Commonwealth Numbered Acts

QUARANTIME AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 19, 1984 - SECT 6

6. (1) Section 9A of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) ''Minister may appoint temporary
Quarantine Officers'' and substituting ''Director of Quarantine may, by
writing signed by him, appoint temporary quarantine officers'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1A) ''Minister'' and substituting
        ''Director of Quarantine'';

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (1A) the following sub-section:

''(1B) A temporary quarantine officer appointed under sub-section (1) or (1A)
shall be appointed to a division or divisions of quarantine for which a Chief
Quarantine Officer is appointed and shall, in the exercise of his powers and
the performance of his functions, be subject to the directions of that Chief
Quarantine Officer.'';

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''Quarantine Officers'' and
        substituting ''quarantine officers''; and

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''Quarantine Officer appointed under
        the last preceding section'' and substituting ''quarantine officer
        appointed under section 9''.

(2) A person holding office immediately before the commencement of this
section as a temporary quarantine officer under section 9A of the Principal
Act shall, subject to the Principal Act as amended by this Act, continue to
hold office as a temporary quarantine officer after the commencement of this
section as if he had been appointed under section 9A of the Principal Act as
amended by this Act.