Part 1Preliminary

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Broome) Determination 2019.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 229(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.

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.

inorganic bulk goods means chemicals, ores, minerals or gases that:

(a) are brought or imported into Australian territory in bulk; and
(b) do not contain animals, plants, organic compounds or microbes.

non‑commercial vessel has the same meaning as in the Biosecurity Regulation 2016.

vessel means a vessel (as defined by section 9 of the Act) that is subject to biosecurity control.

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 vessel on which the goods are carried, to be disposed of.

Part 2—First point of entry

5 First point of entry—vessels

Port of Broome is a first point of entry for vessels other than non‑commercial vessels.

6 First point of entry—goods

Port of Broome is a first point of entry for the following: (a) baggage carried on a vessel other than a non‑commercial vessel or a passenger vessel; (b) inorganic bulk goods; (c) waste.

Note 1: Port of Broome 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—vessels

Each area of Port of Broome specified in column 2 of an item of the following table is designated as a biosecurity entry point for a vessel, or a vessel included in a class of vessels, specified in column 1 of the item.