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G/SPS/N/AUS/298/Add.3 
24 September 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 21 Se ptember 2012, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of Australia. 
 
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Final release of additional parts of the draft Biosecu rity 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 diseases into Australia, provide transparency and 
accountability and promote good governance and procedural fairness. 
 The original notification and subsequent addenda  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 were previously released and are available for comment: 
 Chapter 1:  Preliminary 
 Chapter 2:  Managing biosecurity risks: human health 
 Chapter 3:  Managing biosecurity ri sks: goods brought into Australia 
 Chapter 4:  Managing biosecurity risks: conveyances (including vessel sanitation) 
 Chapter 5:  Ballast water 
 Chapter 7:  Approved arrangements 
 Chapter 8, Part 2:  Human biosecurity emergencies  
 Chapters 9 & 10:  Enforcement and monitoring, investigation and audit 
 Chapter 11:  Governance and officials  
 Chapter 12:  Miscellaneous 
 The following are the final ch apters of the draft Biosecurity Bill, which have now been 
released for comment: 
 Chapter 6:  Prevention and control measures 
 Chapter 8, Part 1:  Biosecurity emergencies 
 The additional chapters are available at http://www.biosecurity.govspace.gov.au . G/SPS/N/AUS/298/Add.3 
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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) :  24 October 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber 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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