Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00829:reg:12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00829
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 12
Character Range: 38392–40943

12  Notice of certain animals and eggs to be brought into Australian territory on an aircraft or vessel

Application
 (1) This section makes provision in relation to a notice of any of the following goods (the goods) that are, or are intended to be, brought into Australian territory on an aircraft or vessel and unloaded at a landing place or port in Australian territory:
 (a) cats;
 (b) dogs;
 (c) a consignment of ornamental fish;
 (d) a consignment of lobsters;
 (e) laboratory animals;
 (f) zoo animals;
 (g) animal reproductive material (other than frozen material);
 (h) horses;
 (i) asses, mules or hinnies;
 (j) ruminants;
 (k) a consignment of fertile eggs;
 (l) a consignment of pigeons;
 (m) a consignment of birds that:
 (i) are, or are intended to be, brought into Australian territory on a flight or voyage commencing in New Zealand; and
 (ii) are intended to be kept in Australian territory as pets or for the purpose of breeding birds that are to be kept as pets;
 (n) a consignment of bees.
Note 1: This section applies in addition to section 11.
Note 2: A notice referred to in section 13 may also be required to be given in relation to the goods.
Note 3: A failure to give a notice containing the information referred to in this section in relation to the goods may contravene subsection 120(5) of the Act.
Note 4: Notice is not required to be given in relation to certain kinds of goods (see section 16).

Who may give a notice
 (2) Each of the following persons is prescribed for the purposes of subsection 120(2) of the Act in relation to the goods:
 (a) the person who applied for the permit authorising the goods to be brought or imported into Australian territory;
 (b) each person who is responsible for arranging to bring the goods into Australian territory;
 (c) each customs broker (if any) who arranged for the goods to be brought into Australian territory.

Information that must be included in notice
 (3) The information in relation to the goods that must be included in the notice is the information prescribed in the following table that the person giving the notice is aware of or could reasonably be expected to be aware of.

Information that must be included in notice
Item                                         Column 1                                                                                                           Column 2

                                             Class of goods                                                                                                     Information