Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Gold Coast Broadwater) Determination 2017 (Cth)

Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Gold Coast Broadwater) Determination 2017

I, David Mackay, as delegate of the Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.

Dated               8 September                 2017

David Mackay

Acting Assistant Secretary

Compliance Division

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary   1

1  Name…………........................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1

Part 2—First point of entry  3

5  First point of entry—vessels.................................................................................................... 3

6  First point of entry—goods...................................................................................................... 3

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points  4

7  Biosecurity entry points—vessels............................................................................................ 4

Part 4—Conditions  5

8  Conditions................................................................................................................................ 5

Part 5—Period of effect  6

9  Period of effect......................................................................................................................... 6

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Gold Coast Broadwater) Determination 2017.

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	The day after registration of this instrument

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 229(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

4  Definitions

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

(a)   approved arrangement;

(b)     goods;

(c)   vessel.

In this instrument:

goods means goods:

(a)  that are subject to biosecurity control; or

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

non‑commercial vessel has the meaning given by section 5 of the Biosecurity Regulation 2016.

vessel means vessels that are subject to biosecurity control.

waste means goods subject to biosecurity control, or in relation to which an exposed goods order is in force, that have been surrendered by the owner as waste goods.

Part 2—First point of entry

5  First point of entry—vessels

Gold Coast Broadwater is a first point of entry for non-commercial vessels.

6  First point of entry—goods

Gold Coast Broadwater is a first point of entry for each of the following classes of goods:

(a)  personal effects carried as accompanied traveller baggage;

(b)  waste.

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points

7  Biosecurity entry points—vessels

  An area of the Gold Coast Broadwater specified in column 2 of an item of the following table is a biosecurity entry point for a vessel specified in column 1 of the item.

Biosecurity entry points—vessels
Item	Column 1 Vessels	Column 2 Area
1	Non-commercial vessels, including yachts	Each of the following areas: (a) Super Yacht Berth 1; (b) Super Yacht Berth 2; (c) Super Yacht Berth 3; (d) Super Yacht Berth 4; (e) Super Yacht Berth 5

Part 4—Conditions

8  Conditions

Waste from vessels must be:

(a)    stored, transported and treated under an approved arrangement with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; or

(b)    removed, stored and transported from vessels under the supervision of a Biosecurity Officer.

Part 5—Period of effect

9  Period of effect

This instrument is in effect until 30 June 2018.