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56-2021: Amendments to Human Health and Coronavirus (COVID-19) questions for the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS)

8 April 2021

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is of interest to all vessel masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.

What has changed?

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department), in consultation with the Department of Health has revised the pre-arrival human health and COVID-19 questions for the arrival of commercial vessels to Australia.

55-2021: Scheduled Outage: 23:00 to 23:59 Friday 09 April 2021 (AEST) – COLS, MARS, OPP, PEBS

8 April 2021

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 clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned maintenance period.