Biosecurity Amendment (Cost Recovery) Regulations 2025

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated  26 June 2025

Sam Mostyn AC

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Julie Collins

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Biosecurity Regulation 2016

1  Name

  This instrument is the Biosecurity Amendment (Cost Recovery) Regulations 2025.

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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Biosecurity Regulation 2016

1  Paragraph 109(4)(d)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

 (d) in relation to a biosecurity matter prescribed by any of items 13, 13AA and 13AB in the table—the person who is covered by the relevant arrangement or agreement, or the relevant arrangements or agreements, to which the charge relates;