{"id":"F2019L00791","name":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Hobart Airport) Determination 2019","slug":"biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-hobart-airport-determination-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440109,"registerId":"F2019L00791-fast-fetch-1775955870262","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Hobart 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—Hobart 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—Hobart 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this instrument 16 June 2019. 16 June 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Hobart Airport is a first point of entry for aircraft generally.\n\n6  First point of entry—goods\n\n  Hobart 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 Hobart Airport as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft.\n\n \n\n8  Biosecurity entry points—goods\n\n  Each area of Hobart 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 Hobart Airport International Terminal\n\n\nNote 1: If an aircraft has arrived at Hobart 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 Hobart 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 Hobart 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 Hobart Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Hobart Airport; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Hobart 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 Hobart Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Hobart Airport; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Hobart 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 Hobart 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 Hobart Airport providing for biosecurity measures to be taken to manage the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Hobart Airport;\n\n (b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Hobart Airport for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Hobart Airport;\n\n (c) a change to the procedures at Hobart Airport that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Hobart Airport to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;\n\n (d) a change to the procedures at Hobart 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 Hobart Airport;\n\n (e) a change to the procedures at Hobart Airport for managing any other factors that may contribute to, or affect, the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Hobart Airport.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument itself contains no indication that its scope has been altered from when it was made. It establishes Hobart Airport as a first point of entry for aircraft and most goods (excluding live horses), designates baggage at the International Terminal as the biosecurity entry point, and imposes notification conditions on owners/lessees/operators (see ss.2,5–6,8–9)."},"complexity_factors":["Delegated instrument made under subsection 223(1) of the Biosecurity Act (authority stated) — s.3.","Cross‑references to multiple provisions of the Biosecurity Act (definitions and operational rules are in the Act, not this instrument) create external dependencies (see s.4 and notes referencing ss.147, 173, 174, 238 of the Act).","Selective scope: Hobart is first point of entry for goods generally but expressly excludes live horses, requiring attention to the exception when applying the rule — s.6.","Narrow designation of biosecurity entry points for goods: only 'Baggage' at Hobart Airport International Terminal is listed, so other goods unloading may not be covered by a designated entry point — s.8 (table) and notes.","No area at Hobart Airport is designated as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft in this instrument, which affects whether the statutory obligation to bring aircraft to a biosecurity entry point applies — s.7 (note).","Notification and compliance burdens fall on owners, lessees and persons responsible for operations (who pay compliance costs and must supply information) — s.9(2)–(4).","Standards used for compliance timing are imprecise ('as soon as practicable', 'reasonable notice'), creating interpretive discretion and potential enforcement variability — s.9(2),(4).","Overlapping duties across multiple parties (owner(s), lessee(s), and operators) can complicate who must act and when, raising coordination and administrative costs — s.9(2)–(4).","Commencement and formal-note provisions limit the instrument to its original form unless amended, so changes require a separate amendment process — s.2 (commencement table and note)."],"plain_english_summary":"Designates Hobart Airport as a first point of entry for aircraft and for most imported goods (excluding live horses), and names the International Terminal baggage area as the airport's biosecurity entry point. Owners, lessees and operators must notify the Agriculture Department of changes to operators, procedures or facilities that affect biosecurity. It fixes where aircraft and baggage must be processed for biosecurity control and assigns notification and compliance obligations to airport stakeholders."},"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 instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: designating Hobart Airport as a first point of entry under the Biosecurity Act 2015. It addresses aircraft, goods, biosecurity entry points, and operational conditions exactly as expected for this type of administrative determination. No scope creep is evident."},"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: straightforward sequential Parts without nested numbering beyond subsections","Limited conditional logic: primarily simple 'if-then' notification requirements in section 9","Single table: only one tabular provision (section 8) with 2 columns and 1 row","No exceptions to exceptions: section 6 contains one simple exclusion (live horses) without further qualification","Clear cross-references: references to Biosecurity Act 2015 are explicit and limited (sections 9, 19, 147, 173, 174, 238)"],"plain_english_summary":"Hobart Airport is officially designated a first point of entry for international flights, allowing aircraft and most goods (except live horses) to enter Australia there. The International Terminal is the required area for baggage biosecurity inspection, and other goods aren’t confined to a specific inspection site.\n\nThe airport owner/operator must notify the Department of Agriculture in writing about changes to operators, biosecurity procedures, facilities, or risk-management arrangements. This brings Tasmania into Australia’s formal biosecurity entry network."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-hobart-airport-determination-2019","history":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-hobart-airport-determination-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-hobart-airport-determination-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-hobart-airport-determination-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-hobart-airport-determination-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-hobart-airport-determination-2019/documents"}}