Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02432:body:0:p22
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in respect of their vessels and the crews, passengers and cargoes of their vessels—
              (i) at proclaimed places;
              (ii) on voyages from proclaimed places;
              (iii) on voyages between Australian ports; and
              (iv) on voyages between ports in the Cocos Islands,
         to prevent the introduction into Australia or the Cocos Islands, or the spread, of quarantinable diseases;";

    (b) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (m) "from Australia or from the Cocos Islands";
    (c) by inserting after paragraph (1) (o) the following paragraph:
         "(oa) for prescribing fees for the management and maintenance of animals at a quarantine station in the Cocos Islands;";
    (d) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-sections:
         "(1a) Regulations made under sub-section (1) may—
         (a) apply in, or relate to, both Australia and the Cocos Islands;
         (b) apply in, or relate to, Australia only; or
         (c) apply in, or relate to, the Cocos Islands only.
    "(1b) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), regulations may be made under that sub-section for the purpose of preventing the spread of animal or plant diseases to, or from, quarantine stations in the Cocos Islands or for the purpose of preventing, eradicating or controlling animal or plant diseases in the Cocos Islands, including regulations—
         (a) conferring functions and powers, and imposing duties, upon quarantine officers, including—
              (i) powers to enter and search premises;
              (ii) powers to question persons; and
              (iii) powers to examine animals and plants;
         (b) prohibiting the entry of animals into areas adjoining quarantine stations in the Cocos Islands;
         (c) requiring the registration of live-stock and other domestic animals in the Cocos Islands;
         (d) prohibiting the abandonment of animals in the Cocos Islands;
         (e) requiring the notification of diseases in animals and plants in the Cocos Islands;
         (f) regulating the disposal of dead animals in the Cocos Islands;
         (g) providing for the eradication of vermin in the Cocos Islands;
         (h) prohibiting the growing of particular plants in the Cocos Islands in parts of the Cocos Islands;
         (j) providing for the destruction of animals or plants in the Cocos Islands; or
         (k) providing for the payment of compensation to the owners of any animals or plants destroyed in pursuance of the regulations.
    "(1c) Notwithstanding the generality of section 12 of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955, an Ordinance of the Cocos Islands has effect to the extent only that it is capable of operating concurrently with this Act and the regulations.

    "(1d) Where a fee is prescribed for the management and maintenance at a quarantine station in the Cocos Islands of animals included in a class of animals, the Minister may, by notice in writing under his hand published in the Gazette, determine a fee (whether higher or lower)