{"id":"F2019L00779","name":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Gold Coast Airport) Determination 2019","slug":"biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-gold-coast-airport-determination-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440100,"registerId":"F2019L00779-fast-fetch-1775955865937","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Gold Coast Airport) Determination 2019","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—Gold Coast Airport) Determination 2019\n\nI, Dean Merrilees, as delegate of the Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.\n\nDated 7 June 2019\n\nDean Merrilees\n\nAssistant Secretary  Compliance Division  Department of Agriculture\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\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Gold Coast Airport) Determination 2019.\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this instrument 16 June 2019. 16 June 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\n \n\n5  First point of entry—aircraft\n\n  Gold Coast Airport is a first point of entry for aircraft generally.\n\n6  First point of entry—goods\n\n  Gold Coast Airport is a first point of entry for goods 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\n \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 Gold Coast Airport as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft.\n\n8  Biosecurity entry points—goods\n\n  Each area of Gold Coast 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 Baggage The following areas:(a) Gold Coast Airport International Terminal;(b) Platinum Business Aviation Centre Terminal\n\n\nNote 1: If an aircraft has arrived at Gold Coast Airport and is carrying goods mentioned in the table 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\nNote 2: This determination does not designate biosecurity entry points for other goods for which Gold Coast Airport is a first point of entry, so the requirement in section 147 of the Act does not apply to the unloading of those other goods.\n\nPart 4—Conditions\n\n \n\n9  Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes\n\n (1) The determination of Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Gold Coast Airport; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Gold Coast Airport; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast Airport providing for biosecurity measures to be taken to manage the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Gold Coast Airport;\n\n (b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Gold Coast Airport for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Gold Coast Airport;\n\n (c) a change to the procedures at Gold Coast Airport that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Gold Coast Airport to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;\n\n (d) a change to the procedures at Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast Airport;\n\n (e) a change to the procedures at Gold Coast Airport for managing any other factors that may contribute to, or affect, the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Gold Coast Airport.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument, as published, establishes specific designations and notification conditions and contains a commencement table noting it relates to the instrument 'as originally made' (s2 note). There is no text within the determination indicating any amendment or change of scope from its original terms; it operates by designating statuses and imposing notification duties rather than expanding or contracting beyond those stated provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, focused instrument: designates one airport and a limited set of goods/areas (ss5–6,8), which reduces overall legal complexity.","Dependence on external Act definitions and procedures: references to definitions in the Biosecurity Act and to other Act sections (s4 cross‑referring to ss9 and 19; notes mentioning ss147, 173, 174, 238) create rule‑dependency and require cross‑reading the Act.","Operational differentiation: excludes live horses (s6) and designates baggage areas only (s8), producing practical distinctions operators must apply when unloading and routing goods.","Notification obligations on owners/lessees/operators: s9(2)–(4) imposes duties to notify the Agriculture Department 'as soon as practicable' of changes and to give 'reasonable notice' of proposed changes, creating administrative compliance burdens and some uncertainty about exact timing standards.","Delegate-made instrument: instrument is made under s223(1) of the Act and signed by a Department delegate (s3 plus front matter), indicating administrative discretion in designation and conditions.","Absence of aircraft biosecurity entry point areas: note to s7 states no area is designated as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft, which creates an operational gap that parties must reconcile with Act obligations (e.g. s238).","Enforcement and operational details are governed by the Act, not the Determination: the instrument sets status and notification conditions but relies on the Act for prohibited/conditional goods, movement, and enforcement mechanics (notes to ss6,7,8)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination declares Gold Coast Airport a first point of entry for incoming aircraft and for goods except live horses, and designates airport baggage areas as biosecurity entry points (ss5–6,8). It requires airport owners, lessees and operators to notify the Agriculture Department of business, procedural or facility changes that affect biosecurity and to give reasonable notice for proposed changes (s9). Those owners/lessees bear the administrative and operational costs of notification and changes; the Department retains decision authority under s223(1)."},"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":"This instrument maintains its original narrow scope. It was clearly intended to designate Gold Coast Airport as a first point of entry with specific conditions, and it does exactly that without expanding into broader biosecurity policy or additional airports."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 9 sections)","Minimal defined terms (only 3 explicit definitions in section 4, plus references to Act definitions)","Simple structure with clear Parts (Preliminary, First point of entry, Biosecurity entry points, Conditions)","Limited cross-references (primarily to Biosecurity Act 2015 sections 9, 19, 147, 173, 174, 223, 238)","No nested exceptions or complex conditional logic—only one exclusion (live horses in section 6) and straightforward notification conditions","Single-purpose instrument focused on one airport"],"plain_english_summary":"Gold Coast Airport is designated a \"first point of entry\" for international aircraft and most goods (live horses excluded), legally allowing it to receive overseas flights and cargo. The International Terminal and Platinum Business Aviation Centre are the specified biosecurity entry points for baggage, and the airport operator must notify the Agriculture Department of changes to operators, biosecurity procedures, facilities or risk-management processes. This affects arriving travellers, airlines, cargo operators, the airport operator, and biosecurity officers and enables managed protection of Australia’s biosecurity."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-gold-coast-airport-determination-2019","history":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-gold-coast-airport-determination-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-gold-coast-airport-determination-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-gold-coast-airport-determination-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-gold-coast-airport-determination-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-gold-coast-airport-determination-2019/documents"}}