Biosecurity (Electronic Decisions) Determination 2023 (Cth)

Biosecurity (Electronic Decisions) Determination 2023 I, Adam Phillip Fennessy PSM, Director of Biosecurity, make the following determination.

Dated 13 December 2023

Adam Phillip Fennessy PSM Adam Phillip Fennessy PSM Director of Biosecurity

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Use of computer programs to make decisions

1 Name This instrument is the Biosecurity (Electronic Decisions) Determination 2023.

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 The seventh day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 541A(2) 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) Agriculture Department; (b) biosecurity officer; (c) conveyance; (d) person in charge. In this instrument: Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015. authorised computer program: see subsection 5(1).

5 Use of computer programs to make decisions

Relevant provisions under which decisions may be made by operation of a computer program (1) For the purposes of paragraph 541A(2)(a) of the Act, a decision under the following relevant provisions of the Act may be made by the operation of a computer program (an authorised computer program) under an arrangement made under subsection 541A(1) of the Act: (a) subsection 195(2) or (3); (b) subsection 200(1); (c) subsection 201(1).