Case Glossary

Goods include:

1. An animal.

2. A plant.

3. Any other article, substance or thing (including, but not limited to, any kind of moveable property); and, to avoid doubt, includes mail of any kind and ballast water.

The department will assess the application and on the basis of that assessment may decide to grant an import permit subject to any conditions deemed necessary for safe importation, use and disposal of those products.

It should be noted that applying for an import permit does not automatically result in an import permit being issued. The Director of biosecurity or their delegate issues the import permit. You should ensure that an application is submitted for each product type and that the prescribed fee accompanies the import permit application.

Infectious agent includes any of the following:

1. a virus;

2. a prion;

3. a plasmid;

4. a viroid;

5. a thing that is a part of an infectious agent.

Examples: For the purposes of point 5, capsids, envelopes, enzymes, genetic material coding for an infectious agent, proteins.

See infectious agent

Laboratory organisms are those defined in the following list and must be contained under laboratory or animal house conditions: guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rabbits, rats or microorganisms.

Microorganism includes any of the following (whether naturally occurring or synthetically created):

1. a single-celled organism (whether an animal or plant);

2. a bacterium;

3. a protozoan;

4. a fungus;

5. a plant pathogen;

6. a thing that is a part of a microorganism.

Examples: For the purposes of point 6, envelopes, enzymes, genetic material coding for a microorganism, proteins.

See microorganism

Components directly isolated and purified from a pure culture of the microorganism e.g. antigens, proteins, genetic material.

Pure cultures are cultures of a single strain of microorganism or infectious agent which have been cultured such that there is no evidence or reason to suspect the presence of any other strain or species of microorganism or infectious agent in the final preparation for importation.

Components of the microorganism that have undergone passage or inoculation into a second organism e.g. antibodies, bulk enzymes derived from a fermentation process.