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This instrument tightly restricts what can be brought into Norfolk Island to protect against pests, diseases and other biosecurity risks. It affects travelers, shippers and anyone importing animals, plants, food, timber, used equipment or other biological material, setting permit requirements, alternative conditions, inspections and treatments based on origin and risk. Its detailed rules determine what is allowed, what needs certification or cleaning, and what must be refused or treated before arrival.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Norfolk Island) Determination 2016.
This is the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Norfolk Island) 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 Norfolk Island 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 Norfolk Island, 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 Norfolk Island from another part of Australian territory. See item 7 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: Norfolk Island is part of Australian territory 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—Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
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 (Norfolk Island) 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 (Norfolk Island) 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 (Norfolk Island) 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.
listed fresh produce for human consumption (Norfolk Island) means a plant (or a part of a plant) or a fungus (or a part of a fungus) of a species that is listed in the List of Fresh Produce for Human Consumption with Alternative Conditions (Norfolk Island) prepared by the Director of Biosecurity and published on the Agriculture Department’s website, as existing from time to time.
Note: A plant (or a part of a plant) or a fungus (or a part of a fungus) of a particular species is listed in the List of Fresh Produce for Human Consumption with Alternative Conditions (Norfolk Island) if the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that the level of biosecurity risk associated with the plant (or the part of the plant) or the fungus (or the part of the fungus) is acceptable.
Terrestrial Animal Health Code means the Terrestrial Animal Health Code promulgated by the World Organisation for Animal Health, as in force from time to time.
Note: The Code could in 2019 be viewed on the World Organisation for Animal Health’s website (http://www.oie.int).
(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:
(a) animal part;
(b) animal tissue;
(c) dairy product;
(d) egg;
(e) egg product;
(f) import permit;
(fa) infectious agent;
(g) meat;
(h) meat product;
(ha) microorganism;
(i) shelf‑stable;
(j) viable.
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This is the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Norfolk Island) 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 Norfolk Island 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 Norfolk Island, 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 Norfolk Island from another part of Australian territory. See item 7 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: Norfolk Island is part of Australian territory 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—Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
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 (Norfolk Island) 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 (Norfolk Island) 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 (Norfolk Island) 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.
listed fresh produce for human consumption (Norfolk Island) means a plant (or a part of a plant) or a fungus (or a part of a fungus) of a species that is listed in the List of Fresh Produce for Human Consumption with Alternative Conditions (Norfolk Island) prepared by the Director of Biosecurity and published on the Agriculture Department’s website, as existing from time to time.
Note: A plant (or a part of a plant) or a fungus (or a part of a fungus) of a particular species is listed in the List of Fresh Produce for Human Consumption with Alternative Conditions (Norfolk Island) if the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that the level of biosecurity risk associated with the plant (or the part of the plant) or the fungus (or the part of the fungus) is acceptable.
Terrestrial Animal Health Code means the Terrestrial Animal Health Code promulgated by the World Organisation for Animal Health, as in force from time to time.
Note: The Code could in 2019 be viewed on the World Organisation for Animal Health’s website (http://www.oie.int).
(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:
(a) animal part;
(b) animal tissue;
(c) dairy product;
(d) egg;
(e) egg product;
(f) import permit;
(fa) infectious agent;
(g) meat;
(h) meat product;
(ha) microorganism;
(i) shelf‑stable;
(j) viable.
This is the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Norfolk Island) 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 Norfolk Island 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 Norfolk Island, 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 Norfolk Island from another part of Australian territory. See item 7 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: Norfolk Island is part of Australian territory 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—Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2016 deals with goods that are, or are intended to be, brought or imported into Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
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 (Norfolk Island) 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 (Norfolk Island) 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 (Norfolk Island) 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.
listed fresh produce for human consumption (Norfolk Island) means a plant (or a part of a plant) or a fungus (or a part of a fungus) of a species that is listed in the List of Fresh Produce for Human Consumption with Alternative Conditions (Norfolk Island) prepared by the Director of Biosecurity and published on the Agriculture Department’s website, as existing from time to time.
Note: A plant (or a part of a plant) or a fungus (or a part of a fungus) of a particular species is listed in the List of Fresh Produce for Human Consumption with Alternative Conditions (Norfolk Island) if the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that the level of biosecurity risk associated with the plant (or the part of the plant) or the fungus (or the part of the fungus) is acceptable.
Terrestrial Animal Health Code means the Terrestrial Animal Health Code promulgated by the World Organisation for Animal Health, as in force from time to time.
Note: The Code could in 2019 be viewed on the World Organisation for Animal Health’s website (http://www.oie.int).
(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:
(a) animal part;
(b) animal tissue;
(c) dairy product;
(d) egg;
(e) egg product;
(f) import permit;
(fa) infectious agent;
(g) meat;
(h) meat product;
(ha) microorganism;
(i) shelf‑stable;
(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 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 Norfolk Island; (c) honey that is an ingredient in food for human consumption or cosmetics for use on humans, where honey is not the largest single ingredient by volume in the food or cosmetics; (e) biological additives in unused blood collection tubes; (f) a dye or colouring agent of animal origin (other than carminic acid in relation to which alternative conditions are specified in section 30) that is used on, or is an ingredient of, goods included in a class of goods to which this Division applies; (g) 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); (h) 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)(h).
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100.04%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="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:8.68%; 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:91.32%; 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:8.68%; 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:91.32%; 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:8.68%; 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:91.32%; 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:8.68%; 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:91.32%; 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:8.68%; 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:91.32%; 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:8.68%; 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:91.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.7
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