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Date of issue: 28 April 2022
Date of effect: 28 April 2022
To notify stakeholders of a planned outage for the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s (the department) exports systems.
Date of issue: 28 April 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-10
Date of issue: 28 April 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-09
28 April 2022
All clients reviewing import permit PDF documents issued from the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.
Due to a technical system issue, numbered points in some BICON import permits may display out of sequence in some PDF documents. This impacts a number of import permits issued since 10 April 2022.
Note: This list displays current notices only.
26 April 2022
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to inform owners, operators and managers of plant export registered establishments that applications to register an establishment and/or approve a proposed arrangement (EX26a) can be lodged online via the Exports Service.
26 April 2022
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled system maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 30 April to 01:00 Sunday 01 May 2022 (AEST).
Users are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access BICON.
22 April 2022
This notice applies to regional officers, importers, customs brokers and industry stakeholders.
Importers are advised that the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-Prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination) has been amended. This is part of the department’s ongoing review of the currency and effectiveness of import conditions and the appropriate application of import permits.
Date of issue: 22 April 2022
Date of effect: 27 April 2022
Reference Number: MAA2022-07
Relates to: MAA 2021-04, 2021-05, 2021-06, 2021-09
