G/SPS/N/AUS/319/Add.1  
 
6 August 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 2 August 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia. 
 
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 Release of additional Regulations for biosecurity legislation 
Notification G/SPS/N/AUS/319 provided information relating to the release of the draft chapter of 
the Biosecurity Regulation 2013 dealing with Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis and the draft 
Inspector-General of Biosecurity Regulation 2013. 
The following additional draft chapters of the Biosecurity Regulation have now been released for 
comment: 
 Ballast Water chapter; 
 Approved Arrangements chapter. 
The draft chapters of the Biosecurity Regulation li sted above can be accessed on the website of the 
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry  (http://www.daff.gov.au/biosecuritylegislation ). 
Further draft chapters of the Biosecurity Regulation will be released as they become available and 
will be notified to Members for comment.  
The Biosecurity Bill 2012 and Inspector-General of Biosecurity Bill 2012 are currently before the 
Australian Parliament. Amendments made to the Bills in response to changes made through the 
Parliamentary process would need to be considered in making Regulations. Regulations, therefore, 
will not be finalised until after the Bills are passed. Progression of both Bills can be tracked through the Australian Parliament House website ( http://www.aph.gov.au ). 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of  previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:   G/SPS/N/AUS/319/Add.1 
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Comments are welcome at any time. Information about final dates 
for comment and future consultation activities will be provided following the 
passage of the Biosecurity Bill 2012 and Inspector-General of Biosecurity Bill 2012 through the Australian Parliament. It is proposed that there will be another opportunity for Members to provide comment during a 60 day consultation period. 
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [X] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
The Australian SPS Notification Point 
GPO Box 858  Canberra ACT 2601 
Australia 
Fax: +(61 2) 6272 3678 E-mail: sps.contact@daff.gov.au 
Text available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
The text is available at http://www.daff.gov.au/biosecuritylegislation .  
 
 
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