Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015:section:9:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9 (pt 13/14)
Character Range: 99258–102074

meaning given by subsections 574(1) and (2).
sanitation health risk has the meaning prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 255(1)(a).
sediment has the same meaning as Sediments has in the Ballast Water Convention.
sediment reception facility means:
 (a) for an Australian vessel that is not in Australian seas—a facility for receiving sediment from vessels for treatment or disposal in accordance with IMO guidelines; or
 (b) otherwise—a facility in Australian territory for receiving sediment from vessels for treatment or disposal in a way authorised under:
 (i) a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (ii) if the facility is in a State or Territory—a law of the State or Territory.
ship's pilot, in relation to a vessel, means a person who does not belong to, but has the conduct of, the vessel.
SPS Agreement means the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures set out in Annex 1A to the World Trade Organization Agreement, as in force for Australia from time to time.
State or Territory body includes a Department of State, or an authority or agency, of a State or Territory.
subject to biosecurity control:
 (a) in relation to goods—means subject to biosecurity control because of subsection 119(2) or (4); and
 (b) in relation to a conveyance—means subject to biosecurity control because of subsection 191(2) or (4) or 192(2), (3) or (5).
survey authority means a person authorised by the Director of Biosecurity under section 290A to be a survey authority.
suspended goods has the meaning given by subsection 182(2).
tank includes space or compartment.
temporary biosecurity monitoring zone has the meaning given by subsection 384(1).
temporary biosecurity monitoring zone determination means a determination made under subsection 384(1).
this Act includes:
 (a) instruments made under this Act; and
 (b) the Regulatory Powers Act as it applies in relation to this Act.
Torres Strait Treaty has the meaning given by section 617.
traditional activities has the meaning given by section 617.
traditional inhabitant has the meaning given by section 617.
traveller movement measure means the biosecurity measure included in a human biosecurity control order under section 96.
unduly detained or delayed has the same meaning as in the Ballast Water Convention.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982, as in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 31 ([1994] ATS 31) and could in 2014 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
vector means an arthropod or other living carrier that transports an infectious agent from an infected plant or animal to an individual.
vessel: