Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Darwin Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base, Darwin) Determination 2016

I, Daryl Quinlivan, Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.

Dated 24 May 2016

Daryl Quinlivan

Director of Biosecurity

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name 

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

Part 2—First point of entry

5  First point of entry—aircraft

6  First point of entry—goods other than animals

7  First point of entry—animals

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points

Part 4—Conditions

Part 5—Period of effect

8  Period of effect

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

  This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Darwin Airport and Royal Australian Air Force Base, Darwin) 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

 (1) This instrument is made under subsection 223(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

 (2) This instrument is made as permitted by subitem 1(1) of Schedule 3 to the Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Biosecurity Act 2015, including the following:

(a) aircraft;

(b) animal;

(c) goods.

  In this instrument:

aircraft means aircraft that are subject to biosecurity control.

  Darwin Airport means Darwin International Airport and Royal Australian Air Force  Base, Darwin.

goods means goods:

 (a) that are subject to biosecurity control; or

 (b) in relation to which an exposed goods order is in force.

Part 2—First point of entry

5  First point of entry—aircraft

  Darwin Airport is a first point of entry for aircraft.

6  First point of entry—goods other than animals

  Darwin Airport is a first point of entry for goods, other than animals.

7  First point of entry—animals

  Darwin Airport is a first point of entry for domestic cats and domestic dogs brought or imported into Australian territory from New Zealand.             

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points

Note: No areas of Darwin Airport are designated as biosecurity entry points.

Part 4—Conditions

Note: There are no specified conditions for Darwin Airport.

Part 5—Period of effect

8  Period of effect

  This instrument has effect for 3 years beginning on the date this instrument commences.