(1) The amendments made by items 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 to the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2023 apply in relation to goods that are the subject of an import declaration communicated on or after 1 July 2023.
(2) The amendments made by item 6 of Schedule 1 to the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2023 apply in relation to a reservation or confirmation of a reservation of a place in a post - entry quarantine facility that is made before 1 July 2023 if:
(a) the reservation or confirmation of the reservation was made in relation to an animal or consignment that is to enter the facility on or after 1 July 2023; and
(b) the amount (the relevant amount ) that applied in relation to the animal or consignment under item 4, 5 or 6 of the table in section 9, as in force immediately before 1 July 2023, had not been paid before 1 July 2023; and
(c) no invoice had been issued by the Agriculture Department in relation to the relevant amount before 1 July 2023; and
(d) no demand for payment of the relevant amount had been made before 1 July 2023.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the amendments made by item 11 of Schedule 1 to the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2023 apply in relation to each month, or part of a month, that begins on or after 1 July 2023.
(4) Despite the amendments made by Schedule 1 to the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2023 , items 4 to 11 of the table in section 9, as in force immediately before 1 July 2023, continue to apply in relation to a biosecurity matter that is carried out on or after 1 July 2023, as if the amendments had not been made, if:
(a) an invoice was issued by the Agriculture Department in relation to the biosecurity matter before 1 July 2023; or
(b) demand for payment had been made in relation to the biosecurity matter before 1 July 2023.