Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02432:body:0:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02432
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 27596–30244

officer does not permit an imported animal to be delivered to the importer of the animal under sub-section (2), the officer shall order the animal into quarantine.
"(5) Permission under this section for an animal to be delivered to the importer of the animal is subject to the condition that authority for the animal to be so delivered is given under the Customs Act 1901, and, for the purposes of this Act, except sub-sections (3) and (4), the permission shall be deemed not to have been given unless and until that authority has been given.

"(6) In this section—
'animal' means—
        (a) a live animal; or
        (b) viable animal material,
     and includes the ovum, semen and embryo of an animal but does not include any other biological product;
     'biological product' means goods that are, are produced from, or the production of which involves the use of, organisms or the tissue or body fluids of organisms, and includes vaccines and toxoids.

Examination of plants on importation
"53. (1) A quarantine officer or an authorized person may examine any imported plant that has not been released from quarantine.
"(2) Subject to the regulations, where a quarantine officer is satisfied that a plant imported into Australia or the Cocos Islands may be delivered to the importer of the plant without the danger of bringing a disease into Australia or the Cocos Islands, as the case may be, he may release the plant from quarantine and permit the plant to be delivered to the importer of the plant.
"(3) Where a quarantine officer does not release an imported plant from quarantine, the officer shall order the plant into quarantine.
"(4) Permission under this section for a plant to be delivered to the importer of the plant is subject to the condition that authority for the plant to be so delivered is given under the Customs Act 1901, and, for the purposes of this Act, the permission shall be deemed not to have been given unless and until that authority has been given.

Examination of imported animals and plants
"54. (1) A quarantine officer or an authorized person may examine an imported animal or plant that has been released from quarantine.
"(2) If, after the examination of an animal under sub-section (1), a quarantine officer is of the opinion that the animal is suffering from a disease or is a source of infection of a disease, the officer may order the animal into quarantine.
"(3) Where, after the examination of a plant under sub-section (1), a quarantine officer is of the opinion that there is danger of the plant spreading a disease, the officer may order the plant into quarantine.
"(4) In this section, 'animal'