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This law controls what goods can be brought into the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to protect against pests, diseases and invasive species, prohibiting or restricting animals, plants, biological and medical materials unless an import permit is obtained or specified alternative conditions (e.g., processing, packaging, certificates) are met.
It affects travellers and businesses importing from overseas or other parts of Australia (with specific rules for mainland Australia and New Zealand), balancing biosecurity with regulated trade and personal imports.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2016.
This is the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2016.
This instrument is made under subsection 174(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
(1) For subsection 174(1) of the Act, this instrument provides that specified classes of goods must not be brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands unless specified conditions are complied with.
Note: Goods included in a class of goods specified in Part 2 are conditionally non‑prohibited goods for the purposes of the Act.
(2) This instrument applies in relation to goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands, whether or not the goods are, or are intended to be, brought or imported from outside Australian territory or from another part of Australian territory.
Note 1: Section 174 of the Act applies in relation to the movement of goods to Cocos (Keeling) Islands from another part of Australian territory. See items 3 and 4 of the table in section 5 of the Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2016 (made under subsection 618(2) of the Act) and sections 619 and 620 of the Act.
Note 2: A reference to Australian territory includes Norfolk Island on and after 1 July 2016.
Note 3: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into a part of Australian territory other than Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Norfolk Island.
Note 4: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Christmas Island) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Christmas Island.
Note 5: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Norfolk Island) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Norfolk Island on or after 1 July 2016.
Note 6: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Torres Strait) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, moved from the protected zone area, or the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone, to another part of Australian territory.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) animal;
(b) Australian territory;
(c) goods;
(d) plant.
(1) In this instrument:
Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.
listed fresh cut flowers or foliage (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) means fresh cut flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of a species that is listed in the List of Species of Fresh Cut Flowers and Foliage with Alternative Conditions for Import (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) prepared by the Director of Biosecurity and published on the Agriculture Department’s website, as existing from time to time.
Note: Flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of a particular species are listed in the List of Species of Fresh Cut Flowers and Foliage with Alternative Conditions for Import (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) if the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that the level of biosecurity risk associated with fresh cut flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of that species can be managed to an acceptable level.
(2) A word or phrase that is used in this instrument and in the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016 has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in that instrument.
Note: The following expressions are defined in the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016:
Note: (a) animal part;
Note: (b) animal tissue;
Note: (c) dairy product;
Note: (d) egg;
Note: (e) egg product;
Note: (f) import permit;
Note: (fa) infectious agent;
Note: (g) meat;
Note: (h) meat product;
Note: (ha) microorganism;
Note: (i) shelf‑stable;
Note: (j) viable.
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This is the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2016.
This instrument is made under subsection 174(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
(1) For subsection 174(1) of the Act, this instrument provides that specified classes of goods must not be brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands unless specified conditions are complied with.
Note: Goods included in a class of goods specified in Part 2 are conditionally non‑prohibited goods for the purposes of the Act.
(2) This instrument applies in relation to goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands, whether or not the goods are, or are intended to be, brought or imported from outside Australian territory or from another part of Australian territory.
Note 1: Section 174 of the Act applies in relation to the movement of goods to Cocos (Keeling) Islands from another part of Australian territory. See items 3 and 4 of the table in section 5 of the Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2016 (made under subsection 618(2) of the Act) and sections 619 and 620 of the Act.
Note 2: A reference to Australian territory includes Norfolk Island on and after 1 July 2016.
Note 3: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into a part of Australian territory other than Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Norfolk Island.
Note 4: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Christmas Island) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Christmas Island.
Note 5: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Norfolk Island) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Norfolk Island on or after 1 July 2016.
Note 6: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Torres Strait) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, moved from the protected zone area, or the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone, to another part of Australian territory.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) animal;
(b) Australian territory;
(c) goods;
(d) plant.
(1) In this instrument:
Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.
listed fresh cut flowers or foliage (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) means fresh cut flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of a species that is listed in the List of Species of Fresh Cut Flowers and Foliage with Alternative Conditions for Import (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) prepared by the Director of Biosecurity and published on the Agriculture Department’s website, as existing from time to time.
Note: Flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of a particular species are listed in the List of Species of Fresh Cut Flowers and Foliage with Alternative Conditions for Import (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) if the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that the level of biosecurity risk associated with fresh cut flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of that species can be managed to an acceptable level.
(2) A word or phrase that is used in this instrument and in the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016 has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in that instrument.
Note: The following expressions are defined in the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016:
Note: (a) animal part;
Note: (b) animal tissue;
Note: (c) dairy product;
Note: (d) egg;
Note: (e) egg product;
Note: (f) import permit;
Note: (fa) infectious agent;
Note: (g) meat;
Note: (h) meat product;
Note: (ha) microorganism;
Note: (i) shelf‑stable;
Note: (j) viable.
This is the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2016.
This instrument is made under subsection 174(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
(1) For subsection 174(1) of the Act, this instrument provides that specified classes of goods must not be brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands unless specified conditions are complied with.
Note: Goods included in a class of goods specified in Part 2 are conditionally non‑prohibited goods for the purposes of the Act.
(2) This instrument applies in relation to goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands, whether or not the goods are, or are intended to be, brought or imported from outside Australian territory or from another part of Australian territory.
Note 1: Section 174 of the Act applies in relation to the movement of goods to Cocos (Keeling) Islands from another part of Australian territory. See items 3 and 4 of the table in section 5 of the Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2016 (made under subsection 618(2) of the Act) and sections 619 and 620 of the Act.
Note 2: A reference to Australian territory includes Norfolk Island on and after 1 July 2016.
Note 3: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into a part of Australian territory other than Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Norfolk Island.
Note 4: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Christmas Island) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Christmas Island.
Note 5: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Norfolk Island) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Norfolk Island on or after 1 July 2016.
Note 6: The Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Torres Strait) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, moved from the protected zone area, or the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone, to another part of Australian territory.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) animal;
(b) Australian territory;
(c) goods;
(d) plant.
(1) In this instrument:
Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.
listed fresh cut flowers or foliage (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) means fresh cut flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of a species that is listed in the List of Species of Fresh Cut Flowers and Foliage with Alternative Conditions for Import (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) prepared by the Director of Biosecurity and published on the Agriculture Department’s website, as existing from time to time.
Note: Flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of a particular species are listed in the List of Species of Fresh Cut Flowers and Foliage with Alternative Conditions for Import (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands) if the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that the level of biosecurity risk associated with fresh cut flowers or foliage (or a part of a flower or foliage) of that species can be managed to an acceptable level.
(2) A word or phrase that is used in this instrument and in the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016 has the same meaning in this instrument as it has in that instrument.
Note: The following expressions are defined in the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016:
Note: (a) animal part;
Note: (b) animal tissue;
Note: (c) dairy product;
Note: (d) egg;
Note: (e) egg product;
Note: (f) import permit;
Note: (fa) infectious agent;
Note: (g) meat;
Note: (h) meat product;
Note: (ha) microorganism;
Note: (i) shelf‑stable;
Note: (j) viable.
Classes of goods to which this Division applies (1) This Division applies to the following classes of goods: (a) animals; (b) plants; (c) biological material; (d) infectious agents; (e) fungi; (f) goods that contain animals, plants, biological material, infectious agents or fungi; (g) goods that contain an ingredient that is an animal, a plant, biological material, an infectious agent or a fungus; (h) goods that are made of, or are made from, an animal, a plant, biological material, an infectious agent or a fungus.
Note 1: Animal includes a dead animal and any part of an animal (see the definition of animal in section 9 of the Act).
Note 2: Plant includes a dead plant and any part of a plant (see the definition of plant in section 9 of the Act).
Note 3: Biological material and infectious agent are defined in section 5 of the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods) Determination 2016.
Exceptions (2) However, the classes of goods referred to in subsection (1) do not include any of the following: (a) cooked biscuits, cooked breads, cooked cakes or cooked pastries (other than biscuits, breads, cakes or pastries covered by item 4 of the table in section 11); (b) goods (other than crabs) sourced from the ocean, or the ocean floor, within the exclusive economic zone of Australia that have not left the exclusive economic zone of Australia before being brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands; (c) dead fish, crustaceans and related goods (other than dead crabs, crab meat and crab products); (g) biological additives in unused blood collection tubes; (h) a dye or colouring agent of animal origin (other than carminic acid in relation to which alternative conditions are specified in section 31) that is used on, or is an ingredient of, goods included in a class of goods to which this Division applies; (i) lactose or any derivative of lactose (other than lactose, or a derivative of lactose, that is intended for animal consumption, veterinary therapeutic use or use as fertiliser); (j) a plant or goods produced by, or made from, a plant (excluded plant goods) specified in the table in subsection (3). Excluded plant goods (3) The following table specifies excluded plant goods for paragraph (2)(j).
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:404.85pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Excluded plant goods</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Excluded plant goods</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Bamboo, cane, rattan and willow, including:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) dried bamboo articles (including as packaging); and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) cane and rattan articles; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) willow and wicker articles; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) dried wisteria articles</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Processed hop pellets or extract</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Balsawood</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Plywood, veneer articles and sheets of veneer</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Timber packaging and dunnage</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Barkcloth and fine mats made from bark</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:369.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Dried plant material, for use as thatching, fencing or screening, from any of the following species and places:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) </span><span style="font-style:italic">Calluna vulgaris</span><span>;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) </span><span style="font-style:italic">Baeckea frutescens</span><span> grown in a country where the pathogen </span><span style="font-style:italic">Puccinia psidii</span><span> (guava or eucalyptus rust) is known not to occur;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) </span><span style="font-style:italic">Kochia scoparia</span><span>;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) </span><span style="font-style:italic">Bassia scoparia</span><span>;</span></p><p class="Tablea"
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