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that are on board, or that he believes on reasonable grounds have been on board, a vessel detained in Australia or the Cocos Islands under this section.
"(15) An approved person shall be taken to be an authorized person for the purposes of the application of section 31 in relation to a prescribed vessel.

Animals on boats
"75b. (1) An approved person may destroy any animal on board a prescribed oversea vessel in Australia or the Cocos Islands, being an animal that he believes on reasonable grounds has travelled on that vessel, unless, in his opinion, arrangements exist or are to be made to ensure that while the vessel is in Australia or the Cocos Islands, as the case may be, the animal will not leave the vessel except, in the case of an animal to be lawfully imported, when being landed for the purpose of importation.
"(2) In this section—
    'approved person' has the same meaning as in section 75a;
    'prescribed oversea vessel' means an oversea vessel used in navigation by sea the maximum overall length of the hull proper of which is 45 metres or less, other than a vessel detained under section 75a.".

39. After section 78a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Mooring of insanitary vessels
"78b. Where, in the opinion of a quarantine officer, a vessel in a port is in an insanitary condition favourable to the spread of communicable disease, the officer may, in lieu of exercising his powers under sub-section (1) of section 78a, direct the master of the vessel to moor the vessel at a place in the port specified by the officer, and if such a direction is given, the master of the vessel—
    (a) shall, unless the vessel immediately leaves the port, forthwith cause the vessel to be taken to, and moored at, that place; and
    (b) where the vessel is moored in compliance with paragraph (a), shall not move the vessel, or allow the vessel to be moved, from that place except—
         (i) for the purpose of taking the vessel out of the port;
         (ii) by reason of stress of weather or for other reasonable cause; or
         (iii) with the permission of a quarantine officer. Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.".

Regulations
40. Section 87 of the Principal Act is amended—
    (a) by omitting paragraph (1) (i) and substituting the following paragraph:
         "(j) for prescribing the precautions to be taken by masters of vessels 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,