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Biosecurity Regulations 2026
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Biosecurity Act 2015
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F2026L01194
11 September 2026
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Chapter 1—Preliminary
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Extension of Biosecurity Act to Norfolk Island
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Part 2—Definitions
5 Definitions
6 High-value conveyance—prescribed amounts
7 High-value goods—prescribed amounts
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Chapter 2—Managing biosecurity risks: goods
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Part 1—Notice of goods to be unloaded in Australian territory
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Division 1—Preliminary
8 Purpose of this Part
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Division 2—Goods to be unloaded in Australian territory other than in certain external Territories
9 Application of this Division
10 Notice of goods—general
11 Notice of animals and eggs to be brought into Australian territory on an aircraft or vessel
12 Notice of goods that are the subject of an import declaration
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Division 3—Goods to be unloaded in certain external Territories
13 Notice of goods to be unloaded in Norfolk Island, Christmas Island or Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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Division 4—Exceptions
14 Exceptions to requirement to give notice of goods
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Part 2—Goods brought into Australian territory
15 Other biosecurity measures relating to goods—isolation
16 Person must comply with direction to affix isolation notice
17 Contravention of requirement relating to entering or leaving etc. premises where goods have been isolated
18 Unauthorised persons must not move etc. goods that have been isolated in or on premises where isolation notice has been affixed
19 Interfering with, removing or defacing isolation notice
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Part 3—Release of goods from biosecurity control
20 Release of goods brought into Australian territory from biosecurity control
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Part 4—Biosecurity import risk analyses
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Division 1—Process for conducting a BIRA
21 Purpose of this Division
22 Notice of intention to conduct a BIRA and preparation of issues paper
23 Draft BIRA report
24 Provisional BIRA report
25 Final BIRA report
26 Further information, research or expert advice
27 Scientific advisory group
28 Content of a BIRA report
29 Time within which a final BIRA report must be published
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Division 2—Reviews by the Inspector-General
30 Purpose of this Division
31 Person may request Inspector-General to review BIRA process
32 Inspector-General must consider request for review
33 Time within which review of BIRA process must be completed
34 Draft BIRA review report
35 Final BIRA review report
36 Failure to comply with this Division does not affect validity of a BIRA review report
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Part 5—Permits to bring or import goods into Australian territory
37 Information that must be included in application for permit to bring or import conditionally non-prohibited goods into Australian territory
38 Period for making decision on application for permit
39 Extension of period for deciding application for permit—prescribed activities
40 Maximum period within which requested information or documents must be given
41 Varying or revoking conditions of, or imposing further conditions on, permit
42 Variation, suspension or revocation of permit
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Chapter 3—Managing biosecurity risks: conveyances
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Part 1—Pre-arrival reporting
43 Purpose of this Part
44 Pre-arrival report under subsection 193(1) of the Act—aircraft
45 Additional pre-arrival report under subsection 193(1A) of the Act for aircraft on non-scheduled flight
46 Pre-arrival report under subsection 193(1) of the Act—vessels other than certain vessels travelling from certain areas in the Torres Strait
47 Pre-arrival report under subsection 193(1) of the Act—certain vessels travelling from certain areas in the Torres Strait
48 Exceptions to requirement to give pre-arrival reports—aircraft
49 Exceptions to requirement to give pre-arrival report—vessels
50 Requirements for further information—vessels
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Part 2—Conveyances entering Australian territory
51 Conveyance becomes subject to biosecurity control if exposed to certain goods
52 Persons on incoming aircraft or vessel required to provide information to assess level of biosecurity risk
53 Biosecurity officer may require trap to be set in or on certain conveyances for monitoring or assessment purposes
54 Person must comply with direction in relation to setting trap in or on conveyance for monitoring or assessment purposes
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Part 3—First points of entry
55 Requirements that must be met before determining a landing place to be first point of entry
56 Circumstances for variation and revocation of first point of entry determinations in relation to landing places
57 Requirements that must be met before determining a port to be first point of entry
58 Circumstances for variation and revocation of first point of entry determinations in relation to ports
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Chapter 4—Managing biosecurity risks: monitoring, control and response
59 Other biosecurity measures relating to goods or conveyances—export from Australian territory
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Chapter 5—Approved arrangements
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Part 1—Approval of proposed arrangement
60 Requirements for approving proposed arrangement
61 Transfer of approved arrangement
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Part 2—Suspension of approved arrangement
62 Requirements for request to suspend all or a part of an approved arrangement
63 Period for making decision on request to suspend a part of an approved arrangement
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Part 3—Revocation of approved arrangement
64 Notice period for request to revoke approved arrangement
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Part 4—General provisions about applications
65 Information to be included in applications
66 Dealing with applications
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Chapter 6—Compliance and enforcement
67 Period for paying an amount under certain infringement notices given at a first point of entry
68 Amount payable under certain infringement notices given at a first point of entry
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Chapter 7—Governance and officials
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Part 1—Preliminary
69 Purpose of this Chapter
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Part 2—Process for conducting review
70 Review submissions
71 Submissions may be made publicly available
72 Assistance from the Director of Biosecurity
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Part 3—Review reports
73 Draft review report
74 Final review report
75 Certain material to be excluded from review reports
76 Including criticism in review reports
77 Failure to comply with this Chapter does not affect validity of a review report
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Part 4—Other matters
78 Information that would be prejudicial to the public interest
79 Legal professional privilege
80 Inspector-General to have regard to minimising disruption during review
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Chapter 8—Miscellaneous
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Part 1—Information management
81 Disclosure of information for use by Plant Health Australia
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Part 2—Cost-recovery
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Division 1—Fees
82 Rules in relation to consignments
83 Fees that may be charged in relation to fee-bearing activities
84 Fee-bearing activities carried out in special processing areas
85 When fees must not be charged
86 Indexation of fees
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Division 2—Payment of cost-recovery charges
87 Time for payment of certain cost-recovery charges
88 Person liable to pay certain cost-recovery charges
89 Late payment fee for certain unpaid cost-recovery charges
90 Person liable to pay late payment fee
91 Agent’s liability to pay certain cost-recovery charges
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Part 3—Compensation
92 Compensation for certain animals destroyed at a post-entry quarantine facility
93 Division of compensation between owners
94 Amount of compensation
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Part 4—Managing biosecurity risks: Torres Strait
95 References to geographical coordinates
96 Places that are part of the permanent biosecurity monitoring zone
97 Exemptions from the Act—goods or aircraft or vessels moving from the protected zone or the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone to another part of Australian territory
98 Exemptions for Torres Strait treaty
99 Protected zone area
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Chapter 9—Application, saving and transitional provisions
100 Things done under the Biosecurity Regulation 2016
101 Isolation notices
102 Direction in relation to setting trap in or on conveyance for monitoring or assessment purposes
103 Other biosecurity measures relating to goods or conveyances—export from Australian territory
104 Legal professional privilege
105 Cost-recovery charges
106 Compensation