{"id":"F2019L00748","name":"Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond) Determination 2019","slug":"biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-richmond-determination-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440077,"registerId":"F2019L00748-fast-fetch-1775955852240","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 Richmond) 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 Richmond) Determination 2019\n\n \n\n I, 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 Richmond) 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this instrument 16 June 2019. 16 June 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Richmond is a first point of entry for aircraft generally.\n\n6  First point of entry—goods\n\n  Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond 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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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 Air Movements Section Passenger Terminal – BLD 300\n\n\nNote 1: If an aircraft has arrived at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond 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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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 Richmond becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond;\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 Richmond becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:\n\n (a) Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond; or\n\n (b) a biosecurity entry point at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond;\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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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 Richmond;\n\n (b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond;\n\n (c) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;\n\n (d) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond 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 Richmond;\n\n (e) a change to the procedures at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond 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 Richmond.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument, as made, establishes the specified designations and conditions under subsection 223(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015. It does not itself record any amendment to a prior determination or indicate a change from an earlier instrument within its text; it sets the scope of the base's first point of entry status and related notification conditions as presented."},"complexity_factors":["Legal cross‑references to the Biosecurity Act 2015: authority and many operative terms are defined or governed by the Act (see s3; definitions note referencing s9 and s19) which requires reading this instrument together with the Act.","Limited, specific designations: the instrument designates the base as a first point of entry for aircraft (s5) and for goods except live horses (s6) but designates only one internal area as a biosecurity entry point for baggage (s8 and table), producing a narrow operational footprint.","No aircraft biosecurity entry point designated: the instrument explicitly does not designate any area as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft (note to s7), so obligations in the Act about bringing aircraft to a biosecurity entry point apply only if such a point exists.","Conditional obligations and subjective timing: compliance obligations use non‑precise standards—'as soon as practicable' (note to s8 referencing s147 of the Act) and 'reasonable notice' (s9(4))—which leave implementation timing subject to administrative interpretation.","Multiple responsible parties with overlapping duties: owners, lessees and persons/bodies operating or carrying out operations have notification duties (s9(2)–(4)), creating potential coordination and compliance complexity about who must notify and when.","Operational detail deferred to Department: the instrument requires written notice to the Agriculture Department but does not specify formats, thresholds for what constitutes a material change, or departmental response, leaving practical implementation to administrative practice (s9).","Interplay with other Act provisions on prohibited/conditionally non‑prohibited goods and exposed goods orders: notes refer users to ss173, 174 and 147 of the Act, adding substantive dependencies for particular goods handling decisions."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination names Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond as a first point of entry for aircraft and for goods except live horses, and designates the Passenger Terminal baggage area (Air Movements Section – BLD 300) as the biosecurity entry point for baggage. It requires owners, lessees and operators to notify the Agriculture Department in writing about changes to the business operator, procedures, facilities or amenities that affect biosecurity and to bring applicable aircraft or qualifying goods to designated biosecurity entry points."},"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 remains tightly focused on its original purpose: designating a specific military airbase as a first point of entry with tailored biosecurity arrangements. The scope has not expanded beyond establishing entry point status, specifying applicable goods exclusions, designating a single biosecurity entry point for baggage, and imposing basic notification conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 9 sections across 4 Parts)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'aircraft'/'goods' with simple cross-references to parent Act)","Minimal conditional logic—mostly straightforward declarations","Single table with only 1 row designating a biosecurity entry point","No nested exceptions or complex temporal provisions","Simple notification conditions in Part 4 with clear trigger events"],"plain_english_summary":"This law designates RAAF Base Richmond as a first point of entry for international aircraft and most imports (excluding live horses), while requiring baggage unloaded from aircraft to be sent to the Air Movements Section Passenger Terminal for biosecurity inspection. Defence must notify Agriculture of changes to base operators, biosecurity facilities, or procedures.\n\nIt affects Defence personnel, biosecurity officers, and importers by enabling military and certain civilian arrivals at Richmond while preserving Australia’s biosecurity safeguards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-richmond-determination-2019","history":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-richmond-determination-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-richmond-determination-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-richmond-determination-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-richmond-determination-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/biosecurity-first-point-of-entry-royal-australian-air-force-base-richmond-determination-2019/documents"}}