Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

BIOSECURITY REGULATION 2016 - REG 13

Application

  (1)   This section makes provision in relation to a notice of any of the following goods (the goods ) that are, or are intended to be, brought into Australian territory on an aircraft or vessel and unloaded at a landing place or port in Australian territory:

  (a)   cats;

  (b)   dogs;

  (c)   laboratory animals;

  (d)   zoo animals;

  (e)   horses;

  (f)   asses, mules or hinnies;

  (g)   ruminants;

  (h)   a consignment of fertile eggs.

Note 1:   This section applies in addition to sections   11 and 12.

Note 2:   A failure to give a notice containing the information referred to in this section in relation to the goods may contravene subsection   120(5) of the Act.

Note 3:   Notice is not required to be given in relation to certain kinds of goods (see section   16).

Who may give a notice

  (2)   Each of the following persons is prescribed for the purposes of subsection   120(2) of the Act in relation to the goods:

  (a)   the person who applied for the permit authorising the goods to be brought or imported into Australian territory;

  (b)   each person who is responsible for arranging to bring the goods into Australian territory;

  (c)   each customs broker (if any) who arranged for the goods to be brought into Australian territory;

  (d)   the operator of the aircraft or vessel on which the goods are, or are intended to be, brought into Australian territory.

Information that must be included in notice

  (3)   The information in relation to the goods that must be included in the notice is the information prescribed in subsection   (4) that the person giving the notice is aware of or could reasonably be expected to be aware of.

  (4)   For subsection   (3), the information in relation to the goods is as follows:

  (a)   identifying information for the aircraft or vessel on which the goods are, or are intended to be, brought into Australian territory;

  (b)   the landing place or port where the flight or voyage on which the goods are, or are intended to be, brought into Australian territory commenced, or is intended to commence;

  (c)   the first landing place or port in Australian territory where the goods are intended to be brought;

  (d)   the estimated day and time of arrival of the goods at the place referred to in paragraph   (c);

  (e)   the number of the permit authorising the goods to be brought or imported into Australian territory;

  (f)   the details about the animals, or eggs, required by the approved form;

  (g)   the number of the waybill or bill of lading (however described) for the goods;

  (h)   the number and kind of animals or eggs;

  (i)   the name of the owner of the animals or eggs;

  (j)   the booking number for the post - entry quarantine facility where the goods are intended to be taken after they arrive in Australian territory.

Manner in which notice must be given

  (5)   The notice must be given in writing and may be given electronically.

Note:   The notice must be in a form or forms approved by the Director of Biosecurity (see paragraph   120(3)(d) of the Act).

Person to whom notice must be given

  (6)   A notice must be given to a biosecurity official or a customs officer.

  (7)   If the notice is given using an electronic system, the notice is taken to have been given to a biosecurity official or a customs officer.

When notice must be given

  (8)   The notice must be given no earlier than 72 hours, but no later than 30 minutes, before the flight or voyage on which the goods are, or are intended to be, brought into Australian territory is estimated to commence.