Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03041:body:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03041
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 5356–8288

branch or subject of quarantine in relation to human beings and a territorial division or locality shall be a division of quarantine.

Officers responsible for animal and plant quarantine
"8b. (1) There shall be a Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine, who shall, under the Minister, be charged with the execution of this Act, and any regulations and proclamations in force under this Act, in relation to animal and plant quarantine.
"(2) There shall be such Chief Quarantine Officers (Animals) and Chief Quarantine Officers (Plants) for such divisions of animal quarantine and plant quarantine, respectively, as the Minister determines in writing.
"(3) All Chief Quarantine Officers (Animals) and Chief Quarantine Officers (Plants) shall perform their functions and exercise their powers under, and subject to the directions of, the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine.
"(4) The Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine has all the functions and powers of a Chief Quarantine Officer (Animals), of a Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants), of a quarantine officer (animals) and of a quarantine officer (plants) under this Act and the regulations and proclamations referred to in sub-section (1).
"(5) A Chief Quarantine Officer (Animals) has all the functions and powers of a quarantine officer (animals) under this Act and the regulations and proclamations referred to in sub-section (1) and a Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants) has all the functions and powers of a quarantine officer (plants) under this Act and the regulations and proclamations referred to in sub-section (1).
"(6) Each quarantine officer (animals) or quarantine officer (plants) shall perform functions or exercise powers under, and subject to the directions of, the Chief Quarantine Officer for the division or divisions of quarantine for

which that quarantine officer (animals) or quarantine officer (plants) is appointed.
"(7) For the purposes of this section, any branch or subject in relation to animals or plants and a territorial division or locality shall be a division of quarantine.

Appointment of officers responsible for human quarantine
"9. (1) The Director of Human Quarantine and the Chief Quarantine Officers (Human Quarantine) shall be appointed by the Minister by writing.
"(2) The Director of Human Quarantine may, by writing, appoint a person to be a quarantine officer (human quarantine).
"(3) A quarantine officer (human quarantine) shall be appointed to a division or divisions of quarantine for which a Chief Quarantine Officer (Human Quarantine) is appointed.

Appointment of officers responsible for animal and plant quarantine
"9aa. (1) The person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of, the office of Secretary to the Department that deals with animal and plant quarantine shall be the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine.
"(2) The Chief Quarantine Officers (Animals) and the Chief Quarantine Officers (Plants)