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QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 2000 2000 NO. 129 - REG 34

Requirement for international vaccination certificates
(1)
A person who travels on a vessel or installation from a yellow fever proclaimed place must:

(a)
on arrival of the vessel or installation at a place in Australia or the Cocos Islands, have an international certificate that complies with regulation 35 ; and

(b)
on arriving at the first place where the person disembarks in Australia or the Cocos Islands, show to a quarantine officer or an officer of Customs an international certificate that complies with regulation 35.

Penalty:
30 penalty units.

Note
For when a person to whom this regulation applies may be ordered into quarantine, see subsection 35 (1A) of the Act and regulation 38.

(2)
Strict liability, within the meaning of section 6.1 of the Criminal Code , applies to an offence against subregulation (1).

(3)
A person who contravenes subregulation (1) may be prosecuted for an offence under either paragraph (1) (a) or (b), but not both.



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