Summary
Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the Quarantine Act 1908), the bill: repeals the Quarantine Act 1908 and Quarantine Charges (Collection) Act 2014; makes consequential amendments to 20 Acts to update references to managing biosecurity risk under the proposed Biosecurity Act 2014, and substitute references to Quarantine Act 1908 with the proposed Biosecurity Act 2014; and makes transitional arrangements in relation to the management of biosecurity risks from the Quarantine Act 1908 to the new biosecurity framework under the proposed Biosecurity Act 2014.