13 December 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this unplanned service disruption.

Information

The Biosecurity Portal is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption. As a result, clients registered through MyGovID Digital Identity are unable to access the portal.

Action

While The Portal is unavailable, clients are advised to send new inspection requests via email to one of the following email addresses.

12 December 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this planned outage.

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable for clients registered through MyGov Digital Identity from 23:30 Thursday 15 December to 07:00 Friday 16 December 2022 (AEDT).

Action

Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.

12 December 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period.

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.

12 December 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 18 December 2022 (AEDT).

Action

Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.

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Date of issue: 9 December 2022

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: IAN 2022-07

Attention

Organic operators and exporters, organic certifying bodies, industry bodies

Date of issue: 9 December 2022

Date of effect: 1 January 2023

Reference Number: IAN 2022-06

Attention

Organic operators and exporters, organic certifying bodies, industry bodies

Date of issue: 9 December 2022

Date of effect: 1 February 2023

Reference Number: MAA2022-20

Related: MAA 2022-18

Date of issue: 9 December 2022

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2022-38

08 December 2022

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that proposed amendments to the Export Control (Plant and Plant Products) Rules 2021 (Plant Rules) have been released for public consultation until 4:00PM AEDT on 20 January 2023.