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Proceedings in respect of offences
24. Section 85 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) "or is" and substituting ", is";
     (b) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (b) "or is punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000"; and
     (c) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) (b) "or by a fine exceeding $5,000".

25. Section 86e of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is inserted:

Fees
"86e. (1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, determine that fees of amounts set out in the notice are payable in respect of—
     (a) specified examinations or services carried out or provided by or under this Act;
     (b) the issue by quarantine officers of specified certificates by or under this Act;
     (c) the management and maintenance of animals at a quarantine station in the Cocos Islands; and
     (d) the granting of approvals by a Chief Quarantine Officer under sub-section 44a (5) or 44b (1).
"(2) A notice under sub-section (1) may specify the persons by whom fees are payable.
"(3) A determination under sub-section (1) takes effect on the day on which the notice of the determination is published in the Gazette.
"(4) The provisions of section 48 (other than paragraphs (1) (a) and (b) and sub-section (2)) and sections 49 and 50 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply in relation to determinations under this section as if—
     (a) references in those provisions to regulations were references to determinations and references to a regulation were references to a provision of a determination; and
     (b) references in those provisions to the repeal of a regulation were references to the revocation of a determination or of a provision of a determination, as the case requires.".

Regulations
26. (1) Section 87 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting in paragraph (1) (1b) "by persons authorized by a Chief Quarantine Officer or" after "to be taken";
     (b) by omitting paragraphs (1) (o) and (oa);
     (c) by inserting after paragraph (1) (q) the following paragraph:
         "(qa) for prescribing methods of controlling the storage, use, movement and disposal in Australia or the Cocos Islands of goods that—
              (i) have been imported into Australia or the Cocos Islands, being goods the importation of which without the approval of the Minister or the Director of Quarantine is prohibited by a proclamation under section 13 or the importation of which without a permit granted pursuant to a proclamation made in accordance with sub-section 13 (2a) is prohibited; or
              (ii) are disease agents produced in Australia from goods of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (i);"; and
     (d) by omitting sub-section (1D).
(2) Fees prescribed