{"id":"F2019L00764","name":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce) Determination 2019","slug":"biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-pearce-determination-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440086,"registerId":"F2019L00764-fast-fetch-1775955858619","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 Pearce) 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 Pearce) 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 Pearce) 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this instrument 16 June 2019. 16 June 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce is a first point of entry for aircraft generally.\n\n6  First point of entry—goods\n\n  Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce 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 Pearce as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft.\n\n8  Biosecurity entry points—goods\n\n  Each area of Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce 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 Pearce Air Movements Terminal\n\n\nNote 1: If an aircraft has arrived at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce 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 Pearce 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 Pearce 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 Pearce becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce;\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 Pearce becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce;\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 Pearce 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 Pearce 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 Pearce;\n\n (b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce;\n\n (c) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;\n\n (d) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce 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 Pearce;\n\n (e) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce 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 Pearce.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope. It was clearly intended to designate a specific military airbase as a biosecurity entry point with associated conditions, and it does exactly that without expanding into broader operational matters or additional locations."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument: only 9 sections across 4 Parts","Minimal defined terms: only 3 definitions in section 4 (Act, aircraft, goods), with most definitions imported by reference to the parent Biosecurity Act 2015","Simple structure: linear progression from preliminary matters → first point of entry → biosecurity entry points → conditions","Limited conditional logic: only basic notification requirements in section 9 with straightforward trigger conditions (awareness of changes)","No nested exceptions or complex cross-referencing beyond standard references to the parent Act (sections 9, 19, 147, 173, 174, 223, 238)","Single operational location: applies only to one specific facility (RAAF Base Pearce)","Single goods class specified in table: only baggage is designated with a specific biosecurity entry point"],"plain_english_summary":"RAAF Base Pearce near Perth is now an official biosecurity entry point for international aircraft and most cargo, so military and other international arrivals can land there subject to the same quarantine checks as civilian ports. It requires Defence to keep the Agriculture Department informed about changes affecting biosecurity arrangements, and affects arriving travellers and crew, biosecurity officers, Defence operations, and importers by enabling operations at the base without weakening Australia’s quarantine safeguards."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument itself sets the scope at commencement (16 June 2019): it designates RAAF Base Pearce as a first point of entry for aircraft and most goods (except live horses) and designates the Air Movements Terminal as the biosecurity entry point for baggage, plus notification conditions. The text contains no amendment or later‑scope modification; therefore no scope change from the original wording is indicated."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross‑references to the Biosecurity Act 2015 (definitions in s.9, goods in s.19; obligations and powers in ss.147, 173, 174, 223(1), 238) require users to read the Act alongside this instrument.","Targeted scope: aircraft generally are covered, but no aircraft biosecurity entry point area is designated here (note to s.7), and goods are covered except for a specific exclusion (live horses), creating interpretive nuance.","Limited designation for goods: only 'baggage' is linked to a physical biosecurity entry point (Air Movements Terminal), so operators must distinguish baggage from other goods when unloading.","Operational compliance obligations: owners and lessees must give written notice to the Agriculture Department of changes 'as soon as practicable' (s.9(2)–(3)), and persons responsible for operations must give 'reasonable notice' of specified procedural or facility changes (s.9(4)–(5)).","Timing and notice standards are partly open‑ended ('as soon as practicable', 'reasonable notice'), which creates administrative discretion and requires judgment in implementation.","Commencement formalities (instrument dates and table) mean stakeholders must verify effective dates in published versions; the instrument notes published tables may include non‑operative information."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination designates Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce as a “first point of entry” under the Biosecurity Act 2015 for incoming aircraft and for most goods (excluding live horses). It also names the Air Movements Terminal as the designated biosecurity entry point for baggage. Owners, lessees and operators must notify the Department of Agriculture of changes to business operators, facilities or procedures that could affect biosecurity risk, and listed goods unloaded there must be taken to the designated entry point."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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