Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2022 (Cth)

Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2022

I, Andrew Edgar Francis Metcalfe AO, Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.

Dated                           15 July 2022

Andrew Edgar Francis Metcalfe AO

Director of Biosecurity

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary  1

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

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

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

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

Part 2—First point of entry  2

5............ First point of entry—vessels......................................................................................... 2

6............ First point of entry—goods........................................................................................... 2

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points  3

Part 4—Conditions  4

Part 5—Period of effect  5

7............ Repeal of this instrument............................................................................................... 5

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

This instrument is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2022.

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 2022.	16 June 2022

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

(1) This instrument is made under subsection 229(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

(2) This instrument is made as permitted by subitem 1(1) of Schedule 3 to the Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 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.

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.

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

Part 2—First point of entry

5  First point of entry—vessels

Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands is a first point of entry for vessels other than passenger vessels.

6  First point of entry—goods

Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands is a first point of entry for all goods.

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points

Note:       No area of the Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands is designated as a biosecurity entry point.

Part 4—Conditions

Note:       There are no specified conditions for the Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Part 5—Period of effect

7  Repeal of this instrument

This instrument is repealed at the end of 15 December 2022.