This instrument is the Biosecurity Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2026.

(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	1 July 2026.	1 July 2026

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Part 1—Amendments

Biosecurity Regulation 2016

1 Section 5

Insert:

biocontainment unit means an isolation unit in a post‑entry quarantine facility in which a consignment, or part of a consignment, of birds, or birds’ eggs for hatching, is kept to minimise the risk that the birds or eggs spread, or become infected with, a disease or pest while in the facility.

2 Subsection 106(1) (table items 10, 11 and 16)

Repeal the items.

3 Subsection 106(1) (table item 17, column 2)

Omit “$50”, substitute “$56”.

4 Subsection 106(1) (table item 19, column 2)

Omit “consignment”, substitute “biocontainment unit occupied by the consignment, or part of the consignment,”.

5 Subsection 106(1) (table item 20, column 2)

Omit “consignment”, substitute “biocontainment unit occupied by the consignment, or part of the consignment,”.

6 Subsection 106(1) (after table item 20)

Insert:

20A

Husbandry activities in relation to a consignment of live snails in a post‑entry quarantine facility

For each consignment for each month or part of a month—$2,470

7 Subsection 106(1A)

Omit “, 10”.

8 Subsection 106(1B)

Omit “, 11”.

9 Subsection 106(2)

Omit “10, 11,”.

10 Subsection 107(4)

Omit “to 11”, substitute “to 9”.

11 After subsection 107A(1)

Insert:

(1A) However, subsection (1) does not apply to the dollar amount mentioned in items 17 and 20A of the table in subsection 106(1) on the indexation day occurring on 1 July 2026.

12 Subsection 107A(8)

Omit “16”, substitute “16A”.

13 Paragraph 109(4)(e)

Omit “item 14”, substitute “either item 14 or 15”.

Part 2—Application and saving provisions

Biosecurity Regulation 2016

14 In the appropriate position in Chapter 10

Insert:

126 Amendments made by the Biosecurity Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2026

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the amendments of items 17, 19 and 20 of the table in subsection 106(1) of this instrument made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Biosecurity Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2026 apply in relation to a fee‑bearing activity that is carried out on or after 1 July 2026.

(2) Items 17, 19 and 20 of the table in subsection 106(1) of this instrument, as in force immediately before 1 July 2026, continue to apply on and after that day in relation to a fee‑bearing activity:

(a) that is commenced, but not completed, before 1 July 2026; or

(b) that is carried out on or after 1 July 2026 if:

(i) an invoice was issued by the Agriculture Department in relation to the activity before 1 July 2026; or

(ii) demand for payment had been made in relation to the activity before 1 July 2026.

(3) Item 20A of the table in subsection 106(1) of this instrument, as inserted by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Biosecurity Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2026, applies in relation to husbandry activities carried out on or after 1 July 2026.