Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 6

         (1)   For paragraph 22 (1) (a) of the Act, the following symptoms are prescribed:

                (a)    temperature over 38 ° C;

               (b)    acute unexplained skin rashes or lesions, and rashes or lesions caused by illness or exposure to hazardous agents (but not heat rashes, dermatitis, eczema or similar common skin conditions);

                (c)    persistent or severe vomiting (but not vomiting caused by inebriation or motion sickness);

               (d)    persistent, watery or profuse diarrhoea;

                (e)    bleeding from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, anus or skin (but not if the subject is predisposed to nosebleeds or haemorrhoids, or has cuts or abrasions);

                (f)    glandular swelling in the armpits or neck;

                (g)    prolonged loss of consciousness, if the subject cannot be roused (but not loss of consciousness caused by consumption of alcohol, drugs or medications, fainting or sleeping);

                (h)    persistent coughing and difficulty breathing with no apparent cause and no history of similar symptoms (but not persistent coughing and difficulty breathing caused by asthma, heart disease, obesity, chronic bronchitis or emphysema);

                 (i)    except in the case of a person with restricted mobility or an otherwise healthy young child -- an inability to disembark from a vessel without assistance.

         (2)   For paragraph 22 (1) (a) of the Act, the following diseases are prescribed:

                (a)    cholera;

               (b)    dengue fever;

                (c)    influenza;

               (d)    malaria;

                (e)    measles;

                (f)    polio;

                (g)    plague;

                (h)    rabies;

                 (i)    severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS);

                (j)    smallpox;

               (k)    tuberculosis;

                 (l)    typhoid fever;

               (m)    viral haemorrhagic fevers of humans;

                (n)    yellow fever.