{"id":"F2016L01022","name":"Biosecurity (Ship Sanitation Certification Scheme—Ports) Declaration 2016","slug":"biosecurity-ship-sanitation-certification-scheme-ports-declaration-2016","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":129691,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L01022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This is the Biosecurity (Ship Sanitation Certification Scheme—Ports) Declaration 2016.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under subsection 256(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.\n\n> ship sanitation certification scheme means the scheme prescribed by Part 5 of the Biosecurity (Human Health) Regulation 2016.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ports at which vessels may be inspected for the purposes of the ship sanitation certification scheme","content":"#### 5 Ports at which vessels may be inspected for the purposes of the ship sanitation certification scheme\n\n Each port specified in the following table is a port at which a vessel may be inspected for the purposes of the ship sanitation certification scheme.\n\n```html\n

Ports at which vessels may be inspected for the purposes of the ship sanitation certification scheme

Item

State or Territory

Ports

1

New South Wales

Newcastle

Port Botany

Port Kembla

Sydney

2

Victoria

Geelong

Melbourne

Portland

Westernport

3

Queensland

Bowen

Brisbane

Bundaberg

Cairns

Gladstone

Gold Coast Broadwater

Hay Point

Mackay

Port Alma

Port Kennedy

Townsville

Weipa

4

Western Australia

Albany

Broome

Bunbury

Dampier

Esperance

Fremantle

Geraldton

Port Hedland

Port Walcott

Wyndham

5

South Australia

Port Adelaide

Port Lincoln

6

Tasmania

Burnie

Devonport

Hobart

Launceston

7

Northern Territory

Darwin

Melville Bay

Milner Bay

8

Christmas Island

Christmas Island

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