Biosecurity (Entry Requirements) Determination 2016

I, Sussan Ley, Minister for Health, make the following determination.

Dated 26 April 2016

Sussan Ley

Minister for Health

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

Part 2—Requirements relating to yellow fever

5 Requirement to carry international vaccination certificate

Schedule 1—Yellow fever risk countries and areas

1 Yellow fever risk countries and areas

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

  This is the Biosecurity (Entry Requirements) 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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 44(2) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) Australian territory;

(b) International Health Regulations;

(c) landing place;

(d) port.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.

designated yellow fever vaccination centre means a vaccination centre approved by the health administration authority of a country to administer vaccinations against yellow fever.

health administration authority, of a country, means a government authority responsible for the administration of health in the country, including the implementation of measures set out in the International Health Regulations.

international vaccination certificate means a certificate:

 (a) in the form of the model international certificate of vaccination mentioned in annex 6 of the International Health Regulations; and

 (b) that contains the information mentioned in subsection 5(3).

yellow fever risk country or area means a country or area specified in Schedule 1.

Part 2—Requirements relating to yellow fever

5  Requirement to carry international vaccination certificate

 (1) This section applies to an individual who:

 (a) is entering Australian territory at a landing place or port in accordance with Division 2 or 3 of Part 4 of Chapter 4 of the Act; and

 (b) had stayed overnight or longer in a yellow fever risk country or area within 6 days of entering the landing place or port.

 (2) A biosecurity officer may require the individual:

 (a) to carry an international vaccination certificate; and

 (b) to show the certificate to a biosecurity officer if the officer asks the individual for the certificate.

Note: An individual who fails to comply with subsection (2) may contravene a civil penalty provision (see subsection 46(1) of the Act).

 (3) An international vaccination certificate for an individual must:

 (a) be in the name of the individual; and

 (b) be issued by a designated yellow fever vaccination centre; and

 (c) display the official stamp of the designated yellow fever vaccination centre that issued the certificate; and

 (d) be signed by a medical practitioner or other person authorised by the health administration authority of the country in which the vaccination took place; and

 (e) state the office or professional status of the medical practitioner or other person who signed the certificate; and

 (f) state the date when the vaccination took place; and

 (g) state that the vaccine used to vaccinate the individual is a vaccine approved by the World Health Organization for the vaccination of persons against yellow fever.

Schedule 1—Yellow fever risk countries and areas

Note: See section 4.

1  Yellow fever risk countries and areas

  A place specified in the following table is a yellow fever risk country or area.