BIOSECURITY REGULATION 2016
- made under the Biosecurity Act 2015Table of Provisions
CHAPTER 1--Preliminary
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
PART 2--DEFINITIONS
- 5 Definitions
- 6 High - value conveyance--prescribed amount
- 7 High - value goods--prescribed amounts
- 8 References to animals
CHAPTER 2--Managing biosecurity risks: goods
PART 1--NOTICE--OF GOODS TO BE UNLOADED IN AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY
Division 1--Preliminary
- 9 Purpose of this Part
Division 2--Goods to be unloaded in Australian territory other than in certain external Territories
- 10 Application of this Division
- 11 Notice of goods--general
- 12 Notice of certain animals and eggs to be brought into Australian territory on an aircraft or vessel
- 13 Additional notice of certain animals and eggs to be brought into Australian territory on an aircraft or vessel
- 14 Notice of goods that are the subject of an import declaration
Division 3--Goods to be unloaded in certain external Territories
- 15 Notice of goods to be unloaded in Norfolk Island, Christmas Island or Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Division 4--Exceptions
- 16 Exceptions to requirement to give notice of goods
PART 2--GOODS--BROUGHT INTO AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY
- 17 Other biosecurity measures relating to goods--isolation
- 18 Person must comply with direction to affix isolation notice
- 19 Contravention of requirement relating to entering or leaving etc. premises where goods have been isolated
- 20 Unauthorised persons must not move etc. goods that have been isolated in or on premises where isolation notice has been affixed
- 21 Interfering with, removing or defacing isolation notice
PART 3--RELEASE--OF GOODS FROM BIOSECURITY CONTROL
- 22 Release of goods brought into Australian territory from biosecurity control
PART 4--BIOSECURITY--IMPORT RISK ANALYSES
Division 1--Process for conducting a BIRA
- 23 Purpose of this Division
- 24 Notice of intention to conduct a BIRA and issues paper
- 25 Draft BIRA report
- 26 Provisional BIRA report
- 27 Final BIRA report
- 28 Further information, research or expert advice
- 29 Scientific advisory group
- 30 Content of a BIRA report
- 31 Time within which a BIRA must be completed
- 32 Termination of a BIRA
Division 2--Reviews by the Inspector-General
- 33 Purpose of this Division
- 34 Person may request Inspector - General to review BIRA process
- 35 Inspector - General must consider request for review
- 36 Time within which review of BIRA process must be completed
- 37 Draft BIRA review report
- 38 Final BIRA review report
- 39 Failure to comply with this Division does not affect validity of a BIRA review report
PART 5--PERMITS--TO BRING OR IMPORT GOODS INTO AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY
- 40 Information that must be included in application for permit to bring or import conditionally non - prohibited goods into Australian territory
- 41 Period for making decision on application for permit
- 42 Extension of period for deciding application for permit--prescribed activities
- 43 Maximum period within which requested information or documents must be given
- 44 Varying or revoking conditions of, or imposing further conditions on, permit
- 45 Variation, suspension or revocation of permit
CHAPTER 3--Managing biosecurity risks: conveyances
PART 1--PRE---ARRIVAL REPORTING
- 46 Purpose of this Part
- 47 Pre - arrival report--aircraft
- 48 Pre - arrival report--vessels other than certain vessels travelling from certain areas in the Torres Strait
- 49 Pre - arrival report--certain vessels travelling from certain areas in the Torres Strait
- 50 Exceptions to requirement to give pre - arrival report--aircraft
- 51 Exceptions to requirement to give pre - arrival report--vessels
- 51A Requirements for further information--vessels
PART 2--CONVEYANCES--ENTERING AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY
- 52 Conveyance becomes subject to biosecurity control if exposed to certain goods
- 53 Persons on incoming aircraft or vessel required to provide information to assess level of biosecurity risk
- 54 Biosecurity officer may require trap to be set in or on certain conveyances for monitoring or assessment purposes
- 55 Person must comply with direction in relation to setting trap in or on conveyance for monitoring or assessment purposes
PART 3--FIRST--POINTS OF ENTRY
- 56 Requirements that must be met before determining a landing place to be first point of entry
- 57 Circumstances for variation and revocation of first point of entry determinations in relation to landing places
- 58 Requirements that must be met before determining a port to be first point of entry
- 59 Circumstances for variation and revocation of first point of entry determinations in relation to ports
CHAPTER 5--Managing biosecurity risks: monitoring, control and response
- 78 Other biosecurity measures relating to goods or conveyances--export from Australian territory
CHAPTER 6--Approved arrangements
PART 1--APPROVAL--OF PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT
PART 2--SUSPENSION--OF APPROVED ARRANGEMENT
- 81 Requirements for request to suspend all or a part of an approved arrangement
- 82 Period for making decision on request to suspend a part of an approved arrangement
PART 3--REVOCATION--OF APPROVED ARRANGEMENT
- 83 Notice period for request to revoke approved arrangement
PART 4--GENERAL--PROVISIONS ABOUT APPLICATIONS
- 84 Applications to which this Part applies
- 85 Information to be included in applications
- 86 Dealing with applications
CHAPTER 7--Compliance and enforcement
- 87 Period for paying an amount under certain infringement notices given at a first point of entry
- 88 Amount payable under certain infringement notices given at a first point of entry
CHAPTER 8--Governance and officials
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
- 89 Purpose of this Chapter
PART 2--ANNUAL--REVIEW PROGRAM
PART 3--PROCESS--FOR CONDUCTING REVIEW
- 93 Inspector - General may invite submissions
- 94 Submissions may be made publicly available
- 95 Assistance from the Director of Biosecurity
PART 4--REVIEW--REPORTS
- 96 Draft review report
- 97 Final review report
- 98 Certain material to be excluded from review reports
- 99 Including criticism in review reports
- 100 Failure to comply with this Chapter does not affect validity of a review report
PART 5--OTHER--MATTERS
- 101 Information that would be prejudicial to the public interest
- 102 Legal professional privilege
- 103 Inspector - General to have regard to minimising disruption during review
CHAPTER 9--Miscellaneous
PART 2--COST--RECOVERY
Division 1--Fees
- 105 Meaning of consignment
- 106 Fees that may be charged in relation to fee - bearing activities
- 106A Fee - bearing activities carried out in special processing areas
- 107 When sections 106 and 106A do not apply
- 107A Indexation of fees
Division 2--Payment of cost-recovery charges
- 108 Time for payment of certain cost - recovery charges
- 109 Person liable to pay certain cost - recovery charges
- 110 Late payment fee for certain unpaid cost - recovery charges
- 111 Person liable to pay late payment fee
- 112 Agent's liability to pay certain cost - recovery charges
PART 3--COMPENSATION
- 113 Compensation for certain animals destroyed at a post - entry quarantine facility
- 114 Division of compensation between owners
- 115 Amount of compensation
PART 4--MANAGING--BIOSECURITY RISKS: TORRES STRAIT
- 116 References to geographical coordinates
- 117 Permanent biosecurity monitoring zones
- 118 Exemptions from the Act--goods or aircraft or vessels moving from the protected zone or the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone to another part of Australian territory
- 119 Exemptions for Torres Strait treaty
- 120 Protected zone area
CHAPTER 10--Transitional matters
- 121 Amendments made by the Customs and Biosecurity Amendment (Deferred Charges for Australian Trusted Traders) Regulations 2021
- 122 Amendments made by the Biosecurity Amendment (Extension of Non - prescribed Goods) Regulations 2022
- 123 Amendments made by the Biosecurity Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2022
- 124 Amendments made by the Biosecurity Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2023