7Disinsection measures for incoming aircraft

7 Disinsection measures for incoming aircraft

(1) For section 204A of the Act, the operator of an incoming aircraft must take measures (disinsection measures) to control or destroy, by treating the aircraft, insect vectors of human diseases that: (a) have the potential to cause, directly or indirectly, a listed human disease or any other human disease; and (b) may exist in or on: (i) the aircraft; or (ii) goods in or on the aircraft. (2) The treatment must be carried out in a manner, and at a time or within a period, approved by the Director of Human Biosecurity. Exemptions (3) The operator of an incoming aircraft is not required to comply with subsections (1) and (2) in relation to an actual or intended movement of the aircraft, or goods in or on the aircraft, described in item 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 of the table in section 5 of the Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2016. (4) The operator of an incoming aircraft is not required to comply with subsections (1) and (2) in relation to the aircraft if: (a) the level of biosecurity risk associated with the aircraft has been assessed as acceptable by a human biosecurity officer who is an officer or employee of the Health Department; and (b) the operator of the aircraft has been notified of that assessment.