Biosecurity (Exposed Conveyances—Exceptions from Biosecurity Control) Determination 2016 (Cth)

Biosecurity (Exposed Conveyances—Exceptions from Biosecurity Control) Determination 2016 I, Daryl Quinlivan, Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.

Dated 24 May 2016

Daryl Quinlivan Director of Biosecurity

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Purpose of this instrument 6 Circumstances in which exposed conveyance does not become subject to biosecurity control—general 7 Circumstances in which exposed conveyance does not become subject to biosecurity control—exposure to protected zone vessel in protected zone area

1 Name This is the Biosecurity (Exposed Conveyances—Exceptions from Biosecurity Control) 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. 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 192(6) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following: (a) conveyance; (b) exposed to; (c) installation. In this instrument: Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015. domestic goods means: (a) goods that were released from biosecurity control under paragraph 162(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act; or (b) goods that: (i) were brought from a place in Australian territory; and (ii) were not subject to biosecurity control at the time the goods were brought from Australian territory; and (iii) were not goods in relation to which an exposed goods order was in force at the time the goods were brought from Australian territory. domestic person: (a) means a person who was brought from a place in Australian territory; and (b) includes a person referred to in paragraph (a) who leaves a conveyance temporarily and returns to it. low‑risk goods means any of the following: (a) fuel; (b) petroleum; (c) canisters of petroleum. petroleum means: (a) any naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or (b) any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; or (c) any naturally occurring mixture of: (i) one or more hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state; and (ii) one or more of the following, that is to say, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, helium and carbon dioxide; and includes: (d) any petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b) or (c) that has been returned to a natural reservoir; and (e) any petroleum as defined by paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), where either or both of the following has occurred: (i) one or more things have been added; (ii) one or more things have been wholly or partly removed. petroleum industry vessel means a vessel (other than an installation) that is, or is to be, used wholly or principally for, or in connection with: (a) exploring for, or exploiting, petroleum with equipment on, or forming part of, the vessel; or (b) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in paragraph (a).