Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Townsville) Determination 2016 (Cth)

Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Townsville) Determination 2016

I, Daryl Quinlivan, Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.

Dated      24 May 2016

Daryl Quinlivan  

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 other than animals........................................................................ 2

7  First point of entry—animals.................................................................................................... 2

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points   2

8  Biosecurity entry points—vessels............................................................................................ 2

9  Biosecurity entry points—goods other than animals................................................................ 3

10  Biosecurity entry points—animals.......................................................................................... 3

Part 4—Conditions   3

Part 5—Period of effect   3

11  Period of effect....................................................................................................................... 3

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Townsville) Determination 2016.

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	At the same time as section 3 of the Biosecurity Act 2015 commences.

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 the Biosecurity Act 2015, including the following:

(a)animal;

(b)goods;

(c)passenger vessel;

(d)vessel.

In this instrument:

commercial passenger vessel means a passenger vessel other than a non‑commercial vessel.

container has the same meaning as in the Customs Act 1901.

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.

vessels means vessels that are subject to biosecurity control.

Part 2—First point of entry

5  First point of entry—vessels

Port of Townsville is a first point of entry for vessels.

6  First point of entry—goods other than animals

Port of Townsville is a first point of entry for goods, other than animals.

7  First point of entry—animals

Port of Townsville is a first point of entry for the following classes of animals:

(a)  domestic cats and domestic dogs brought or imported into Australian territory from New Zealand;

(b)  fish (live or dead).

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points

8  Biosecurity entry points—vessels

  An area of Port of Townsville 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	Commercial passenger vessels including cruise vessels	Port of Townsville Cruise Terminal, Berth 10
2	Non commercial vessels including yachts	Each of the following areas: (a)     Breakwater Marina; The Fuel Berth (b)     Breakwater Marina; The Loading Dock

9  Biosecurity entry points—goods other than animals

An area of Port of Townsville specified in column 2 of an item of the following table is a biosecurity entry point for goods other than animals specified in column 1 of the item.

Biosecurity entry points—goods other than animals
Item	Column 1 Goods other than animals	Column 2 Area
1	Containers	Each of the following areas: (a)     Berth 3; (b)     Berth 10.
2	New Vehicles	Each of the following areas: (a)     Berth 3; (b)     Berth 4; (c)     Berth 9; (d)     Berth 10.

10  Biosecurity entry points—animals

There are no specified biosecurity entry points for either domestic cats or domestic dogs from New Zealand, or fish (live or dead) within Port of Townsville.

Part 4—Conditions

Note:          There are no specified conditions for Port of Townsville.

Part 5—Period of effect

11  Period of effect

This instrument has effect for 3 years beginning on the date this instrument commences.