This is the Biosecurity (Methods of Ballast Water Management) Approval 2016.

(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.	16 June 2016

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 274(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

4 Approved methods of ballast water management

The methods of ballast water management specified in the following table are approved.

Note 1: The methods specified in the following table have been approved by a foreign country in accordance with the Ballast Water Convention as if it were in force for the foreign country.

Note 2: The Director of Biosecurity is satisfied that any ballast water discharged using these methods meets the standard referred to in regulation D‑2 of the Ballast Water Convention (see subsection 274(2) of the Biosecurity Act 2015 and section 66 of the Biosecurity Regulation 2016).

Approved methods of ballast water management
Item	Method of ballast water management
1	AHEAD®‑BWMS Ballast Water Management System
2	Alfa Laval PureBallast 3.0 Ballast Water Management System
3	AquaStar™ BWMS and MacGregor Water Ballast Treatment System (formerly known as AquaStar™ Ballast Water Management System)
4	ARA PLASMA BWTS Ballast Water Management System
5	BalClor™ Ballast Water Management System
6	BallastMaster ultraV 250 Ballast Water Management System (formerly named AquaTriComb BW 250)
7	BalPure® BP‑500
8	BALWAT Ballast Water Management System
9	Bawat™ BWMS
10	BIO‑SEA® Ballast Water Treatment System
11	Blue Ocean Shield Ballast Water Management System
12	BlueZone™ Ballast Water Management System
13	BSKY™ Ballast Water Management System
14	Cathelco Ballast Water Management System – A2
15	CleanBallast® 500‑1 Ballast Water Management System (formerly named RWO Ballast Water Management System (CleanBallast))
16	Coldharbour GLD™ Ballast Water Management System, incorporating types SeaGuardian™ IGG500 to IGG6000
17	CrystalBallast® Ballast Water Management System
18	Cyeco™ Ballast Water Management System
19	DESMI Ocean Guard OxyClean Ballast Water Management System
20	EcoBallast Ballast Water Management System
21	Ecochlor® Ballast Water Treatment System, Series 75
22	EcoGuardian™ Ballast Water Management System
23	ECOMARINE Ballast Water Management System
24	Electro‑Cleen™ System
25	ERMA FIRST BWTS
26	FineBallast MF
27	FineBallast® OZ (the Special Pipe Hybrid Ballast Water Management System combined with Ozone treatment version)
28	GloEn‑Patrol™ Ballast Water Management System
29	HiBallast™ Ballast Water Management System
30	Hitachi Ballast Water Management System (ClearBallast)
31	Hyde GUARDIAN™ Ballast Water Management System
32	HY™‑BWMS
33	JFE BallastAce® Ballast Water Management System
34	KBAL Ballast Water Management System
35	MICROFADE™ Ballast Water Management System
36	Miura BWMS Ballast Water Management System
37	MMC Ballast Water Management System
38	NEI Treatment System VOS‑2500‑101
39	NEI Treatment System VOS‑500 to VOS‑6000
40	NiBallast™ Ballast Water Management System
41	NK‑O3 BlueBallast System (Ozone)
42	OceanDoctor® Ballast Water Management System
43	OceanGuard™ Ballast Water Management System
44	Ocean Protection System® OPS‑250
45	OceanSaver® Ballast Water Management System
46	OptiMarin Ballast System (OBS)
47	PACT marine™ Ballast Water Management System
48	PureBallast 2.0 and PureBallast 2.0 Ex
49	PureBallast System
50	Purimar™ System
51	RayClean™ BWTS
52	Resource Ballast Technologies System
53	SeaCURE BWMS SC‑1500/1 (formerly named SiCURE™ Ballast Water Management System)
54	Seascape® Ballast Water Management System
55	SKY‑SYSTEM®
56	Trojan Marinex™ Ballast Water Management System
57	Van Oord Ballast Water Management System
58	Wärtsilä AQUARIUS® UV ballast water management system
59	YP‑BWMS Ballast Water Management System