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

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   2

Part 4—Conditions   2

Part 5—Period of effect   2

7  Period of effect......................................................................................................................... 2

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands) 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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)goods;

b)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.

vessel means vessels that are 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.

6  First point of entry—goods

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

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points

Note:        No areas of Port of Cocos (Keeling) Islands are designated as biosecurity entry points.

Part 4—Conditions

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

Part 5—Period of effect

7  Period of effect

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

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