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G/SPS/N/AUS/298/Add.1 
6 August 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 2 Augus t 2012, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of Australia. 
 
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Release of additional parts of the draft Biosecur ity and Inspector-General of Biosecurity Bills 
 As outlined in G/SPS/N/AUS/298, the Australia n Government is developing new biosecurity 
legislation to replace the century-old Quarantine Act 1908. The draft legislation comprises the Biosecurity Bill and the Inspector-General of Biosecu rity Bill (the Bills).  The draft legislation is 
expected to enable the Australian Government to c ontinue to manage the risks that could arise from 
the entry, establishment or spread of pests and di seases into Australia and provide transparency and 
accountability and promote good governance and procedural fairness. 
 The original notification provided information relating to the release of the draft Bills. The 
draft Inspector-General of Biosecurity Bill and the following chapters of the draft Biosecurity Bill 
have been available for comment since 4 July 2012: 
 - Chapter 3:  Managing biosecurity risks: goods brought into Australia 
 - Chapter 5:  Ballast water 
 - Chapter 7:  Approved arrangements  - Chapters 9 & 10:  Enforcement and monitoring, investigation and audit 
 An additional four chapters of the draft Bio security Bill have now been released for comment: 
 - Chapter 1:  Preliminary (Constitutional provi sions will not be finalised until the remaining 
 chapters are completed) 
 - Chapter 4:  Managing biosecurity risks: conveyances 
 - Chapter 11:  Governance and officials   - Chapter 12:  Miscellaneous 
 All the released chapters are available at http://www.biosecurity.govspace.gov.au . 
 The remaining chapters of the draft Biosecu rity Bill are not yet available for comment: 
 - Chapter 2:  Human biosecurity 
 - Chapter 6:  Prevention and control measures  - Chapter 8:  Emergency provisions G/SPS/N/AUS/298/Add.1 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[X] 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:    
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e 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) :   
  To be advised.  The comment period h as been extended from the previously advised 
date of 10 August 2012.  The final date  for comment will be advised when the 
remaining chapters are released.  This is lik ely to be approximately 30 days following 
the release of the remaining chapters. 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number 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 Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number 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 The text is available at  http://www.biosecurity.govspace.gov.au   
 
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