Date of issue: 17 May 2024

Dates of effect: 18 May 2024

Attention

Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.

Summary of changes and key points

To notify Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system users that NEXDOC will be impacted due to unplanned departmental maintenance by telecoms supplier.

17 May 2024

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters of an unplanned outage for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system.

Summary of changes and key points

To notify Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system users that NEXDOC will be impacted due to an unplanned outage.

To ensure there is no disruption to your consignments, please do not lodge requests for exports (REXs) during:

17 May 2024

Who does this notice affect?

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to infrastructure maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) will be unavailable from 23:05 to 23:20 Tuesday 21 May 2024 (AEST).

Action

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

Date of issue: 17 May 2024

Dates of effect: 18 May 2024

Attention:

Registered eggs exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters of planned outages for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system. 

17 May 2024

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)

Information

Due to urgent system maintenance, there will be delays to DAFF messaging from 13:00 to 14:00 Saturday 18 May 2024 (AEST).

Messages will be queued and sent at the conclusion of the outage.

17 May 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. 

Information

The department will be conducting network maintenance from 22:00 Monday 20 May to 05:00 Tuesday 21 May 2024 (AEST).

During this time, DAFF applications may experience three, 20-minute outages. These applications include, but are not limited to:

20 May 2024

Date of issue: 17 May 2024

Date of effect: Immediately

Reference Number: MAA 2024-04

16 May 2024

Who does this notice affect?

Pre-border biosecurity treatment providers and clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers, and customs brokers associated with importing goods that require brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) treatment during the BMSB risk season (goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries, that have been shipped between 1 September and 30 April (inclusive)as sea cargo)

15 May 2024

Who does this notice affect?

Importers and brokers of: