{"id":"F2019L00744","name":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh) Determination 2019","slug":"biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-edinburgh-determination-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440074,"registerId":"F2019L00744-fast-fetch-1775955852231","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh) 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—Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh) Determination 2019\n\n \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\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh) 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this instrument 16 June 2019. 16 June 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\n \n\nPart 2—First point of entry\n\n \n\n5  First point of entry—aircraft\n\n  Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh is a first point of entry for aircraft generally.\n\n6  First point of entry—goods\n\n  Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh 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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft.\n\n \n\n8  Biosecurity entry points—goods\n\n  Each area of Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh 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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh Air Movements Terminal\n\n\nNote 1: If an aircraft has arrived at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh 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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh 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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh 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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh;\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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh;\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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh 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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh providing for biosecurity measures to be taken to manage the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh;\n\n (b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh;\n\n (c) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;\n\n (d) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh 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 Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh;\n\n (e) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh for managing any other factors that may contribute to, or affect, the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: designating a specific military airbase as a biosecurity entry point with minimal conditions. There is no scope creep — it does exactly what its title suggests and no more."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (9 sections, ~3 pages)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act', 'aircraft', 'goods') — all reference existing definitions in the parent Act","Simple structure: preliminary provisions, designation of entry point, single biosecurity entry point table with one entry (baggage), and notification conditions","No nested exceptions or complex conditional logic — the only exclusion is 'live horses' in section 6, which is straightforward","Minimal cross-referencing — only refers to sections of the Biosecurity Act 2015 for context, not for operational complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination designates RAAF Base Edinburgh as an official biosecurity entry point, so international aircraft can use it as their first point of entry and most goods (except live horses) can be imported there. Baggage must be presented at the Air Movements Terminal, and Defence must notify Agriculture of changes to base operators, biosecurity facilities, or procedures. It brings military arrivals under Australia’s biosecurity controls to prevent pests and disease."},"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination applies the Director of Biosecurity's statutory power to designate RAAF Base Edinburgh as a first point of entry for aircraft and most goods and to set a baggage biosecurity entry point (ss5–8). It imposes notification and notice conditions on owners, lessees and operators (s9). It operates within the Biosecurity Act's delegated authority and does not, on its face, expand or narrow the Act's substantive biosecurity powers beyond these targeted designations and conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Delegated instrument relying on authority in subsection 223(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015 (s3), so interpretation requires cross-reference to the Act's powers and definitions (s4 referencing Act ss9 and 19).","Narrow geographic and subject scope: designates one base and excludes live horses (ss5–6), reducing substantive regulatory breadth but concentrating obligations on that operator.","Limited designation of biosecurity entry points for goods (baggage only) requires operational coordination because other goods at the base have no designated biosecurity entry point here (s8 and accompanying notes).","Notification and advance-notice obligations placed on owners, lessees and operational parties create recurring administrative compliance and information-flow requirements (s9(2)–(5)).","Several cross-references to Act provisions governing unloading, prohibited/conditional goods and movement of aircraft (notes referencing ss147, 173, 174, 238) require practitioners to read the instrument alongside those Act sections.","Practical implementation depends on coordination between military base management and the Department, introducing operational rather than legal complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"Designates Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh as a first point of entry for aircraft and for goods except live horses, and names the Air Movements Terminal as the biosecurity entry point for baggage. It requires owners, lessees and persons carrying out operations to notify the Agriculture Department of changes to business operators, procedures or facilities affecting biosecurity and to give reasonable advance notice of proposed changes (ss5–9). The instrument creates specific unloading and reporting obligations and an ongoing administrative compliance duty."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-edinburgh-determination-2019","history":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-edinburgh-determination-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-edinburgh-determination-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-edinburgh-determination-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-edinburgh-determination-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-edinburgh-determination-2019/documents"}}