{"id":"F2021L00726","name":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Alice Springs Airport) Determination 2021","slug":"biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-alice-springs-airport-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440876,"registerId":"F2021L00726-fast-fetch-1775956348468","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Alice Springs Airport) Determination 2021","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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nBiosecurity (First Point of Entry—Alice Springs Airport) Determination 2021\n\nI, Barbara Cooper, as delegate of the Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.\n\nDated  8 June   2021\n\nBarbara Cooper\n\nAssistant Secretary  Biosecurity Operations Division  Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment\n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\nPart 2—First point of entry\n\n5  First point of entry—aircraft\n\n6  First point of entry—goods\n\nPart 3—Biosecurity entry points\n\n7  Biosecurity entry points—aircraft\n\n8  Biosecurity entry points—goods\n\nPart 4—Conditions\n\n9  Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes\n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Alice Springs Airport) Determination 2021.\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this instrument 16 June 2021. 16 June 2021\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 223(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 9 of the Act.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Biosecurity Act 2015.\n\naircraft means an aircraft (as defined by section 9 of the Act) that is subject to biosecurity control.\n\ngoods means goods (as defined by section 19 of the Act):\n\n (a) that are subject to biosecurity control; or\n\n (b) in relation to which an exposed goods order is in force.\n\nPart 2—First point of entry\n\n5  First point of entry—aircraft\n\n  Alice Springs Airport is a first point of entry for aircraft generally.\n\n6  First point of entry—goods\n\n  Alice Springs Airport is a first point of entry for crew baggage.\n\nNote 1: Alice Springs Airport is not a first point of entry for any other goods.\n\nNote 2: For other matters relating to whether particular goods may be brought into a particular first point of entry, see sections 173 and 174 of the Act (which deal with prohibited goods and conditionally non‑prohibited goods) and any determinations made under those sections.\n\nPart 3—Biosecurity entry points\n\n7  Biosecurity entry points—aircraft\n\nEach area of Alice Springs Airport specified in column 2 of an item of the following table is designated as a biosecurity entry point for an aircraft, or an aircraft included in a class of aircraft, specified in column 1 of the item.\n\n \n\n- Biosecurity entry points—aircraft\n- Item Column 1Aircraft Column 2Areas\n- 1 All aircraft Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage\n\n\nNote: An aircraft that has arrived at Alice Springs Airport must be brought to a biosecurity entry point for the aircraft at that landing place as soon as practicable (see section 238 of the Act).\n\n8  Biosecurity entry points—goods\n\n  Each area of Alice Springs Airport specified in column 2 of an item of the following table is designated as a biosecurity entry point for goods, or goods included in a class of goods, specified in column 1 of the item.\n\n \n\n- Biosecurity entry points—goods\n- Item Column 1Goods Column 2Areas\n- 1 Crew baggage Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage\n\n\nNote: If an aircraft has arrived at Alice Springs Airport and is carrying goods that are to be unloaded from the aircraft, those goods must be brought to a biosecurity entry point for those goods as soon as practicable (see section 147 of the Act).\n\nPart 4—Conditions\n\n9  Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes\n\n (1) The determination of Alice Springs Airport as a first point of entry by this instrument is subject to the conditions in this section.\n\n (2) If the owner (or, if there is more than one owner, an owner) of Alice Springs Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Alice Springs Airport; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Alice Springs Airport;\n\nthe owner (or, if there is more than one owner, an owner) must give the Agriculture Department, in writing, notice of the change as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the change has occurred or will occur.\n\n (3) If the lessee (if any) (or, if there is more than one lessee, a lessee) of Alice Springs Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Alice Springs Airport; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Alice Springs Airport;\n\nthe lessee (or, if there is more than one lessee, a lessee) must give the Agriculture Department, in writing, notice of the change as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the change has occurred or will occur.\n\n (4) If a person or body that is responsible for carrying out operations at Alice Springs Airport proposes to make a change referred to in subsection (5), the person or body must give the Agriculture Department, in writing, reasonable notice of the proposed change.\n\n (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the changes are as follows:\n\n (a) a change to the procedures at Alice Springs Airport providing for biosecurity measures to be taken to manage the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Alice Springs Airport;\n\n (b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Alice Springs Airport for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Alice Springs Airport;\n\n (c) a change to the procedures at Alice Springs Airport that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Alice Springs Airport to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;\n\n (d) a change to the procedures at Alice Springs Airport that may affect the ability for biosecurity officials or human biosecurity officials to be informed of any identified biosecurity risks associated with operations carried out at Alice Springs Airport;\n\n (e) a change to the procedures at Alice Springs Airport for managing any other factors that may contribute to, or affect, the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Alice Springs Airport.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains a narrow, specific scope consistent with its purpose: designating Alice Springs Airport as a first point of entry for aircraft and limited goods (crew baggage only). The conditions in Part 4 are standard administrative requirements for first point of entry determinations and do not expand the scope beyond the original intent of managing biosecurity risks at this specific location."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with only 9 sections across 4 Parts","Minimal defined terms (only 2 explicit definitions in section 4, plus references to Act definitions)","Simple conditional logic limited to notification requirements in section 9","No nested exceptions or complex cross-referencing beyond basic references to the Biosecurity Act 2015","Straightforward tabular format for designating entry points","Limited scope: applies to single airport with restricted goods categories"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument designates Alice Springs Airport as an official first point of entry for international aircraft, allowing overseas flights to land there while biosecurity checks are done. The Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage area is the specified location for inspections, but only crew baggage (not passenger or cargo) can be processed.\n\nThe airport owner/operator must notify the Agriculture Department of changes to operators, biosecurity procedures, facilities, or risk management. It enables use of Alice Springs for international arrivals while preserving biosecurity safeguards."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument applies the Biosecurity Act’s existing mechanisms to a specific site by designating Alice Springs Airport and a defined area as first point(s) of entry; it does not expand or narrow the Act’s statutory reach but specifies where and on whom the Act’s entry-point obligations operate (ss5–8, s9)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, location-specific scope: designates Alice Springs Airport and a single area (Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage) as biosecurity entry points—low structural complexity (ss5–8).","Statutory cross-references: relies on Biosecurity Act definitions and operational provisions (authority s223; definitions s9, s19; operational rules s147, s173, s174, s238), requiring readers to consult the Act for full effect.","Notification duties create interpretive discretion: terms like “as soon as practicable” and “reasonable notice” (s9(2)–(4)) are undefined and allow case-by-case assessment by the Agriculture Department.","Compliance burden concentrated: primary obligations fall on owners, lessees and operators to notify and coordinate with the Department (s9), producing administrative costs for those parties.","Limited administrative detail: the instrument sets duties but leaves procedural specifics (timing, format, thresholds for change) to Department practice, increasing implementation reliance on executive guidance."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination makes Alice Springs Airport a formal first point of entry for aircraft generally and for crew baggage, and designates the Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage area as the biosecurity entry point. It requires the airport owner, lessee and operators to notify the Department of Agriculture in writing of changes to operators, facilities or procedures that may affect biosecurity and to give reasonable notice for proposed changes (s9). It affects airport owners/lessees/operators, arriving aircraft and crew by fixing where and when biosecurity controls and reporting apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-alice-springs-airport-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-alice-springs-airport-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-alice-springs-airport-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-alice-springs-airport-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-alice-springs-airport-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-alice-springs-airport-determination-2021/documents"}}