Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03041:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03041
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Character Range: 8032–10728

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) shall be appointed by the Minister by writing.
"(3) The Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine may, by writing, appoint a person to be a quarantine officer (animals) or a quarantine officer (plants).
"(4) A quarantine officer (animals) or a quarantine officer (plants) shall be appointed to a division or divisions of quarantine for which a Chief Quarantine Officer (Animals) or a Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants), as the case may be, is appointed.".
(2) The person who held office immediately before the commencement of this Act as the Director of Quarantine under the Principal Act shall, upon the commencement of this Act, be deemed to have been appointed as the Director of Human Quarantine under sub-section 9 (1) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.
(3) A person who held office immediately before the commencement of this Act as a Chief Quarantine Officer under the Principal Act shall, upon the commencement of this Act—
(a) if the person was appointed for a division of quarantine relating to human quarantine—be deemed to have been appointed under sub-section 9 (1) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act as a Chief Quarantine Officer (Human Quarantine) for that division;
(b) if the person was appointed for a division of quarantine relating to animals—be deemed to have been appointed under sub-section

9aa (2) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act as a Chief Quarantine Officer (Animals) for that division; or
(c) if the person was appointed for a division of quarantine relating to plants—be deemed to have been appointed under sub-section 9aa (2) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act as a Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants) for that division.
(4) A person who held office immediately before the commencement of this Act as a quarantine officer under the Principal Act shall, upon the commencement of this Act—
(a) if the person was appointed to a division of quarantine relating to human quarantine—be deemed to have been appointed under sub-section 9 (2) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act as a quarantine officer (human quarantine) to that division;
(b) if the person was appointed to a division of quarantine relating to animals—be deemed to have been appointed under sub-section 9aa (3) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act as a quarantine officer (animals) to that division; or
(c) if the. person was appointed to a division of quarantine relating to plants—be deemed to have