{"id":"F2020L00170","name":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport) Determination 2020","slug":"biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-brisbane-west-wellcamp-airport-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440386,"registerId":"F2020L00170-fast-fetch-1775956033364","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport) Determination 2020","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—Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport) Determination 2020\n\nI, Barbara Cooper, as delegate of the Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.\n\nDated 24th of February 2020\n\nBarbara Cooper\n\nAssistant Secretary  Compliance Division  Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment\n\n \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 is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport) Determination 2020.\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 The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is a first point of entry for freighter aircraft.\n\nNote: Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is not a first point of entry for any other aircraft.\n\n6  First point of entry—goods\n\n  Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is a first point of entry for goods carried on a freighter aircraft other than live horses.\n\nNote: 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\nNote: An aircraft must be brought to a biosecurity entry point at a first point of entry if there is a biosecurity entry point for the aircraft at that first point of entry (see section 238 of the Act). If there are no biosecurity entry points for aircraft at a first point of entry, this requirement does not apply to aircraft landing there. This determination does not designate any area of Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft.\n\n8  Biosecurity entry points—goods\n\nNote: Goods must be brought to a biosecurity entry point at a first point of entry if there is a biosecurity entry point for the goods at that first point of entry (see section 147 of the Act). If there are no biosecurity entry points for goods at a first point of entry, this requirement does not apply to goods landing there. This determination does not designate any area of Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport as a biosecurity entry point for goods.\n\n \n\nPart 4—Conditions\n\n9  Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes\n\n (1) The determination of Brisbane West Wellcamp 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 Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport, the 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 Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport, the 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 Brisbane West Wellcamp 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 Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport providing for biosecurity measures to be taken to manage the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport;\n\n (b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport;\n\n (c) a change to the procedures at Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;\n\n (d) a change to the procedures at Brisbane West Wellcamp 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 Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport;\n\n (e) a change to the procedures at Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport for managing any other factors that may contribute to, or affect, the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: designating a specific regional airport as a first point of entry for limited freight operations. The scope has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument: only 9 sections across 4 Parts","Minimal defined terms: only 2 explicit definitions ('Act', 'aircraft', 'goods'), with reliance on parent Act definitions","Simple structure: clear sequential Parts without nested numbering beyond single subsections","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (Biosecurity Act 2015) and standard references to sections 173, 174, 147, 238, and 9 of the Act","Limited conditional logic: only basic notification triggers in section 9","No exceptions to exceptions or complex temporal provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"Designates Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport as a first point of entry for international freight — limited to freighter aircraft and the goods they carry (live horses excluded), not passenger flights — and explicitly does not set specific on‑airport biosecurity entry points.  \n\nAirport owners/operators must notify the Department of Agriculture of ownership or biosecurity procedure/facility changes. The change lets regional cargo land directly in Queensland, reducing time and cost if proper biosecurity standards are kept."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument adds Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport as a first point of entry for freighter aircraft and for goods carried on freighter aircraft except live horses (s5–6). It does not itself create biosecurity entry points within the airport, so the practical power to require aircraft or goods to attend a particular entry point depends on further designation under the Act (s7–8). It also imposes written-notification conditions on owners, lessees and operators about changes affecting biosecurity procedures or facilities (s9(2)–(5)), shifting compliance duties to those parties."},"complexity_factors":["Limited, focused subject matter: short instrument that only designates one airport for specific arrival types (s5–6).","Does not itself designate any biosecurity entry points at the airport, so further instruments or actions are needed to compel routing of aircraft/goods to particular areas (s7–8).","Ongoing notification obligations create an administrative compliance burden for owners, lessees and operators (s9(2)–(5)).","Timing standards are imprecise—phrases like 'as soon as practicable' and 'reasonable notice' permit administrative discretion and legal uncertainty (s9(2),(4)).","Multiple cross-references to the Biosecurity Act (including ss147, 173, 174, 223, 238) mean interpretation requires reading the Act as well as this determination (s3, notes to ss7–8).","Instrument is made by delegate under the Act, reflecting delegated executive decision-making rather than primary legislation (s3).","Operational detail is limited: no enforcement, fee, infrastructure upgrade or precise procedural standards are set in this instrument (parts 3–4; s9)."],"plain_english_summary":"Designates Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport as a “first point of entry” for freighter aircraft and for goods carried on freighter aircraft (excluding live horses). Owners, lessees and parties running operations must give the Department of Agriculture written notice of changes to the business, procedures or facilities that could affect biosecurity. The designation triggers biosecurity controls under the Biosecurity Act and places ongoing notification and compliance duties on airport operators."},"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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