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Biosecurity (First Point of Entry— Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown) Determination 2019
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown) Determination 2019
I, Dean Merrilees, as delegate of the Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.
Dated 7 June 2019
Dean Merrilees
Assistant Secretary Compliance Division Department of Agriculture
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
Part 2—First point of entry
5 First point of entry—aircraft
6 First point of entry—goods
Part 3—Biosecurity entry points
7 Biosecurity entry points—aircraft
8 Biosecurity entry points—goods
Part 4—Conditions
9 Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry— Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown) Determination 2019.
2 Commencement
(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.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
(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.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 223(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 9 of the Act.
In this instrument:
Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.
aircraft means an aircraft (as defined by section 9 of the Act) that is subject to biosecurity control.
goods means goods (as defined by section 19 of the Act):
(a) that are subject to biosecurity control; or
(b) in relation to which an exposed goods order is in force.
waste means goods (as defined by section 19 of the Act):
(a) that are subject to biosecurity control; and
(b) that are intended, by the person in charge of the aircraft on which the goods are carried, to be disposed of.
Part 2—First point of entry
5 First point of entry—aircraft
Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown is a first point of entry for aircraft generally.
6 First point of entry—goods
Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown is a first point of entry for the following:
(a) baggage;
(b) waste.
Note 1: Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown is not a first point of entry for any other goods.
Note 2: 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.
Part 3—Biosecurity entry points
7 Biosecurity entry points—aircraft
Note: 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 Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft.
8 Biosecurity entry points—goods
Each area of Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown 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.
Note 1: If an aircraft has arrived at Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown 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).
Note 2: This determination does not designate biosecurity entry points for other goods for which Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown 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.
Part 4—Conditions
9 Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes
(1) The determination of Newcastle Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown as a first point of entry by this instrument is subject to the conditions in this section.
(2) If the owner (or, if there is more than one owner, an owner) of Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:
(a) Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown; or
(b) a biosecurity entry point at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown;
the 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.
(3) If the lessee (if any) (or, if there is more than one lessee, a lessee) of Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:
(a) Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown; or
(b) a biosecurity entry point at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown;
the 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.
(4) If a person or body that is responsible for carrying out operations at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown 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.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the changes are as follows:
(a) a change to the procedures at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown providing for biosecurity measures to be taken to manage the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown;
(b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown;
(c) a change to the procedures at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;
(d) a change to the procedures at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown 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 Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown;
(e) a change to the procedures at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown for managing any other factors that may contribute to, or affect, the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Newcastle Airport or Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown.