Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015 (62 of 2015)

Schedule 4   Application, saving and transitional provisions commencing later

Part 1   Preliminary

1   Definitions

(1) In this Schedule:

Biosecurity Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.

cessation time :

(a) for a transitional approved arrangement that is taken to exist because of subitem 47(2) - has the meaning given by subitem 47(4); and

(b) for a transitional approved arrangement that is taken to exist because of subitem 52(3) - has the meaning given by subitem 52(4).

commencement day means the day on which section 3 of the Biosecurity Act commences.

Quarantine Act means the Quarantine Act 1908.

released from quarantine means released from quarantine under the Quarantine Act.

subject to quarantine means subject to quarantine under the Quarantine Act.

under , in relation to the Quarantine Act, has the meaning given by subsection 5(1A) of that Act immediately before its repeal.

(2) An expression used in a provision of this Schedule and in the Biosecurity Act has the same meaning in that provision as it has in the Biosecurity Act, subject to subitem (3).

(3) An expression used in a provision of this Schedule and in the Quarantine Act has the same meaning in that provision as it had in the Quarantine Act to the extent that:

(a) the use of the expression in that provision relates to an event that occurred, or a state of affairs that existed, under the Quarantine Act before the commencement day; or

(b) the provision has the effect that a provision of the Quarantine Act continues to apply despite the repeal of that Act.

(4) A reference in this Schedule to any thing under a particular provision of the Quarantine Act that mentions the thing but does not give power to make, give or do the thing includes a reference to the thing made, given or done under subsection 6B(1) of the Quarantine Act for the purposes of the provision.