompanied into Australia
by the person importing it — in an amount up to 5 kilograms; and
(iii) if it is not accompanied into
Australia by the person importing it — in an amount up to 450 grams;
(c) salmon oil, for the personal consumption or
use of the person wishing to import it, in a quantity of no more than 3 months’
supply for that use;
(d) products of fish of those families otherwise
permitted under item 1, 2 or 5 of table 13.
Note 1 Consumer
ready product is defined in section 3.
Note 2 The
following are examples of consumer ready products of fish of the family
Salmonidae and Plecoglossidae:
(a) cutlets, including the central bone and external skin
but excluding fins, each cutlet weighing no more than 450 grams;
(b) skinless fillets, excluding the belly flap and all
bones except the pin bones;
(c) skin‑on fillets, excluding the belly flap and all
bones except the pin bones, each fillet weighing no more than 450 grams;
(d) eviscerated, headless, ‘pan‑size’ fish, each fish
weighing at least 200 grams but not more than 450 grams;
(e) a product that is processed further than a stage
described in paragraphs (a) to (d).
44 Importation of fish meal and crustacean
meal (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
The importation into
Australia of fish meal or crustacean meal by a person is prohibited unless a
Director of Quarantine has granted the person a permit to import the fish meal
or crustacean meal into Australia.
Note 1 For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Pt 8.
Note 2 Section number 45 intentionally
not used.
46 Importation
of animal, animal parts and animal products from the Cocos Islands (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e), (f) and (ga))
The importation into
Australia from the Cocos Islands of an animal, animal part or animal product is
prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person seeking to
import it into Australia a permit to do so.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
Division 4 Movement of animals, animal parts and animal products within
Australia
56 Removal
of animals, animal parts and animal products from Protected Zone (Quarantine
Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (g))
(1) The removal of any
thing to which subsection (2) applies from a part of Australia in the Protected
Zone or an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone, to any other part of the
Commonwealth, is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a
permit for the removal.
Note 1 Area in the vicinity of the
Protected Zone means an area about which a notice is in force under
subsection 5 (8) of the Quarantine Act, see the definition in
subsection 5 (1). A notice under that subsection was published in the
Gazette of 14 February 1985. The area described in that notice is the
area:
… bounded by a line:
(a) commencing
at the point of Latitude 10° 30¢ 00² South, Longitude 144° 10¢ 00²
East;
(b) running
thence west along the parallel of Latitude 10° 30¢
00² South to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 141° 20¢ 00² East;
(c) thence
north along that meridian to its intersection by parallel of latitude 10° 28¢ 00²
South;
(d) thence
east along the parallel of Latitude 10° 28¢
00² South to its intersection by the
Longitude 144° 10¢ 00² East;
(e) thence
south along the meridian of Longitude 144° 10¢
00² East to its intersection by the
parallel of Latitude 10° 30¢ 00² South.
Note 2 For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) This subsection
applies to:
(a) a live animal; or
(b) an animal part; or
(c) goods wholly or partly of animal
origin —
but does not apply to:
(d) stores for consumption on board a vessel
(other than an aircraft) if they are not removed from the vessel; or
(e) an animal that is a cnidarian, echinoderm,
tunicate, fish, crustacean or marine mollusc; or
(f) a part of an animal of any of those kinds;
or
(g) goods wholly or partly made from an animal
of any of those kinds.
56A Removal
of animals, animal parts and animal products from Torres Strait Special
Quarantine Zone (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (g))
(1) The removal of an animal product mentioned in table
15 (other than an animal product to which subsection (2) applies) from the
Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone to any other part of Australia south of
the parallel 10° 28´ south latitude is prohibited unless a Director of
Quarantine has granted a permit for the removal.
Note 1 For the definition of Torres
Strait Special Quarantine Zone, see section 3.
Note 2 For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
Table 15 Animal products not to be removed from the
Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone into other parts of Australia
|
Item
|
Animal product
|
|
1
|
Meat (including carcases) and meat products (other than
retorted meat and meat products)
|
|
2
|
Milk and dairy products (other than retorted milk and
retorted dairy products)
|
|
3
|
Eggs and egg products
|
|
4
|
Untreated hides and skins
|
|
5
|
Feathers
|
|
6
|
Animal and animal tissue products
|
(2) This subsection
applies to the following:
(a) stores for consumption on board a vessel
(other than an aircraft) if they are not removed from the vessel;
(b) an animal that is a cnidarian, echinoderm,
tunicate, fish, crustacean or marine mollusc;
(c) a part of an animal of any of those kinds;
(d) goods wholly or partly made from such an
animal.
Part 7 Plant quarantine
Division 1 General
57 Definitions
for Part 7
In this Part:
fruit and vegetable do not
include a seed.
genetic manipulation does
not include artificial selection, but includes:
(a) the insertion of genetic material produced
outside a cell into a vector so as to allow the genetic material to be
incorporated into a host organism to produce new combinations of genetic
material; and
(b) directly introducing, into an organism,
genetic material prepared outside it; and
(c) fusing 2 or more cells to form live cells
with new combinations of genetic material.
plant product
means a product, wholly or partly of plant origin, that has been processed to
prevent:
(a) the plant material from being infected or
contaminated with a quarantinable disease; and
(b) the plant material being capable of
propagation.
seed includes a nut.
57A Plant
products excluded from application of Part 7
Part 7 does not apply to plant products.
58 Quarantinable
diseases of plants, and quarantinable pests (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1)
(definitions of quarantinable disease and quarantinable pest) and
13 (1) (ca))
(1) Each disease mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 4 is a
quarantinable disease for Australia.
Note Part 1 of Schedule 4 lists plant
diseases, including plant parasites. Disease includes a parasite,
see the definition of disease in the Quarantine Act, subsection 5 (1).
(2) Each pest mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 4 is a
quarantinable pest for Australia.
Note Part 2 of Schedule 4 lists pest
plants.
Division 3 Importation of plants and plant parts into Australia
61 Importations
of plants and plant parts affected by quarantinable pests
The importation into
Australia of a plant, or part of a plant, that is infected, infested or
contaminated with a quarantinable pest is prohibited unless a Director of
Quarantine has granted the person wishing to import it into Australia a permit
to do so.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
62 Importation
of living plants (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d),
(e) and (f))
(1) The importation into Australia of a living plant
(other than Orchidaceae tissue culture to which subsection (2) applies)
is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit to import
the plant.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) This subsection
applies to Orchidaceae tissue culture that:
(a) is accompanied into Australia by the person
importing it; and
(b) is growing in an aseptic non‑animal
based medium in a closed rigid container that is transparent enough for its
contents to be clearly seen; and
(c) is well‑established in that medium and
container.
63 Importation
of seeds (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (d), (e) and
(f))
(1) The importation into
Australia of a seed (other than a seed of a kind of plant mentioned in Schedule
5) is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit for the
importation.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(2) The importation into Australia of a seed of a kind
of plant mentioned in Schedule 5 is prohibited (unless a Director of Quarantine
has granted a permit for the importation) if the plant is of a kind:
(a) that was produced by genetic manipulation;
or
(b) that:
(i) was produced by artificial
selection; and
(ii) has 1 or more of the
characteristics mentioned in table 16.
Table 16 Characteristics of plants
|
Item
|
Characteristic
|
|
1
|
Tolerance of, or resistance to, herbicides
|
|
2
|
Enhanced tolerance of, or resistance to, environmental
stress
|
|
3
|
Enhanced tolerance of, or resistance to, plant pathogens
|
|
4
|
Expression of toxic substances (including pesticides and
poisons)
|
|
5
|
Enhanced growth characteristics (including growth rate,
seasonality and fruiting or seeding density)
|
64 Importation
of fresh fruit and vegetables (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
(1) For this section, a fruit or vegetable is fresh if
it is not deep‑frozen, dried, retorted or otherwise conserved or
preserved.
(2) The importation into Australia of a fresh fruit or
vegetable is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted the person
a permit to import it into Australia.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
65 Importation
of other plant parts (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (d), (e) and (f))
(1) In this section:
plant part does not include a fresh fruit or
vegetable (within the meaning given by section 64) or a seed.
(2) The importation into
Australia of a plant or plant part of a kind mentioned in Schedule 6 (whether
or not capable of being used for propagation) is prohibited unless a Director
of Quarantine has granted a permit for the importation.
Note For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
(3) The importation into Australia of any other plant
part that is capable of being used for propagation is prohibited unless a
Director of Quarantine has granted a permit for the importation.
Division 5 Movement
of soil and plants within Australia
67 Removal
of soil from Protected Zone (Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and
13 (1) (g))
The removal of soil
from the Protected Zone, or an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone, to a
part of Australia south of the parallel 10° 28´ south latitude is
prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit for the
removal.
Note 1 Area in the vicinity of the
Protected Zone means an area about which a notice is in force under subsection 5 (8)
of the Quarantine Act, see the definition in subsection 5 (1). A
notice under that subsection was published in the Gazette of 14 February
1985. The area described in that notice is the area:
… bounded by a line:
(a) commencing
at the point of Latitude 10° 30¢ 00² South, Longitude 144° 10¢ 00²
East;
(b) running
thence west along the parallel of Latitude 10° 30¢
00² South to its intersection by the
meridian of Longitude 141° 20¢ 00² East;
(c) thence
north along that meridian to its intersection by parallel of latitude 10° 28¢ 00²
South;
(d) thence
east along the parallel of Latitude 10° 28¢
00² South to its intersection by the
Longitude 144° 10¢ 00² East;
(e) thence
south along the meridian of Longitude 144° 10¢
00² East to its intersection by the
parallel of Latitude 10° 30¢ 00² South.
Note 2 For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
68 Removal
of soil from Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone (Quarantine Act,
ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (g))
The removal of soil from the Torres Strait Special
Quarantine Zone to a part of Australia south of the parallel 10° 28´ south
latitude is prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit for
the removal.
Note 1 For the definition of Torres
Strait Special Quarantine Zone, see section 3.
Note 2 For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
69 Removal
of plants and plant parts from Protected Zone (Quarantine Act,
ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (g))
(1) The removal of a thing mentioned in table 17 (other
than a thing to which subsection (2) applies) from a part of Australia that is
in the Protected Zone, or an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone, to any
other part of Australia south of the parallel 10° 28´ south latitude is
prohibited unless a Director of Quarantine has grated a permit for the removal.
Note 1 For the meaning of area in
the vicinity of the Protected Zone, see the note following section 67.
Note 2 For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
Table 17 Things that must not be moved from the
Protected Zone or Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone
|
Item
|
Thing
|
|
1
|
A living plant
|
|
2
|
A fresh fruit or vegetable
|
|
3
|
A plant, or a part of a plant, of any of the following
genera or species (whether or not capable of being used for propagation):
(a) Musa (bananas)
(b) Saccharum (sugar cane)
(c) Zea (maize)
(d) Manihot esculenta Crantz (cassava)
(e) Citrus
(e) Gossypium (cotton)
|
|
4
|
A plant of any other species, or part of a such plant,
that is capable of being used for propagation
|
(2) This subsection applies to stores for consumption on
board a vessel (other than an aircraft) or installation if the stores are not
removed from the vessel or installation.
69A Removal
of plants and plant parts from Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone
(Quarantine Act, ss 5 (1) and 13 (1) (g))
The removal of
anything mentioned in table 17 (other than a thing to which subsection
69 (2) applies) from the Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone to a part
of Australia south of the parallel 10° 28´ south latitude is prohibited unless
a Director of Quarantine has granted a permit for the removal.
Note 1 For the definition of Torres
Strait Special Quarantine Zone, see section 3.
Note 2 For what a Director of Quarantine
must consider when deciding whether to grant such a permit, see Part 8.
Part 8 Administration
Note A reference to a Director of
Quarantine includes a delegate — see the Quarantine Act, s 10B.
70 Things
a Director of Quarantine must take into account when deciding whether to grant
a permit for importation into Australia
In deciding whether
to grant a permit to import a thing into Australia or for the removal of a
thing from the Protected Zone or the Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone to
the rest of Australia, a Director of Quarantine:
(a) must consider the level of quarantine risk
if the permit were granted; and
(b) must consider whether, if the permit were
granted, the imposition of conditions on it would be necessary to limit the
level of quarantine risk to one that is acceptably low; and
(ba) for a permit to import a seed of a kind of
plant that was produced by genetic manipulation — must take into account
any risk assessment prepared, and any decision made, in relation to the seed
under the Gene Technology Act; and
(c) may take into account anything else that he
or she knows that is relevant.
Note Level of quarantine risk is
defined in section 5D of the Quarantine Act. The definition is as follows:
|
5D Level of
quarantine risk
A reference in this Act to a level
of quarantine risk is a reference to:
(a) the probability of:
(i) a disease or pest
being introduced, established or spread in Australia, the Cocos Islands or
Christmas Island; and
(ii) the disease or
pest causing harm to human beings, animals, plants, other aspects of the
environment, or economic activities; and
(b) the probable extent of the
harm.
|
Part 10 Revocation and savings
75 Saving
of permits already granted
A permit to import a thing
continues to have effect according to its terms if the permit:
(a) was granted in accordance with
subsection 13 (2A) of the Quarantine Act on or after 7 July
1998; and
(b) was in force immediately before
1 January 2005.
Schedule
1 Quarantine stations
Part 1 Quarantine stations for animals or goods in Australia
(section 14)
1 Billabong, Marulan (New South Wales)
The land in New South Wales in the local government
area of Mulwaree, Parish of Jerrara, County of Argyle that is Lot 59 in
deposited plan 750022
2 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
3 Taronga Zoo, Mosman (New South Wales)
The land in New South Wales in AUTO CONSOL 12162‑4
in the Municipality of Mosman, Parish of Willoughby, County of Cumberland that
is Lots 1209 and 1220 in deposited plan 752067
4 Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens,
Parkville (Victoria)
The land shown in
the plan that is Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Zoological Parks and Gardens
Act 1995 of Victoria
Note The
plan is:
5 Sandown Racecourse,
Dandenong (Victoria)
All those pieces of land in Victoria described in
the Register Book as Volume 8258, Folio 963 — part of Crown Allotment
B Section 12 and the whole of Crown Allotment 11 in the Parish of Dandenong,
known as Sandown Racecourse
6 Spotswood (Victoria)
The land in Victoria in allotments 64 and 66 of
Section 7 in the Parish of Cut‑Paw‑Paw and County of Bourke,
described in Register Book Volume 7720, Folio 033 and Volume 9971, Folio 289
7 Torrens Island (South Australia)
The avian quarantine facility in South Australia on
sections 1030 and 1031 in the hundred of Port Adelaide, described in Register
Book Volume 3327, Folio 182
8 Adelaide Zoo, Adelaide (South
Australia)
The land in South Australia dedicated as a reserve
for zoological gardens by the proclamation published on page 185 of the South
Australian Government Gazette of 24 July 1958
Note The land so dedicated is
described as ‘Section 590, hundred of Adelaide, exclusive of all necessary
roads, and being the greater portion of [the Zoological Gardens, hundred of Adelaide],
together with other land’.
9 Byford (Western Australia)
The land at Byford
in Western Australia, shown in diagram 16893 and Plan 6036 of that State’s
Land Titles Office, that is bounded by an imaginary line:
(a) commencing at the intersection of the
southern boundary of Nettleton Road and the north‑eastern corner of
Cockburn Sound Location 498; and
(b) then running generally south‑easterly
234.64 metres along the southern boundary of Nettleton Road to its intersection
with the north‑western corner of the land shown on Land Titles Office
Diagram 17851; and
(c) then generally south‑easterly 8.53
metres and southerly 26.2 metres along the western boundaries of the land shown
in that diagram to their intersection with the eastern prolongation of the
southern boundary of Cockburn Sound Location 498; and
(d) then westerly 519.41 metres along that
prolongation and that boundary to the intersection of that boundary with a line
parallel to, and 3.84 metres west of, the eastern boundary of the land shown on
Land Titles Office Plan 6036; and
(e) then generally north‑easterly 341.14
metres along that line to its intersection with the southern boundary of
Nettleton Road; and
(f) then generally south‑easterly 307.62
metres along the southern boundary of Nettleton Road to the point of
commencement
10 Perth Zoological
Gardens, South Perth (Western Australia)
The land in Western Australia in:
(a) Class A Reserve No. 22503 comprising Perth
Suburban Lots 108, 121, 122 and 326 to 330 (inclusive); and
(b) Class A Reserve No. 8581 comprising Perth
Suburban Lot 438; and
(c) Lot 427; and
(d) Lot 643; and
(e) Lot 644; and
(f) Class A Reserve No. 40205 comprising Lot 992
Part 2 Quarantine stations for plants or goods in Australia
(section 15)
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
12 Knoxfield (Victoria)
The land in Victoria
on parts of Crown allotments 40 and 41 within the Institute for Horticultural
Development within the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and
Environment on the northwest corner of Burwood Highway and Scoresby Road,
Knoxfield (known as 621 Burwood Highway, Knoxfield)
Schedule
3 Quarantinable animal diseases
(section 36)
Absidia infection
acariasis of bees
actinobacillosis
actinomycosis
acute viral paralysis of bees
Aeromonas hydrophila infection
African horse sickness
African swine fever
Agmasoma sp.
infection of crustaceans
aino disease
akabane disease
Aleutian disease
Amazon tracheitis virus disease
American foulbrood
Ameson sp.
infection of crustaceans
amphibian chromomycosis
anaplasmosis
anthrax
apimyiasis
Aquabirnavirus infection
Arizona disease
Aspergillus flavus infection
Astacus astacus
bacilliform virus infection
atrophic rhinitis
Aujeszky’s disease
avian encephalomyelitis
avian haemagglutinating adenovirus disease
avian infectious bronchitis
avian infectious laryngotracheitis
avian influenza
avian malaria
avian papovavirus infection
avian paramyxovirus type 3 infection
avian poxvirus infection
avian reovirus infection
babesiosis
bacterial kidney disease of fish
baculoviral midgut gland necrosis
Bartonella muris (haemobartonellosis)
Basidiobolus
infection
bat lyssavirus infection
Beauveria
infection
besnoitiosis
Bittner virus infection of mice
Black Queen cell virus infection
bluetongue
bonamiasis of molluscs
border (hairy shaker) disease
Borna disease
bovine ephemeral fever
bovine genital campylobacteriosis
bovine immunodeficiency‑like virus infection
bovine malignant catarrh
bovine papular stomatitis
bovine pestivirus infection (bovine viral diarrhoea
and mucosal disease)
bovine pseudocowpox
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
branchiomycosis of fish
brucellosis
budgerigar fledgling disease
bunyamwera infection
caiman pox
Camallanus spp.
infestation of fish
camelpox
candidiasis
canine distemper
canine ehrlichiosis (tropical canine pancytopaenia)
canine heartworm disease (Dirofilaria immitis)
canine parvovirus infection
canine transmissible venereal tumour
Capillaria spp.
infestation of fish
caprine arthritis‑encephalitis syndrome
cardiomyopathy of rabbits
carp pox
caseous lymphadenitis
cavian leukaemia
cephalosporiosis
ceratomyxosis
cervical lymphadenitis
Chaco virus infection
chalkbrood
Channel catfish virus disease
chicken anaemia
chlamydiosis
chronic respiratory disease of rats
chronic viral paralysis of bees
chronic wasting disease of deer
chum salmon virus infection
Chrysosporium infection
cichlid rhabdovirus infection
circovirus infection
clostridial disease
coccidiodomycosis
coccidiosis
coenurosis
coital exanthema (equine herpes virus type 3)
columnaris disease
contagious agalactia of sheep
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
contagious ecthyma
contagious equine metritis
coronavirus enteritis of turkeys
Corynebacterium kutscheri infection
costiasis
Coxiella burnetii infection
crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
Crimean‑Congo haemorrhagic fever
cryptococcosis
cryptosporidiosis
cutaneous papillomatosis
cysticercosis
cytomegalovirus infection of mice
dermatophilosis (Dermatophilus spp. infection)
dourine
duck virus enteritis
duck virus hepatitis
dwarf cichlid iridovirus infection
Ebola virus disease
echinococcosis‑hydatidosis
ectromelia (mouse pox)
Edwardsiella tarda infection
eel papillomatosis
Elaphostrongylus cervi infestation
encephalitozoonosis (nosematosis)
encephalomyocarditis virus disease of pigs
entamoebiasis
Enterocytozoon salmonis infection
enteric redmouth disease
enteric septicaemia of catfish (edwardsiellosis)
enterocolitis of rabbits
enterotoxaemia
enterovirus encephalomyelitis
Entomophthora
infection
enzootic abortion of ewes
enzootic bovine leukosis
enzootic pneumonia of pigs
enzootic pneumonia of sheep
eperythrozoonosis
epidemic diarrhoea of infant mice
Epizootic enterocolitis of rabbits
epizootic haematopoietic necrosis
epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer
epizootic lymphangitis
epizootic ulcerative syndrome of fish
equine encephalosis
equine encephalomyelitis
equine erhlichiosis
equine infectious anaemia
equine influenza (type A virus)
equine morbillivirus infection
equine piroplasmosis
equine rhinopneumonitis
equine viral abortion (equine herpes virus type 1)
equine viral arteritis
equine viral encephalomyelitis
erysipelas
erythrocytic inclusion body syndrome of salmonids
European brown hare syndrome
European eel virus infection
European foulbrood
fascioliasis
feline calicivirus disease
feline immunodeficiency virus infection
feline infectious enteritis
feline infectious peritonitis
feline spongiform encephalopathy
feline viral rhinotracheitis
foot abscess
foot and mouth disease
foot rot
fowl cholera
fowl plague (avian influenza type A)
fowl pox
fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum)
furunculosis
Fusarium
infection
gaffkaemia
geotrichosis
Getah virus infection
giardiasis
gill disease virus infection
glanders
golden shiner virus infection
Goldfish haematopoietic necrosis
goldfish ulcer disease
goose virus hepatitis
grey patch disease of turtles
Gyrodactylus salaris infection
Hantavirus
infection
haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus disease
haemorrhagic enteritis virus disease of turkeys
haemorrhagic septicaemia
haplosporidiosis (of molluscs and crustacea)
heartwater
helminthosis
Hendra virus
Henneguya
spp. infestation
hepatitis A
hepatitis B
Hepatitis E of pigs
hepatopancreatic parvovirus infection of crustaceans
hepatozoonosis
herpes virus infection
hexamitiasis
histomoniasis
histoplasmosis
hitra disease
hog cholera (classical swine fever)
horse mange (Sarcoptes spp. infestation)
horse pox
Hyphomyces infection
Hypoderma bovis
Hypoderma lineatum
Ibaraki disease
Ichthyophonous hoferi infection
Ichthyophonous multifiliis infection
inclusion body conjunctivitis
inclusion body disease of birds
inclusion body rhinitis
infantile diarrhoea of mice
infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (infectious pustular
vulvovaginitis)
infectious bronchitis
infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease)
infectious canine hepatitis
infectious coryza
infectious haematopoietic necrosis
infectious hypodermal and haematopoeitic necrosis (of
crustaceans)
infectious pancreatic necrosis
infectious salmon anaemia
infectious stomatitis (mouthrot)
internal papillomatous disease (cloacal
papillomatosis)
iridovirosis of fish
Japanese encephalitis
Jembrana disease
K virus infection of rodents
Kashmir bee virus infection
Kyashanur Forest disease
Korean haemorrhagic fever
lactic dehydrogenase virus infection
larval mycosis of crustaceans
leishmaniasis
leptospirosis
leucocytozoonosis
leucosis
lice infestation
listeriosis
Loma salmonae
infection
Lucké tumor of frogs
lumpy skin disease
Lyme disease
lymphocystis
lymphocytic choriomeningitis
maedi‑visna
malignant catarrhal fever
mange
Marburg virus infection
Marco virus infection
Marek’s disease
marteiliosis (of molluscs)
melanosis of bees
melioidosis
mikrocytosis (of molluscs)
minute virus infection of mice
Moloney virus infection
monkey pox
Mortierella
infection
mouse adenovirus infection
mucoid enteropathy of rabbits
Mucor
infection
mud blisters of molluscs
murine colonic hyperplasia
murine hepatitis
mycobacteriosis
mycoplasmosis
mycotic dermatitis
mytilicoliasis
myxobolosis (whirling disease)
myxomatosis
Nagana
Nairobi sheep disease
Newcastle disease
New Japan virus infection of salmonids
nocardiosis of fish
nocardiosis of oysters
North American blastomycosis
nosematosis of bees
nuclear polyhedrosis baculoviroses of crustaceans (Penaeus
monodon‑type baculovirus and Baculovirus penaei)
onchroconis infestation
Oncorhynchus masou virus disease
oral papillomatosis
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheal
ovine campylobacteriosis
ovine encephalomyelitis (louping ill)
oyster velar disease
Paecilomyces
infection
pancreas disease of reptiles
paracoccidiodomycosis
Paraelaphostrongylus cervi infestation
paramoebiasis
paramyxovirus infection
paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease)
parvicapsula disease
parvovirus infection
Pacheco’s disease
pasteurellosis
penicilliosis
pentastomiasis
perkinsosis (of molluscs)
Peste des petits ruminants
pike fry rhabdovirosis
Pigeon herpesvirus encephalomyelitis
piroplasmosis
piscirickettsiosis
plasmacytoid leukaemia (of salmonids)
Platynosomum fastosum infection
Pleisthophora hyphessobryconis infection
pneumocystosis
pneumonia virus infection of mice
polyhedral cytoplasmic amphibian virus infection
polyoma virus infection
porcine epidemic coronavirus diarrhoea
porcine paramyxovirus disease
porcine parvovirus infection
porcine pleuropneumonia
porcine post weaning multi‑systemic wasting
syndrome
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
porcine respiratory coronavirus
Potomac horse fever
Powassan virus infection
proliferative ileitis of hamsters
proliferative ileitis of rabbits (wet tail)
proliferative kidney disease of fish
proventricular dilatation (macaw wasting disease)
pseudomoniasis
pseudotuberculosis
psittacosis‑ornithosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Psoroptes ovis infestation
Psoroptes aucheniae infestation
pullorum disease (Salmonella pullorum)
pulmonary adenomatosis (Jaagsiekte)
rabbit syphilis
rabbit calicivirus infection
rabies
redleg
reovirus type 3 infection
reticuloendotheliosis
rhabdovirus infection of fish
Rhizopus
infection
Rift Valley fever
rinderpest
ringworm
rosette agent infection
rosy barb birnavirus infection
runting/stunting syndrome of chickens
sacbrood virus infection
salivary gland virus of guinea pigs
salmon blood spot
Salmon lice infestation (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)
salmon pancreas disease
salmon pox
salmonellosis
San Miguel sea lion virus infection
scrapie
screw worm infestation (Cochliomya hominivorax/Chrysomya
bezziana)
Sendai virus infection
septicaemic cutaneous ulcerative disease of turtles
Serratia marcescens infection
sheep pox and goat pox
shell disease
shigellosis
shope fibromatosis
sialodacryoadenitis
simian B virus infection
simian haemorrhagic fever
slow paralysis of bees
spirochaetosis
spongiform encephalopathy
sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
spring viraemia of carp
Staphylococcus epidermis infection
stephanofilariasis
stonebrood
strangles
streptococcosis
surra
swine dysentery
swine erysipelas
swine influenza
swine vesicular disease
sylvatic plague
Syngamus trachea infestation
tadpole oedema virus infection
Taura syndrome (of crustaceans)
Teschen/Talfan disease
Theiler’s encephalomyelitis
theileriosis
Thelohonia
infection
tick infestation
tiger prawn reovirus infection
Timbo virus infection
toxoplasmosis
tracheal mite infestation of bees
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of mink
transmissible gastroenteritis
transmissible ileal hyperplasia
transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
trepanematosis
trichinellosis (Trichinella spiralis)
trichomoniasis
Trichosporon infection
tropilaelaps mite infestation
trypanosomiasis
tularaemia
tuberculosis
turkey coryza (Bordetella avium)
turkey lymphoproliferative disease
turkey meningoencephalitis
turkey viral rhinotracheitis
turkey virus hepatitis
Tyzzer’s disease
ulcer disease of fish
ulcerative dermal necrosis
ulcerative lymphangitis
ulcerative pododermatitis
ulcerative shell disease
ulcerative stomatitis
vaccinia infection
varroa mite infestation
venereal spirochaetosis of rabbits (Treponema
cuniculi)
vesicular exanthema
vesicular stomatitis
vibriosis
viral arthritis of chickens
viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (of fish)
viral erythrocytic necrosis
viral haemorrhagic fever
viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (of fish)
warble fly infestation
Wesselsbron disease
white spot disease (of crustaceans)
Withering syndrome of abalone (Candidatus
Xenohaliotis californiensis)
yellow fever
yellowhead disease (of crustaceans)
yersiniosis
Schedule
4 Quarantinable plant diseases and
quarantinable pests
(section 58)
Part 1 Plant diseases that are quarantinable diseases
VIRUSES
Virus name Virus
group
Alfamoviruses Bromoviridae
Bromoviruses Bromoviridae
Cucumoviruses Bromoviridae
Ilarviruses Bromoviridae
Tospoviruses Bunyaviridae
Comoviruses Comoviridae
Fabaviruses Comoviridae
Nepoviruses Comoviridae
Bigeminiviruses Geminiviridae
Hybrigeminiviruses Geminiviridae
Monogeminiviruses Geminiviridae
Alphacryptoviruses Partitiviridae
Betacryptoviruses Partitiviridae
Bymoviruses Potyviridae
Ipomoviruses Potyviridae
Potyviruses Potyviridae
Rymoviruses Potyviridae
Unassigned Potyviruses Potyviridae
Fijiviruses Reoviridae
Oryzaviruses Reoviridae
Phytoreoviruses Reoviridae
Cytorhabdoviruses Rhabdoviridae
Nucleorhabdoviruses Rhabdoviridae
Unassigned Rhabdoviruses Rhabdoviridae
Sequiviruses Sequiviridae
Waikaviruses Sequiviridae
Carmoviruses Tombusviridae
Tombusviruses Tombusviridae
Unclassified viruses
Badnaviruses
Capilloviruses
Carlaviruses
Caulimoviruses
Closteroviruses
Dianthoviruses
Enamoviruses
Furoviruses
Hordeiviruses
Idaeoviruses
Luteoviruses
Machlomoviruses
Macluraviruses
Marafiviruses
Nanaviruses
Necroviruses
Ourmaiviruses
Potexviruses
Satellite RNAs
Satelliviruses
Sobemoviruses
Tenuiviruses
Tobamoviruses
Tobraviruses
Trichoviruses
Tymoviruses
Umbraviruses
Varicosaviruses
VIROIDS
All viroids
PHYTOPLASMAS
All phytoplasmas
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BACTERIA
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Division
Firmicutes
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Arthrobacter
Bacillus
Clavibacter
Curtobacterium
Nocardia
Rathayibacter
Rhodococcus
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Division
Gracilicutes
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Class
Proteobacteria
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Alpha Subclass
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Family Acetobacteriaceae
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Acetobacter
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Family
Rhizobiaceae
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Agrobacterium
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[Family
not classified]
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Rhizobacter
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Rhizomonas
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Beta
Subclass
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Family
Comamonadaceae
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Acidovorax (formerly
Pseudomonas)
Burkholderia
Ralstonia
Xylophilus
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[Family
not named]
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formerly
Pseudomonas
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BACTERIA (continued)
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Division
Gracilicutes (continued)
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Class
Proteobacteria (continued)
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Gamma
Subclass
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Family
Enterobacteriaceae
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Enterobacter
Erwinia
Pantoea
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Family
Pseudomonadaceae
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Pseudomonas
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[Family
not named]
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Xanthomonas
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[Family
not classified]
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Xylella
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Division
Tenericutes
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Class Mollicutes
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Family Spiroplasmataceae
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Spiroplasma
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[unclassified]
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Family Rhizobacter
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Streptomyces
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FUNGI
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Division
Myxomycota
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Class Labyrinthulomycetes
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Order Labyrinthulales
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Class Myxomycetes
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Order Physarales
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Class Plasmodiophoromycetes
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Order Plasmodiophorales
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Division
Eumycota
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Subdivision Mastigomycotina
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Class Chytridiomycetes
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Orders: Blastocladiales
Chytridiales
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Class Hyphochytridiomycetes
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Class Oomycetes
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Orders: Lagenidiales
Peronosporales
Saprolegniales
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Subdivision Zygomycotina
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Order Mucorales
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FUNGI (continued)
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Division
Eumycota (continued)
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Subdivision Ascomycotina
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Orders: Arthoniales
Clavicipitales
Coryneliales
Diaporthales
Diatrypales
Dothideales
Endomycetales
Erysiphales
Eurotiales
Helotiales
Hypocreales
Lecanidiales
Lecanorales
Ophlostomatales
Ostropales
Pezizales
Phyllachorales
Pleosporales
Polystigmatales
Pyrenulales
Rhytismatales
Sphaeriales
Sordariales
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Subdivision Basidiomycotina
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Orders: Agaricales
Aphyllophorales
Auriculariales
Dacrymycetales
Exobasidiales
Filobasidiales
Nidulariales
Septobasidiales
Tremellales
Tulasnellales
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Classes: Uredinales
Ustilaginales
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Subdivision Deuteromycotina
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Classes: Hyphomycetes
Coelomycetes
Agonomycetes
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Insects, mites and molluscs
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Phylum Mollusca
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Classes: Gastropoda
Bivalvia
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Phylum arthRopoda
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Class Arachnida
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Subclass Acari
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Order Acariformes
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Superfamily Tetranychoidea
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Families: Tetranychidae
Tenuipalpidae
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Superfamily Eriophyoidea
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Family Tarsonemidae
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Phytonemus
Polyphagotarso‑nemus
Stenotarsonemus
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Family Penthaleidae
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Superfamily Acaroidea
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Class Insecta
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Orders: Isoptera
Orthoptera
Dermaptera
Phasmatodea
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Order Diptera
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Families: Cecidomyiidae
Sciaridae
Stratiomyidae
Phoridae
Syrphidae
Anthomyzidae
Anthomyiidae
Chloropidae
Muscidae
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Superfamilies: Tephritoidea
Opomyzoidea
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Phylum arthRopoda (continued)
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Class Insecta (continued)
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Order Trichoptera
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Families: Hydropsychidae
Leptoceridae
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Order Lepidoptera
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Order Hymenoptera
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Suborder Symphyta
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Suborder Apocrita
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Families: Cynipidae
Eurytomidae
Torymidae
Pteromalidae
Formicidae
Vespidae
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Order Coleoptera
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Series: Elateriformia
Bostrichiformia
Cucujiformia
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Series Scarabaeiformia
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Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
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Orders: Hemiptera
Thysanoptera
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NEMATODES
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Order Tylenchida
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Suborder Tylenchina
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Superfamily Tylenchoidea
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Family Anguinidae
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Anguina
Ditylenchus
Subanguina
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Family Dolichodoridae
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Dolichodorus
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Family Belonolaimidae
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Belonolaimus
Merlinius
Tylenchorhynchus
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Family Pratylenchidae
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Naccobus
Pratylenchus
Radopholus
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Family Hoplolaimidae
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Helicotylenchus
Hoplolaimus
Rotylenchulus
Rotylenchus
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Family Heteroderidae
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Cactodera
Globodera
Heterodera
Meloidogyne
Thecavermiculatus
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Superfamily Criconematoidea
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Family Criconematidae
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Criconema
Criconemella
Hemicriconemoides
Hemicycliophora
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Family Tylenchulidae
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Cacopaurus
Gracilacus
Paratylenchus
Tylenchulus
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NEMATODES (continued)
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Order Tylenchida (continued)
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Suborder Aphelenchina
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Superfamily Aphelenchoidea
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Family Aphelenchidae
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Aphelenchus
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Family Aphelenchoididae
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Aphelenchoides
Bursaphelenchus
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Suborder Sphaeruliina
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Superfamily Sphaerularioidea
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Family Allantonematidae
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Allantonema
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Order Dorylaimida
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Suborder Dorylaimina
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Superfamily Dorylaimoidea
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Family Longidoridae
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Longidorus
Paralongidorus
Xiphinema
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Suborder Diptherophorina
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Superfamily Trichodoroidea
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Family Trichodoridae
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Paratrichodorus
Trichodorus
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Part 2 Plants that are quarantinable pests
Aegilops spp.
Alhagi maurorum
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ambrosia spp.
Amsinckia spp.
Asclepias syriaca
Asphodelus tenuifolius
Cabomba caroliniana
Calotropis procera
Carduus nutans
Carthamus glaucus
Carthamus leucocaulos
Cenchrus spp. — all that have burrs
Cenchrus gracillimus
Chondrilla juncea
Chromolaena odorata
Conium chaerophylloides
Cuscuta spp. (other than C. australis)
Cyperus aromaticus
Datura spp.
Eichhornia crassipes
(Eichhornia speciosa)
Eleocharis palustris
Elodea spp.
Galeopsis tetrahit
(Galeopsis bifida)
Halogeton glomeratus
Harrisia spp.
Helenium spp.
Homeria spp. (other than H. miniata,
H. flaccida and
H. ochroleuca)
Ibicella lutea
Iva axillaris
Kochia scoparia
(Bassia scoparia)
Lactuca pulchella
Lagarosiphon major
Lantana camara
Linaria dalmatica
Malachra fasciata
Mimosa invisa
Mimosa pigra
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Myriophyllum spicatum
Nassella trichotoma
(Stipa trichotoma)
Opuntia spp. (other than O. aurantiaca, O. elatior,
O. ficus‑indica, O. imbricata, O. stricta,
O. tomentosa and O. vulgaris)
Orobanche spp.
Parthenium hysterophorus
Picnomon acarna
Prosopis spp.
Rorippa austriaca
Saccharum spontaneum
Sagittaria montevidensis
Salvinia spp.
Senecio pterophorus
Setaria faberi
Solanum dimidiatum
Sonchus arvensis
Stipa brachychaeta
Stratiotes aloides
Striga spp.
Taeniatherum caput‑medusae
Toxicodendron radicans
Trapa spp.