Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Gladstone) 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  Name ..................................................1

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

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 1Preliminary

 

1  Name

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

(b) vessel.  

  In this instrument:

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.

noncommercial 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 Gladstone is a first point of entry for vessels.

6  First point of entry—goods other than animals

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

7  First point of entry—animals

  Port of Gladstone is a first point of entry for domestic cats and domestic dogs brought or imported into Australian territory from New Zealand.

 

 

Part 3—Biosecurity entry points

 

8  Biosecurity entry points—vessels

  An area of Port of Gladstone 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

Port of Gladstone Marina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9  Biosecurity entry points—goods other than animals

  An area of Port of Gladstone specified in column 2 of an item of the following table is a biosecurity entry point for goods 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

Vehicles

Each of the following areas:

 (a) Auckland Point Number 1

 (b) Auckland Point Number 3

 (c)  Auckland Point Number 4

 (d)  Boyne Smelter Wharf

2

Containers

 Each of the following areas:

 (a) Auckland Point Number 1

 (b) Auckland Point Number 3

 (c)  Auckland Point Number 4

 

 

10  Biosecurity entry points—animals

  There are no specified biosecurity entry points for domestic cats or domestic dogs from New Zealand within Port of Gladstone.

 

 

Part 4Conditions

 

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

 

 

Part 5—Period of effect

11  Period of effect

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