24 February 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).

Information

Due to scheduled system maintenance, AAMP will be unavailable between 20:00 to 23:30 Friday 28 February 2025 (AEDT).

Action

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

24 February 2025

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers (AOs), of an outage to the PEMS system due to department system maintenance.

21 February 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients submitting the below declarations:

• Full Import Declaration (FID)
• Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
• Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
• Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
• Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)

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

21 February 2025

Attention

Stakeholders in the import industries including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, compliance agreement holders and biosecurity industry participants.

Purpose

To advise stakeholders that public engagement on changes to regulatory charges for biosecurity and imported food activities commenced on 21 February 2025 and is accessible through the department’s 'Have Your Say’ platform.

This plan will strengthen our national diagnostic capability and capacity for terrestrial animals. It shows how we will maintain and improve our animal health laboratory system.

We developed the 2021-2026 plan with:

Date of issue: 18 February 2025

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA 2025-05

Related MAAs: 2024-08, 2024-10, 2024-12, 2024-13, 2024-15, 2024-16, 2024-18, 2024-20, 2024-22, 2024-25, 2024-26, MAA 2024-29, MAA 2024-30, MAA 2024-32, MAA 2024-35, MAA 2024-40, 2024-47, 2025-03, 2025-04

18 February 2025

Who does this notice affect?

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

All clients submitting the below declarations:

• Full Import Declaration (FID)
• Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
• Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
• Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
• Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)

All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.

17 February 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal.

Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).