Biosecurity (Ship Sanitation Certification Scheme—Ports) Declaration 2016

I, Professor Christopher Baggoley, Director of Human Biosecurity, make the following declaration.

Dated 8 June 2016

Christopher Baggoley

Director of Human Biosecurity

 

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Ports at which vessels may be inspected for the purposes of the ship sanitation certification scheme

1  Name

  This is the Biosecurity (Ship Sanitation Certification Scheme—Ports) Declaration 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

1.  The whole of this instrument

At the same time as section 3 of the Biosecurity Act 2015 commences.

 

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 256(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.

ship sanitation certification scheme means the scheme prescribed by Part 5 of the Biosecurity (Human Health) Regulation 2016.

5  Ports at which vessels may be inspected for the purposes of the ship sanitation certification scheme

  Each port specified in the following table is a port at which a vessel may be inspected for the purposes of the ship sanitation certification scheme.

 

Ports at which vessels may be inspected for the purposes of the ship sanitation certification scheme

Item

State or Territory

Ports

1

New South Wales

Newcastle

Port of Botany Bay

Port Kembla

Sydney

2

Victoria

Geelong

Melbourne

Portland

Westernport

3

Queensland

Bowen

Brisbane

Bundaberg

Cairns

Gladstone

Hay Point

Mackay

Port Alma

Port Kennedy

Townsville

Weipa

4

Western Australia

Albany

Broome

Bunbury

Dampier

Esperance

Fremantle

Geraldton

Port Hedland

Port Walcott

Wyndham

5

South Australia

Port Adelaide

Port Lincoln

6

Tasmania

Burnie

Devonport

Hobart

Launceston

7

Northern Territory

Darwin

Melville Bay

Milner Bay

8

Christmas Island

Christmas Island