Person may apply for permit
177 Person may apply for permit
A person may apply to the Director of Biosecurity for a permit authorising, for the purposes of this Act, the person, or a person acting on behalf of the person, to bring or import particular goods to which this Division applies into Australian territory.
An application must:
be in the form approved by the Director of Biosecurity; and
include the information prescribed by the regulations.
Personal information may also be required to be provided with the application (see subsection 531(1)). If personal information is required to be provided with the application and the information is not provided, the application is taken not to have been made (see subsection 531(2)).
An application fee may be required (see paragraph 592(4)(b)).
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Melbourne) Determination 2019 · Legislative Instrument · under s 229(1)
- Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Port of Sydney) Determination 2019 · Legislative Instrument · under s 229(1)
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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