9 April 2021

Who does this notice affect?

The following information is relevant to Biosecurity Industry Participants (BIPs) and accredited persons operating under Class 19.1: Non-commodity for Containerised Cargo Clearance (NCCC) and Class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangement.

Date of issue: 9 April 2021

Date of effect: 3 am (AEDT), 28 March 2021

Reference Number: IAN 2021/02

Attention: Organic operators and exporters, organic certifying bodies, industry bodies

8 April 2021

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.

Information

The department will be conducting network maintenance during the following periods:

8 April 2021

Who does this notice affect?

Vessel operators, shipping agents, importers, brokers, first point of entry (FPOE) operators and others.

What has changed?

The Port of Brisbane FPOE determination has been amended to:

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.

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.

7 April 2021

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is of particular interest to importers of bovine dairy products for human consumption that subsequently need to repurpose imported dairy ingredients for animal feed.

16 April 2021

The Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper, released in 2015, included a large number of initiatives and commitments by the Australian Government to strengthen Australia’s agriculture sector that were delivered over 4 years.

6 April 2021

Who does this notice affect?

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

Information

To support system maintenance, the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 08 April to 01:00 Friday 09 April 2021 (AEST).

Action

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