Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 7

         (1)   For section 23 of the Act, the quarantine signal in daylight is the flag signal for the letter Q in the International Code of Signals.

         (2)   However, the signal is the 2‑flag signal for the letters Q Q in the International Code of Signals if:

                (a)    on the day or any of the previous 5 days no person on board the vessel or installation is or was suffering from a quarantinable disease; and

               (b)    during the voyage but before the previous 5 days a person on board the vessel or installation was suffering from a quarantinable disease or there was unusual mortality among rats on board the vessel or installation.

         (3)   Also, the signal is the 2‑flag signal for the letters Q L in the International Code of Signals if on the day or any of the previous 5 days during the voyage, a person on board the vessel or installation is or was suffering from a quarantinable disease.

         (4)   For a vessel (other than an aircraft) or an installation, the signal must be displayed either at the masthead or at another position from which the signal can be seen from any point outside the vessel or installation.