Biosecurity Act 2023

Number: A2023-50
Status: In Force

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For infringement notice offences under this Act see Magistrates Court (Biosecurity Infringement Notices) Regulation 2025^[1]

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Proposed amendments by Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2025^[5].
Proposed amendments by Statute Law Amendment Bill 2025^[6].

Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
15 May 2025	HTML PDF Word	R1	15 May 2025	Republication for new Act and amendments by A2024-11^[7]

Administering Minister and Directorate

Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water - City and Environment Directorate

Regulations & instruments

Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

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Name	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Biosecurity (National Livestock Identification System) Regulation 2025^[8]	Subordinate laws	s 234	15 May 2025	SL2025-2
Biosecurity Regulation 2025^[9]	Subordinate laws	s 234	15 May 2025	SL2025-3
Animal Diseases (Authorised People) Appointment 2023 (No 1)^[10]	Notifiable instruments	s 168	16 September 2023	NI2023-593
Biosecurity (Authorised People) Appointment 2025^[11]	Notifiable instruments	s 168	15 May 2025	NI2025-214
Biosecurity (Fire Ant) Control Declaration 2025^[12]	Notifiable instruments	s 51	15 May 2025 - 15 May 2030	NI2025-179
Biosecurity (Import Restriction - Phylloxera) Control Declaration 2025^[13]	Notifiable instruments	s 51	15 May 2025 - 15 May 2030	NI2025-180
Biosecurity (Notifiable and Prohibited Biosecurity Matter) Declaration 2025^[14]	Notifiable instruments	s 29 and s 33	15 May 2025	NI2025-176
Biosecurity (Pests) Declaration 2025^[15]	Notifiable instruments	s 11	15 May 2025	NI2025-177
Biosecurity (White Spot Disease) Control Declaration 2025^[16]	Notifiable instruments	s 51	15 May 2025 - 15 May 2030	NI2025-181
Pest Plants and Animals (Authorised People) Appointment 2023 (No 1)^[17]	Notifiable instruments	s 168	16 September 2023	NI2023-595
Plant Diseases (Inspectors) Appointment 2023 (No 1)^[18]	Notifiable instruments	s 168	16 September 2023	NI2023-596

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
15 May 2025	HTML PDF Word	R1	15 May 2025	Republication for new Act and amendments by A2024-11^[7]
15 May 2025	HTML PDF Word	As notified	15 November 2023

Law history

Bill and Explanatory statement

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Biosecurity Bill 2023^[19].

Notification statement

The Biosecurity Act 2023 has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

Notified: 15 November 2023 (Parliamentary Counsel)

Act as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats
15 November 2023	15 May 2025	HTML PDF Word

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	15 November 2023	LA^[20] s 75 (1)
remainder	15 May 2025	s 2 (2)

Expiries

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
pt 16A	commences 15 May 2028	s 234E

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2024-11^[7]	Biosecurity Legislation Amendment Act 2024	sch 1 pt 1.1, sch 2 pt 2.2, sch 3 pt 3.3	15 May 2025

References

https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/sl/2025-5
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https://docs.hyland.com/PS/en_US/10.5/Web/ISYSSyntax.html
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/b/db_72464/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/b/db_72710/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2024-11/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/sl/2025-2/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/sl/2025-3/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2023-593/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-214/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-179/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-180/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-176/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-177/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-181/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2023-595/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2023-596/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/b/db_67584/
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2001-14