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(Animals) or a Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants);";
(b) by inserting after the definition of "Coral Sea area" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
"'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;"; and
(c) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "Quarantine officer" and substituting the following definition:
"'Quarantine officer' means—
(a) where the expression is used in a context that relates only to human quarantine—a quarantine officer (human quarantine);
(b) where the expression is used in a context that relates only to animals—a quarantine officer (animals);
(c) where the expression is used in a context that relates only to plants—a quarantine officer (plants); or
(d) in any other case—a quarantine officer (human quarantine), a quarantine officer (animals) or a quarantine officer (plants);".
5. (1) Sections 8a and 9 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections are substituted:

Officers responsible for human quarantine
"8a. (1) There shall be a Director of Human 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 human quarantine.
"(2) There shall be such Chief Quarantine Officers (Human Quarantine) for such divisions of human quarantine as the Minister determines in writing.
"(3) All Chief Quarantine Officers (Human Quarantine) shall perform their functions and exercise their powers under, and subject to the directions of, the Director of Human Quarantine.
"(4) The Director of Human Quarantine has all the functions and powers of a Chief Quarantine Officer (Human Quarantine) or of a quarantine officer (human quarantine) under this Act and the regulations and proclamations referred to in sub-section (1).
"(5) A Chief Quarantine Officer (Human Quarantine) has all the functions and powers of a quarantine officer (human quarantine) under this Act and the regulations and proclamations referred to in sub-section (1).
"(6) Each quarantine officer (human quarantine) shall perform functions or exercise powers under, and subject to the directions of, the Chief Quarantine Officer (Human Quarantine) for the division or divisions of quarantine for which that quarantine officer (human quarantine) is appointed.
"(7) For the purposes of this section, any 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