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226-2024: Key dates and information for the 2024-25 Continued Biosecurity Competency period

22 October 2024

Who does this notice affect?

​​Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s approved arrangement class 19.1 non-commodity for containerised cargo clearance (NCCC) & approved arrangement class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM); Continued Biosecurity Competency (CBC) providers and Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).

225-2024: Australian Fumigation Accreditation Scheme: treatment provider suspended - Ceylon Pest Control Co. (Pvt.) Ltd (AEI: LK0010MB)

21 October 2024

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.

224-2024: Scheduled Service Disruption: Friday 25 October to Sunday 27 October 2024 – BICON, DAFF messaging, SeaPest

21 October 2024

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.

223-2024: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 24 October 2024 – DAFF applications

21 October 2024

Who does this notice affect?

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

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

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, users of the following systems may experience a brief outage (less than 10 seconds) between 23:00 to 23:30 Thursday 24 October 2024 (AEDT):