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Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Quarantine Amendment Act 1981.
(2) The Quarantine Act 19081 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Proclamation in event of epidemic
2. Section 2b of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
"(4) For the purposes of this section, the Cocos Islands shall be deemed to form part of the Commonwealth.".

Interpretation
3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—
    (a) by inserting after the definition of "By authority" the following definitions:
          "'Cocos Islands' means the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
        "'Cocos Islands vessel' means a vessel which does not voyage or ply to or from any place outside the Cocos Islands;";
    (b) by inserting before the definition of "First port of entry" the following definition:
        "'Examine' includes—
        (a) in relation to an animal—carry out tests on, take samples from, or carry out a veterinary procedure on, the animal;
        (b) in relation to a plant—carry out tests on, take samples from, establish, cultivate, or undertake procedures for the diagnosis of a disease of, the plant; and
        (c) in relation to any other goods—carry out tests on, or take samples from, the goods;";
    (c) by inserting after the definition of "First port of entry" the following definition:
        "'First Cocos Islands port of entry', in relation to a vessel, means a first port of entry in the Cocos Islands for that vessel;";
    (d) by inserting after the definition of "Goods" the following definition:
        "'Imported', in relation to an animal, a plant or other goods, means imported into Australia or into the Cocos Islands;";
    (e) by omitting the definition of "Oversea vessel" and substituting the following definition:
        "'Oversea vessel' means any vessel other than—
           (a) an Australian vessel; or
           (b) a Cocos Islands vessel;";
    (f) by omitting the definition of "Pratique" and substituting the following definition:
        "'Pratique', in relation to a vessel, means pratique granted by a quarantine officer since the last arrival of the vessel from—
           (a) in the case of a vessel in, or about to arrive in, Australia—places outside Australia; or
           (b) in the case of a vessel in, or about to arrive in, the Cocos Islands—places outside the Cocos Islands,
         and having effect at the port where the vessel is for the time being or is about to arrive;";
    (g) by inserting "or the Cocos Islands" after "Commonwealth" in the definition of "Quarantine area"; and
    (h) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
    "(2) Where 2 or more persons are, or behave as if they are, in charge