{"id":"F2016L00851","name":"Biosecurity (Exposed Conveyances—Exceptions from Biosecurity Control) Determination 2016","slug":"biosecurity-exposed-conveyances-exceptions-from-biosecurity-control-determination-2016","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438739,"registerId":"F2016L00851-fast-fetch-1775955037604","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Biosecurity (Exposed Conveyances—Exceptions from Biosecurity Control) Determination 2016","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nBiosecurity (Exposed Conveyances—Exceptions from Biosecurity Control) Determination 2016\n\nI, Daryl Quinlivan, Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.\n\nDated 24 May 2016\n\nDaryl Quinlivan\n\nDirector of Biosecurity\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Purpose of this instrument\n\n6 Circumstances in which exposed conveyance does not become subject to biosecurity control—general\n\n7 Circumstances in which exposed conveyance does not become subject to biosecurity control—exposure to protected zone vessel in protected zone area\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This is the Biosecurity (Exposed Conveyances—Exceptions from Biosecurity Control) Determination 2016.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument At the same time as section 3 of the Biosecurity Act 2015 commences. 16 June 2016\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 192(6) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) conveyance;\n\n(b) exposed to;\n\n(c) installation.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Biosecurity Act 2015.\n\ndomestic goods means:\n\n (a) goods that were released from biosecurity control under paragraph 162(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act; or\n\n (b) goods that:\n\n (i) were brought from a place in Australian territory; and\n\n (ii) were not subject to biosecurity control at the time the goods were brought from Australian territory; and\n\n (iii) were not goods in relation to which an exposed goods order was in force at the time the goods were brought from Australian territory.\n\ndomestic person:\n\n (a) means a person who was brought from a place in Australian territory; and\n\n (b) includes a person referred to in paragraph (a) who leaves a conveyance temporarily and returns to it.\n\nlow‑risk goods means any of the following:\n\n (a) fuel;\n\n (b) petroleum;\n\n (c) canisters of petroleum.\n\npetroleum means:\n\n (a) any naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or\n\n (b) any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or\n\n (c) any naturally occurring mixture of:\n\n (i) one or more hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; and\n\n (ii) one or more of the following, that is to say, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, helium and carbon dioxide;\n\nand includes:\n\n (d) any petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b) or (c) that has been returned to a natural reservoir; and\n\n (e) any petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), where either or both of the following has occurred:\n\n (i) one or more things have been added;\n\n (ii) one or more things have been wholly or partly removed.\n\npetroleum industry vessel means a vessel (other than an installation) that is, or is to be, used wholly or principally for, or in connection with:\n\n (a) exploring for, or exploiting, petroleum with equipment on, or forming part of, the vessel; or\n\n (b) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in paragraph (a).\n\n5  Purpose of this instrument\n\n  This instrument specifies circumstances in which section 192 does not apply in relation to a conveyance that is exposed to another conveyance as referred to in subparagraph 192(1)(a)(i) or (ii) or paragraph 192(1)(b) of the Act.\n\nNote: A conveyance that is exposed to one or more conveyances as referred to in subparagraph 192(1)(a)(i) or (ii) or paragraph 192(1)(b) of the Act will become subject to biosecurity control because of subsection 192(2) or (3) of the Act, unless section 192 of the Act does not apply in relation to the conveyance under this instrument (see subsection 192(6) of the Act).\n\n6  Circumstances in which exposed conveyance does not become subject to biosecurity control—general\n\n (1) Section 192 of the Act does not apply in relation to a conveyance (the exposed conveyance) that is exposed to another conveyance (the second conveyance) as referred to in section 5 of this instrument if the following circumstances apply:\n\n (a) no contamination, infestation or infection is, or was, transferred from the second conveyance to the exposed conveyance;\n\n (b) no pests (alive or dead) are, or were, transferred from the second conveyance to the exposed conveyance;\n\n (c) no person on board the exposed conveyance is, or was, exposed to:\n\n (i) an animal or a plant on the second conveyance that is infected with a disease; or\n\n (ii) an animal or a plant on the second conveyance that has died from a disease;\n\n (d) if the exposed conveyance is an aircraft or a vessel:\n\n (i) no human remains are on board the aircraft or vessel at any time it is in Australian territory; and\n\n (ii) no person on board the aircraft or vessel has signs or symptoms of a listed human disease at any time the aircraft or vessel is in Australian territory;\n\n (e) if the second conveyance is not an installation or a petroleum industry vessel:\n\n (i) only domestic persons (including any domestic persons who transferred from the second conveyance to the exposed conveyance) intend to disembark, or disembark, in Australian territory; and\n\n (ii) only low‑risk goods or domestic goods (including any low‑risk goods or domestic goods that were transferred from the second conveyance to the exposed conveyance) are on board the exposed conveyance at any time it is in Australian territory;\n\n (f) if the second conveyance is an installation or a petroleum industry vessel—any of the following circumstances applies:\n\n (i) no person who transferred from the second conveyance to the exposed conveyance intends to disembark, or disembarks, in Australian territory, and no goods (other than low‑risk goods) that were transferred from the second conveyance to the exposed conveyance are on board the exposed conveyance at any time it is in Australian territory;\n\n (ii) the level of biosecurity risk associated with the second conveyance is low within the meaning of subsection (2) or (3);\n\n (iii) biosecurity risks associated with the second conveyance are managed in accordance with an approved arrangement covering the operator of the second conveyance in relation to the operations of the second conveyance, and the end of journey requirements provided in subsection (4), (5), (6) or (7) are met in relation to the exposed conveyance.\n\nCircumstances in which level of biosecurity risk associated with second conveyance is low\n\n (2) The level of biosecurity risk associated with the second conveyance is low if:\n\n (a) only domestic persons have ever been on board the second conveyance; and\n\n (b) only the following kinds of goods have ever been on board the second conveyance:\n\n (i) domestic goods;\n\n (ii) low‑risk goods;\n\n (iii) goods that are to be deployed to the sea or the seabed (including goods that have been brought on board the second conveyance for the purpose of being deployed to the sea or the seabed);\n\n (iv) goods that are in the possession of a domestic person who left the second conveyance temporarily and later returned to it, being goods that were in the possession of the person at the time the person left the second conveyance.\n\n (3) The level of biosecurity risk associated with the second conveyance is low if:\n\n (a) the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied, on the basis of information provided by the person in charge or the operator of the second conveyance, that the level of biosecurity risk associated with the second conveyance was acceptable before the exposure to the exposed conveyance occurred; and\n\n (b) during the period between the Director of Biosecurity becoming satisfied as referred to in paragraph (a) and the exposure occurring:\n\n (i) no persons boarded the second conveyance or only domestic persons boarded the second conveyance; and\n\n (ii) no goods were brought on board the second conveyance or only goods of a kind referred to in paragraph (2)(b) were brought on board the second conveyance.\n\nEnd of journey requirements in relation to exposed conveyance that is an aircraft\n\n (4) If:\n\n (a) the exposed conveyance is an aircraft; and\n\n (b) the aircraft’s journey ends, or is intended to end, at a first point of entry for the aircraft; and\n\n (c) there is a biosecurity entry point for the aircraft at the first point of entry;\n\nthe end of journey requirements are that the aircraft is brought to that biosecurity entry point as soon as practicable after the aircraft arrives at the first point of entry.\n\nNote: See section 238 of the Act.\n\n (5) If:\n\n (a) the exposed conveyance is an aircraft; and\n\n (b) the aircraft’s journey ends, or is intended to end, at a landing place in Australian territory other than a first point of entry for the aircraft;\n\nthe end of journey requirements are that:\n\n (c) permission has been given under subsection 239(2) of the Act for the aircraft to land at that landing place, and any conditions of the permission have been, or are intended to be, complied with; or\n\n (d) a direction has been given under paragraph 240(1)(a) or 242(1)(a) of the Act requiring the aircraft to land at that landing place.\n\nEnd of journey requirements in relation to exposed conveyance that is a vessel\n\n (6) If:\n\n (a) the exposed conveyance is a vessel; and\n\n (b) the vessel’s journey ends, or is intended to end, at a first point of entry for the vessel; and\n\n (c) there is a biosecurity entry point for the vessel at the first point of entry;\n\nthe end of journey requirements are that the vessel is brought to that biosecurity entry point as soon as practicable after the vessel arrives at the first point of entry.\n\nNote: See section 246 of the Act.\n\n (7) If:\n\n (a) the exposed conveyance is a vessel; and\n\n (b) the vessel’s journey ends, or is intended to end, at a port in Australian territory other than a first point of entry for the vessel;\n\nthe end of journey requirements are that:\n\n (c) permission has been given under subsection 247(2) of the Act for the vessel to be moored at that port, and any conditions of the permission have been, or are intended to be, complied with; or\n\n (d) a direction has been given under paragraph 248(1)(a) or 250(1)(a) of the Act requiring the vessel to be moored at that port.\n\nException\n\n (8) This section does not apply in relation to a conveyance that is exposed to a protected zone vessel in the protected zone area.\n\nNote 1: Protected zone area and protected zone vessel are defined in subsection 617(4) of the Act.\n\nNote 2: Section 7 of this instrument deals with a conveyance that is exposed to a protected zone vessel in the protected zone area.\n\n7  Circumstances in which exposed conveyance does not become subject to biosecurity control—exposure to protected zone vessel in protected zone area\n\n  Section 192 of the Act does not apply in relation to a conveyance that is exposed to a protected zone vessel in the protected zone area, as referred to in section 5 of this instrument.\n\nNote: Protected zone area and protected zone vessel are defined in subsection 617(4) of the Act.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of specifying exceptions to biosecurity control for exposed conveyances under section 192 of the Biosecurity Act 2015. The two-part structure (general exceptions in section 6 and protected zone specific treatment in section 7) reflects the original intent to balance operational flexibility with risk management across domestic, offshore petroleum, and Torres Strait contexts."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple nested conditional structures: Section 6 contains primary conditions (paragraphs a-f), with sub-conditions (i-iii) within paragraph (f), and further sub-conditions within subsections (2) and (3)","Cross-references to primary legislation: Requires understanding of Biosecurity Act 2015 sections 192, 238, 239, 240, 242, 246, 247, 248, 250, and 617","Defined terms with compound definitions: 7 defined terms in section 4, including recursive definitions (e.g., 'petroleum' defined in 5 nested paragraphs including self-reference to previous paragraphs)","Dual-track logic for different conveyance types: Separate end-of-journey requirements for aircraft (subsections 4-5) versus vessels (subsections 6-7), each with their own permission/direction pathways","Exception to exception structure: Section 6(8) excludes protected zone vessels from the general exception framework, shunting them to separate Section 7 treatment","Temporal conditions: Multiple requirements using 'at any time', 'ever been on board', and 'between... becoming satisfied... and the exposure occurring'"],"plain_english_summary":"This law creates limited exceptions so Australian conveyances (aircraft, vessels and support craft) can avoid automatic biosecurity control after contact with potentially risky vessels. It targets domestic operators, the petroleum industry and Torres Strait movements by allowing exemption where risks are absent (no contamination transfer, sick persons or human remains) or where only domestic/low‑risk goods or approved petroleum management apply. It reduces unnecessary inspections and movement restrictions while retaining protections against pests and disease."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand the Act’s substantive reach. It specifies and limits when s192 will not apply by setting factual and procedural conditions (no transfer of contamination/pests, goods/persons tests, Director satisfaction, approved arrangements and end-of-journey requirements). It narrows automatic application of biosecurity control under s192 but does not broaden the class of things the Act can regulate."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to multiple provisions of the Biosecurity Act (e.g. operation tied to s192 and end-of-journey provisions s238, s246 etc.), increasing interpretive steps.","Numerous defined terms with legal effect (domestic person, domestic goods, low-risk goods, petroleum, petroleum industry vessel) requiring look-up.","Discretion granted to the Director of Biosecurity to be 'satisfied' on supplied information (s6(3)(a)), creating case-by-case decision points.","Conditional branching for different second-conveyance types (installations and petroleum industry vessels have alternate tests and approved-arrangement pathways) (s6(1)(f)).","Operational compliance requirements (end-of-journey, permissions or directions for landing/mooring) impose practical logistic burdens on operators (ss6(4)–(7)).","A carve-out for protected zone vessels operating in protected zone areas adds a special-case rule that must be separately managed (s6(8), s7).","Reliance on approved arrangements to manage risk introduces contractual/administrative compliance and monitoring obligations (s6(1)(f)(iii))."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument lists specific circumstances when section 192 of the Biosecurity Act does not make a conveyance exposed to another conveyance subject to biosecurity control. It affects aircraft and vessel operators, persons on board, and those transporting goods. The Director of Biosecurity and holders of approved arrangements can authorise exceptions, but operators must meet end-of-journey and compliance requirements. The instrument matters because it replaces automatic control with conditional exemptions based on contamination, pests, infected persons, goods types and procedural safeguards."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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