Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2026

Contents

Part 1 · Preliminary

1Name#

This instrument is the Biosecurity (Movements between Parts of Australian Territory) Declaration 2026.

2Commencement#

(1)Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	1 October 2026.	1 October 2026

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority#

This instrument is made under subsection 618(2) of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

4Definitions#

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) affected provisions;

(b) Australian territory;

(d) goods;

(e) protected zone area.

In this instrument:

Act means the Biosecurity Act 2015.

Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone has the same meaning as in the Biosecurity Regulations 2026.

Part 2 · Regulated movements

5Regulated movements between parts of Australian territory#

Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 4 of Chapter 11 of the Act applies to movements that:

(a)are of a thing specified in column 1 of an item in the following table; and

(b)are from a part (the origin part) of Australian territory specified in column 2 of that item; and

(c)are to another part (the destination part) of Australian territory specified in column 3 of that item.

Regulated movements between parts of Australian territory
Item	Column 1Regulated things	Column 2Origin part	Column 3Destination part
1	Any of the following:(a) goods;(b) a conveyance	Australian territory except Christmas Island and the airspace above it	Christmas Island and the airspace above it
2	Any of the following:(a) goods;(b) a conveyance	Christmas Island and the airspace above it	Australian territory except Christmas Island and the airspace above it
3	Any of the following:(a) goods;(b) a conveyance	Australian territory except Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the airspace above them	Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the airspace above them
4	Any of the following:(a) goods;(b) a conveyance	Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the airspace above them	Australian territory except Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the airspace above them
5	Any of the following:(a) goods;(b) a conveyance	Australian territory except Norfolk Island and the airspace above it	Norfolk Island and the airspace above it
6	Any of the following:(a) goods;(b) a conveyance	Norfolk Island and the airspace above it	Australian territory except Norfolk Island and the airspace above it
7	Any goods	Protected zone area and the airspace above it	Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone and the airspace above it
8	Any of the following:(a) goods;(b) an aircraft that is intended to land at a landing place in the destination part specified in column 3 of this item;(c) a vessel that is longer than 7 metres, and is intended to be moored at a port in the destination part specified in column 3 of this item	Protected zone area and the airspace above it	Australian territory except:(a) the protected zone area and the airspace above it; and(b) the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone and the airspace above it
9	Any of the following:(a) goods;(b) an aircraft that is intended to land at a landing place in the destination part specified in column 3 of this item;(c) a vessel that is longer than 7 metres, and is intended to be moored at a port in the destination part specified in column 3 of this item	Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone and the airspace above it	Australian territory except:(a) the Torres Strait permanent biosecurity monitoring zone and the airspace above it; and(b) the protected zone area and the airspace above it

Note: The effect of subsection 618(1) of the Act is that the provisions (the affected provisions) listed in section 619 of the Act apply as described in Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 4 of Chapter 11 of the Act in relation to an actual or intended movement (however described) of goods or a conveyance described in this section.

The affected provisions are subject to any exemptions that are applicable under the Act (see, for example, regulations made for the purposes of sections 120 (notice must be given of goods to be unloaded in Australian territory) and 193 (pre-arrival reporting) of the Act).

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