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Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Melbourne Tullamarine Airport) Determination 2019

I, Dean Merrilees, as delegate of the Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.

Dated 7 June 2019

Dean Merrilees

Assistant Secretary
Compliance Division
Department of Agriculture

 

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

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points

7  Biosecurity entry points—aircraft

8  Biosecurity entry points—goods

Part 4—Conditions

9  Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes

 

 

Part 1Preliminary

 

1  Name

  This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Melbourne Tullamarine Airport) Determination 2019.

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

16 June 2019.

16 June 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 223(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 9 of the Act.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.

aircraft means an aircraft (as defined by section 9 of the Act) that is subject to biosecurity control.

goods means goods (as defined by section 19 of the Act):

 (a) that are subject to biosecurity control; or

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

Part 2First point of entry

 

5  First point of entry—aircraft

  Melbourne Tullamarine Airport is a first point of entry for aircraft generally.

6  First point of entry—goods

  Melbourne Tullamarine Airport is a first point of entry for all goods.

Note: For other matters relating to whether particular goods may be brought into a particular first point of entry, see sections 173 and 174 of the Act (which deal with prohibited goods and conditionally nonprohibited goods) and any determinations made under those sections.

Part 3Biosecurity entry points

 

7  Biosecurity entry points—aircraft

Note: An aircraft must be brought to a biosecurity entry point at a first point of entry if there is a biosecurity entry point for the aircraft at that first point of entry (see section 238 of the Act). If there are no biosecurity entry points for aircraft at a first point of entry, this requirement does not apply to aircraft landing there. This determination does not designate any area of Melbourne Tullamarine Airport as a biosecurity entry point for aircraft.

 

8  Biosecurity entry points—goods

  Each area of Melbourne Tullamarine Airport specified in column 2 of an item of the following table is designated as a biosecurity entry point for goods, or goods included in a class of goods, specified in column 1 of the item.

 

Biosecurity entry points—goods

Item

Column 1

Goods

Column 2

Areas

1

Baggage

The following areas:

(a) Melbourne Tullamarine Airport International Terminal 2;

(b) Melbourne Jet Base

2

Live Horses

First Point Animal Services Animal Transfer Facility

Note 1: If an aircraft has arrived at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport and is carrying goods mentioned in the table that are to be unloaded from the aircraft, those goods must be brought to a biosecurity entry point for those goods as soon as practicable (see section 147 of the Act).

Note 2: This determination does not designate biosecurity entry points for other goods for which Melbourne Tullamarine Airport is a first point of entry, so the requirement in section 147 of the Act does not apply to the unloading of those other goods.

Part 4Conditions

 

9  Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes

 (1) The determination of Melbourne Tullamarine Airport as a first point of entry by this instrument is subject to the conditions in this section.

 (2) If the owner (or, if there is more than one owner, an owner) of Melbourne Tullamarine Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:

 (a) Melbourne Tullamarine Airport; or

 (b) a biosecurity entry point at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport;

the owner (or, if there is more than one owner, an owner) must give the Agriculture Department, in writing, notice of the change as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the change has occurred or will occur.

 (3) If the lessee (if any) (or, if there is more than one lessee, a lessee) of Melbourne Tullamarine Airport becomes aware that there has been, or will be, a change to the business entity operating:

 (a) Melbourne Tullamarine Airport; or

 (b) a biosecurity entry point at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport;

the lessee (or, if there is more than one lessee, a lessee) must give the Agriculture Department, in writing, notice of the change as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the change has occurred or will occur.

 (4) If a person or body that is responsible for carrying out operations at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport proposes to make a change referred to in subsection (5), the person or body must give the Agriculture Department, in writing, reasonable notice of the proposed change.

 (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the changes are as follows:

 (a) a change to the procedures at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport providing for biosecurity measures to be taken to manage the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport;

 (b) a change to the facilities or amenities available at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport for biosecurity officials and human biosecurity officers to perform functions or exercise powers under the Act at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport;

 (c) a change to the procedures at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport that may affect the ability of a person who carries out operations at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport to identify biosecurity risks associated with those operations;

 (d) a change to the procedures at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport that may affect the ability for biosecurity officials or human biosecurity officials to be informed of any identified biosecurity risks associated with operations carried out at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport;

 (e) a change to the procedures at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport for managing any other factors that may contribute to, or affect, the level of biosecurity risk associated with operations carried out at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport.