Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Torres Strait) Determination 2016
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Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non‑prohibited Goods—Torres Strait) Determination 2016
We, Daryl Quinlivan, Director of Biosecurity, and Anthony Hobbs, Director of Human Biosecurity, make the following determination.
Dated 27 May 2016
Daryl Quinlivan Anthony Hobbs
Director of Biosecurity Director of Human Biosecurity
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Purpose of this instrument
5 Definitions
Part 2—Conditionally non‑prohibited goods
Division 1—Animals, plants and related goods
6 Classes of goods to which this Division applies
7 Conditions—general
8 Alternative conditions—dead animals, animal parts and related goods
9 Alternative conditions—meat and meat products for human consumption
10 Alternative conditions—dairy products for human consumption
11 Alternative conditions—produce for human consumption
12 Alternative conditions—egg products for human consumption
13 Alternative conditions—miscellaneous plant materials and plant products
Division 2—Other goods
14 Bottles of water
15 Soil
16 Used machinery and equipment
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
This is the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Torres Strait) Determination 2016.
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.
Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
The whole of this instrument At the same time as section 3 of the Biosecurity Act 2015 commences. 16 June 2016
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 174(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.
4 Purpose of this instrument
For subsection 174(1) of the Act, Part 2 of this instrument provides that specified classes of goods must not be brought or imported into the destination part of Australian territory specified in column 2 of item 9, 10 or 11 of the table in section 5 of the Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2016 from the origin part of Australian territory specified in column 1 of that item unless specified conditions are complied with.
Note 1: Items 9, 10 and 11 of the table in section 5 of the Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2016 relate to movements of goods from the protected zone area or the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone to another part of Australian territory.
Note 2: A reference to Australian territory includes Norfolk Island on and after 1 July 2016.
Note 3: Goods included in a specified class of goods are conditionally non‑prohibited goods for the purposes of the Act.
5 Definitions
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.
destination part means a destination part of Australian territory specified in column 2 of item 9, 10 or 11 of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration.
item 9 destination part means the destination part of Australian territory specified in column 2 of item 9 of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration.
item 9 origin part means the origin part of Australian territory specified in column 1 of item 9 of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration.
item 10 destination part means the destination part of Australian territory specified in column 2 of item 10 of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration.
item 10 origin part means the origin part of Australian territory specified in column 1 of item 10 of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration.
item 11 destination part means the destination part of Australian territory specified in column 2 of item 11 of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration.
item 11 origin part means the origin part of Australian territory specified in column 1 of item 11 of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration.
origin part means an origin part of Australian territory specified in column 1 of item 9, 10 or 11 of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration.
Regulated Movements Declaration means the Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2016 (made under subsection 618(2) of the Act).
related origin part, in relation to a destination part, means the origin part specified in column 1 of the item of the table in section 5 of the Regulated Movements Declaration in which the destination part is specified.
Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone has the meaning given by subsection 117(3) of the Biosecurity Regulation 2016.
(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) shelf‑stable;
(d) viable.
Part 2—Conditionally non‑prohibited goods
Division 1—Animals, plants and related goods
6 Classes of goods to which this Division applies
Classes of goods to which this Division applies
(1) This Division applies to the following classes of goods:
(a) animals;
(b) goods wholly or partly of animal origin (including dairy products, eggs and egg products);
(c) live plants;
(d) goods wholly or partly of plant origin that are specified in a provision of this Division;
(e) the following plants:
(i) banana (Musa);
(ii) sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum);
(iii) maize (Zea mays);
(iv) cassava (Manihot esculenta);
(v) citrus (Citrus);
(vi) cotton (Gossypium);
(f) goods wholly or partly originating from a plant referred to in paragraph (e);
(g) plants that are capable of being used for propagation (including seeds);
(h) fresh fruit and vegetables;
(i) fungi;
(j) goods that contain 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).
Exceptions
(2) However, the classes of goods referred to in subsection (1) do not include any of the following:
(a) stores for consumption on board a vessel that originated from a destination part and have remained on the vessel since it left the destination part;
(b) stores for consumption on board an aircraft that originated from a destination part and that:
(i) have remained on the aircraft since it left the destination part; and
(ii) do not contain whole fruit;
(c) animal horns without velvet;
(d) a cnidarian, echinoderm, tunicate, fish, crustacean or marine mollusc;
(e) a part of an animal referred to in paragraph (d);
(f) goods that are wholly or partly made from an animal referred to in paragraph (d);
(g) turtle or dugong meat;
(h) fresh turtle eggs;
(i) goods made from turtle or dugong;
(j) bread;
(k) cooked cakes (other than cakes containing topping with fresh fruit);
(l) goods made from coconut shell.
7 Conditions—general
(1) Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), goods included in a class of goods to which this Division applies must not be brought or imported into a destination part from the related origin part unless:
(a) the goods are covered by an import permit; or
(b) if alternative conditions for bringing or importing the goods into the destination part from the related origin part are specified in a provision of this Division—the alternative conditions are complied with.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not limit paragraph (1)(a).
(3) If:
(a) goods included in a class of goods to which this Division applies (the relevant goods) are made of, or are made from, or contain, 2 or more different kinds of goods (the component goods); and
(b) any of the component goods must not be brought or imported into a destination part from the related origin part unless they are covered by an import permit (and no alternative conditions are specified for those component goods);
the relevant goods must not be brought or imported into the destination part from the related origin part unless they are covered by an import permit.
(4) If:
(a) goods included in a class of goods to which this Division applies (the relevant goods) are made of, or are made from, or contain 2 or more different kinds of goods (the component goods); and
(b) alternative conditions for bringing or importing the relevant goods into a destination part from the related origin part are specified in another provision of this Division; and
(c) alternative conditions for bringing or importing each of the component goods into the destination part from the related origin part are specified in one or more provisions of this Division;
the relevant goods must not be brought or imported into the destination part from the related origin part unless:
(d) the relevant goods are covered by an import permit; or
(e) the alternative conditions specified for the relevant goods are complied with; or
(f) the alternative conditions specified for each of the component goods are complied with.
(5) If:
(a) goods included in a class of goods to which this Division applies (the relevant goods) are made of, or are made from, or contain 2 or more different kinds of goods (the component goods); and
(b) alternative conditions for bringing or importing each of the component goods into a destination part from the related origin part are specified in one or more provisions of this Division; and
(c) subsection (4) does not apply in relation to the goods;
the relevant goods must not be brought or imported into the destination part from the related origin part unless:
(d) the relevant goods are covered by an import permit; or
(e) the alternative conditions specified for each of the component goods are complied with.
8 Alternative conditions—dead animals, animal parts and related goods
For paragraph 7(1)(b), the following table specifies alternative conditions for bringing or importing certain dead animals, animal parts and related goods into a destination part from the related origin part.
Alternative conditions—dead animals, animal parts and related goods
Item Column 1 Goods Column 2 Alternative conditions
1 Animal bone, tusks and teeth The goods are clean and free from other animal or plant material and soil
2 Animal skin The goods:(a) have been tanned; and(b) are clean and free from other animal or plant material and soil
3 Feathers The goods are clean and free from other animal or plant material and soil
4 Lizard skin or snake skin The goods are clean and free from other animal or plant material and soil
5 Sea shells The goods:(a) are not viable; and(b) are clean and free from other animal or plant material and soil
9 Alternative conditions—meat and meat products for human consumption
Conditions—canned meat
(1) For paragraph 7(1)(b), the following table specifies alternative conditions for bringing or importing canned meat for human consumption (the goods) into a destination part from the related origin part.
Alternative conditions—canned meat for human consumption
Item Column 1 Goods Column 2 Alternative conditions
1 Canned meat The goods have been commercially manufactured and packaged
Conditions—meat (other than canned meat) from the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone
(2) For paragraph 7(1)(b), the following table specifies alternative conditions for bringing or importing meat (other than canned meat) for human consumption (the goods) into the item 11 destination part from the item 11 origin part.
Alternative conditions—meat (other than canned meat) for human consumption
Item Column 1 Goods Column 2 Alternative conditions
1 Meat, other than canned meat The goods:(a) have been cooked and are for personal use; or(b) have been commercially manufactured and packaged
10 Alternative conditions—dairy products for human consumption
For paragraph 7(1)(b), the following table specifies alternative conditions for bringing or importing dairy products for human consumption (the goods) into a destination part from the related origin part.
Alternative conditions—dairy products for human consumption
Item Column 1 Goods Column 2 Alternative conditions
1 Dairy products The goods:(a) have been commercially manufactured and packaged; and(b) are for personal use
11 Alternative conditions—produce for human consumption
For paragraph 7(1)(b), the following table specifies alternative conditions for bringing or importing certain produce for human consumption into a destination part from the related origin part.
Alternative conditions—produce for human consumption
Item Column 1 Goods Column 2 Alternative conditions
1 Coconut (Cocos nucifera) Both of the following:(a) the husk has been removed;(b) the goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
2 Dried fruit, other than dried bananas (Musa) The goods:(a) contain only seeds that are not viable; and(b) are not capable of being propagated; and(c) are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
3 Preserved fruit, other than preserved:(a) bananas (Musa); or(b) whole citrus (Citrus) The goods:(a) have been commercially manufactured and packaged; and(b) are shelf‑stable
4 Fruit juice The goods are commercially packaged
5 Nuts The goods:(a) have been shelled; and(b) have been commercially prepared through blanching, roasting or boiling; and(c) are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
6 Processed rice The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
7 Sago (Metroxylon spp.) The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
8 Taro (Colocasia spp.) The goods:(a) have been peeled and cooked; and(b) are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
12 Alternative conditions—egg products for human consumption
For paragraph 7(1)(b), the following table specifies alternative conditions for bringing or importing egg products (other than whole eggs) for human consumption (the goods) into a destination part from the related origin part.
Alternative conditions—egg products (other than whole eggs) for human consumption
Item Column 1 Goods Column 2 Alternative conditions
1 Egg products (other than whole eggs) The goods:(a) are shelf‑stable; and(b) are for personal use
13 Alternative conditions—miscellaneous plant materials and plant products
For paragraph 7(1)(b), the following table specifies alternative conditions for bringing or importing certain plant materials and plant products into a destination part from the related origin part.
Alternative conditions—miscellaneous plant materials and plant products
Item Column 1 Goods Column 2 Alternative conditions
1 Betel nut (Areca catechu) Both of the following:(a) the husk has been removed;(b) the goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
2 Bilum bags, other than those that contain animal hides and skins The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
3 Grass skirts, other than skirts with dried banana plant material The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
4 Job’s tears (Coix lacryma‑jobi) The seeds of the goods are not viable
5 Kulap rattle (Entada spp.) or burny bean The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
6 Goods made from dried palm leaves The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
7 Goods made from dried pandanus (Pandanus spp.) The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
8 Seed jewellery and artefacts The seeds are not viable
9 Tapa The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
10 Wooden artefacts The goods:(a) have been fired; and(b) are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
11 Wongai (Manilkara kauki) seed The goods are clean and free from animal or other plant material and soil
Division 2—Other goods
14 Bottles of water
Classes of goods to which this section applies
(1) The class of goods to which this section applies is bottles of water (the goods).
Conditions
(2) Goods included in the class of goods to which this section applies must not be brought or imported into a destination part from the related origin part unless:
(a) the goods are covered by an import permit; or
(b) the goods are commercially packaged.
15 Soil
Classes of goods to which this section applies
(1) This section applies to the following classes of goods:
(a) soil (other than soil adhering to goods);
(b) goods containing soil.
Conditions
(2) Goods included in a class of goods to which this section applies must not be brought or imported into a destination part from the related origin part unless the goods are covered by an import permit.
16 Used machinery and equipment
Classes of goods to which this section applies
(1) This section applies to the following classes of goods:
(a) used earth‑moving, agricultural, construction or timber felling machinery or equipment (including assembled parts);
(b) used mining machinery, including oil‑field drilling machinery that has come into contact with soil or material of animal or plant origin;
(c) used grain‑milling machinery;
(d) field‑tested agricultural machinery that has come into contact with soil or material of animal or plant origin;
(e) food processing equipment.
Conditions
(2) Goods included in a class of goods to which this section applies must not be brought or imported into a destination part from the related origin part unless:
(a) the goods are covered by an import permit; or
(b) the goods are clean and free from animal and plant material and soil.