Get a Biosecurity certificate
Important
Vendor declarations from suppliers or Biosecurity Instrument Permits (BIP) granted by the Queensland Government are NOT approved biosecurity certificates.
An approved biosecurity certificate to accompany the movement of a fire ant carrier into NSW includes:
- a Plant Health Certificate
- a Plant Health Assurance Certificate
- a BioSecure HACCP Biosecurity Certificate
Plant Health Certificates are issued by inspectors from the Queensland Government to applicants wanting to move fire ant materials into NSW from Queensland. Fees apply.
Plant Health Assurance Certificates are issued under the national Interstate Certification Assurance (ICA) Scheme. A person, who may represent a business, can become accredited as a biosecurity certifier under the scheme, allowing them to issue plant health assurance certificates for certain products.
BioSecure HACCP Biosecurity Certificates are issued under the BioSecure Hazard Analysis Critical Point (HACCP) industry certification scheme - A person, who may represent a business, can become accredited as a biosecurity certifier for the Biosecure HACCP scheme allowing them to legally self-certify consignments for compliance with interstate movement controls
Which biosecurity certificate do I need?
The biosecurity certificates accepted for different fire ant carriers are shown below:
Hay, straw, chaff, silage | Turf | Soil | Organic mulch | Potted plants | Compost and manure | Growing media | Agricultural and earthmoving equipment | Decomposed granite | Sand and gravel | Chitters, coal stones, coal fines, overbuden | |
Plant Health Certificate | X | X | X | X | X | x | x | x | x | X | X |
Plant Health Assurance | X | x | |||||||||
BioSecure HACCP Biosecurity | x | x | X | x |
Useful information
Further information on market access policies and certification assurance schemes.