Q. What is the Australian Biosecurity Act 2015?
The Biosecurity Act 2015 allows the Director of Biosecurity to establish biosecurity zones within Australia to monitor, control and respond to pests and diseases.
Q. What is the purpose of the Biosecurity Act 2015?
1.5 The Biosecurity Act 2015 (the Act) establishes the regulatory framework for the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering Australian territory and causing harm to animal, plant and human health, the environment and the economy.
Q. What are biosecurity laws?
General Biosecurity Duty Under the Biosecurity Act 2015 there is a general obligation on people to be aware of their surroundings and take action to prevent the introduction and spread of pests, diseases, weeds and contaminants.
Q. What is biosecurity WA?
Biosecurity is the management of the risk of animal and plant pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Western Australia, to protect our economy, environment and the community.
Q. Who is in charge of biosecurity?
The NSW Department of Primary Industries
New South Wales The NSW Department of Primary Industries is the primary agency responsible for biosecurity in the state, executing its functions under the Biosecurity Act 2015 (NSW), which came into effect on 1 June 2017.
Q. What is a biosecurity emergency?
The extension of the emergency period is an appropriate response to that risk. The human biosecurity emergency declaration ensures the Government has the powers to take any necessary measures to prevent and control COVID-19.
Q. What is the BAM Act?
The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act) regulates mechanisms, programs and activities to prevent and minimise the impact of pests and diseases upon agriculture and environment.
Q. Who is in charge of biosecurity in Australia?
the Department of Health
National biosecurity in Australia is governed and administered by two federal government departments, the Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
Q. What is a bio security area?
A biosecurity zone may be used for the long term management of an ongoing key biosecurity risk or impact. It is a specific geographic area where certain actions must be taken and the zone area can be the whole State, a defined part of the State, a group of neighbouring properties or an individual property.
Q. What is an example of biosecurity?
Include a biosecurity message in publicity fliers. For example: ‘In the interest of farm biosecurity, please ensure all footwear and vehicles are free of soil’. Ensure all vehicles are parked in a designated area. This can help to contain the spread of a new pest and make monitoring for new pests and weeds much easier.
Q. Has WA declared state of emergency?
Latest information on the measures being taken to protect the community and minimise potential impacts of COVID-19. On 15 March 2020, Hon Francis Logan, Minister for Emergency Services, declared a State of Emergency in Western Australia with effect from 12am, 16 March 2020, due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19.
Q. What is a biosecurity risk?
A biosecurity risk is anything that could increase the impacts of pests, diseases, weeds or contaminants on the economy, environment or community. The risk may not directly impact you and your property, but may impact someone else. Water, feed and animals coming on to your property.
Q. What was the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007?
The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act) regulates mechanisms, programs and activities to prevent and minimise the impact of pests and diseases.
Q. What are the Biosecurity guidelines under the BAM Act?
Under the BAM Act the guidelines for biosecurity extend from border to post-border. New penalties can be issued by Quarantine WA to persons who contravene the regulations regarding importing potentially harmful organisms or carriers of such organisms.
Q. When do biosecurity fees and charges come into effect?
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) fees and charges for biosecurity services come into effect on 1 July each year*.
Q. How does the BAM Act help Western Australia?
The BAM Act enhances the protection of Western Australia’s agriculture and the environment, and safeguardes the state’s $9 billion agriculture and food production which generates the $8.5 billion value in agrifood, fibre and fisheries exports.
