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17 June 2022
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and the registration of treatment facilities, to export summerfruits to protocol markets for the 2022–23 season.
22 June 2022
All users making payments to the department via the below systems:
The issue preventing invoices/receipts from being issued through the above systems has been resolved.
The backlog of failed invoices/receipts has been sent. The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.
On 21 June 2022, the department released a Notice of Intention to conduct a Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis (BIRA) under the Biosecurity Act 2015 and the Biosecurity Regulation 2016, in relation to the importation of live sturgeon for aquaculture. This commenced a 30-month timeframe to complete the BIRA.
We have published the final BIRA report and completed the BIRA. Development of the import conditions will now commence and is expected to take some time.
Date of issue: 16 June 2022
Date of effect: 15 June 2022
Reference Number: MAA 2022-03
Date of issue: 21 June 2022
Date of effect: 15 June 2022
Reference Number: MAA2022-04
20 June 2022
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this planned outage.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable from 14:00 Saturday 25 June to 05:00 Sunday 26 June 2022 (AEST).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access the Biosecurity Portal.
20 June 2022
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 26 June 2022 (AEST).
Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.
Date of issue: 17 June 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-19
17 June 2022
Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s Class 19.1 non-commodity for containerised cargo clearance (NCCC) and Class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangements; Continued Biosecurity Competency (CBC) providers and registered training organisations (RTOs).
