Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Townsville) Determination 2019 (Cth)

Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Townsville) Determination 2019 I, Dean Merrilees, as delegate of the Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.

Dated 7 June 2019

Dean Merrilees Assistant Secretary Compliance Division Department of Agriculture

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Part 2—First point of entry 5 First point of entry—vessels 6 First point of entry—goods Part 3—Biosecurity entry points 7 Biosecurity entry points—vessels 8 Biosecurity entry points—goods Part 4—Conditions 9 Conditions—notifying Agriculture Department of changes

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This is the Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Townsville) Determination 2019.

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 16 June 2019. 16 June 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 229(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 9 of the Act. In this instrument: Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015. freight container means a re‑usable container: (a) that is designed to be used to transport goods by one or more modes of transport; and (b) that can be transferred from one mode of transport to another without unloading the goods from the container; and (c) that is known as a 20‑foot‑long container or a 40‑foot‑long container. general goods means goods (as defined by section 19 of the Act) other than baggage, freight containers, live horses or waste. goods means goods (as defined by section 19 of the Act): (a) that are subject to biosecurity control; or (b) in relation to which an exposed goods order is in force. inorganic bulk goods means chemicals, ores, minerals or gases that: (a) are brought or imported into Australian territory in bulk; and (b) do not contain animals, plants, organic compounds or microbes. non‑commercial vessel has the same meaning as in the Biosecurity Regulation 2016. non‑commercial vessel baggage means baggage carried on a non‑commercial vessel. non‑commercial vessel waste means waste carried on a non‑commercial vessel. passenger vessel baggage means baggage carried on a passenger vessel. vessel means a vessel (as defined by section 9 of the Act) that is subject to biosecurity control. waste means goods (as defined by section 19 of the Act): (a) that are subject to biosecurity control; and (b) that are intended, by the person in charge of the vessel on which the goods are carried, to be disposed of.