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Policies and Procedures


Biosecurity legislation

These policies and procedures have been developed by the department to underpin the Biosecurity Act 2015 and are effective from 1 July 2017.


Biosecurity policies

Title
Accreditation of Biosecurity Certifiers
Appointment of authorised analysts
Appointment of Biosecurity Auditor Policy
Aquatic biosecurity pests and diseases
Biosecurity Audit Frequency
Chemically affected food-producing animals, animal food commodities and stock food
Collection, use and disclosure of information
Complaint handling and investigations
DPIRD Weeds Biosecurity Policy 2025
Emergency powers
Endemic diseases of animals
Fertilisers, liming materials and trace elements
Livestock Traceability
Management of Animal Biosecurity
Management of non-indigenous animals - Prohibited registrable dealings
Managing notifiable and established plant pests and diseases
NSW - Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed (EPPRD) obligations
Online trading of biosecurity matter
Point of Care tests involving prohibited matter and notifiable diseases
Prohibited matter pests and diseases of animals
Surveillance for diseases of animals and aquatic pests
Triaging plant pests and diseases

Biosecurity procedures

Title
Accreditation of biosecurity certifiers
Animal Biosecurity Lead affected food producing animals in NSW
Anthrax Management
Approval of an accreditation authority procedure
Aquatic fieldwork hygiene
Aquatic pests and diseases - responding to reports
Australian bat lyssavirus
Authorised analyst
Biosecurity - Collection, use and disclosure of information
Biosecurity audits
Biosecurity certificates
Biosecurity Compensation Procedure
Biosecurity directions
Biosecurity permits
Biosecurity registrations
Biosecurity undertaking
Bovine Cysticercosis
Brucella suis - Disease in dogs - March 2026
Cattle Tick - Tick Fever
Chemical trace back investigation
Destruction, sale and disposal of things under the Biosecurity Act 2015
Emergency powers
Fees and charges
Fertiliser, liming materials and trace elements
Freshwater Fish Incursion Response Procedure
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Livestock movements in emergencies – NLIS and General Biosecurity Duty
Management of Japanese Encephalitis
Management of Non-Indigenous Animal Incursion
Management of Priority Pests Under the Biosecurity Act 2015
Managing significant endemic diseases of animals
National Organochlorine Residue Management Program
NLIS - Cattle
NLIS - Compliance Monitoring
NLIS - Compliance procedures for property identification codes
NLIS - Livestock movements for NSW shows and sporting events
NLIS - Managing statuses, errors and data transfers on the NLIS database
NLIS - Permanent identifiers for pigs (special circumstances)
NLIS - Pigs
NLIS - Procedure for Cattle, Sheep and Goat Abattoirs and Knackeries
NLIS - Procedures for assigning identification codes and for managing and accessing registers
NLIS - Sheep and goats
NLIS - Supply of approved identifiers
Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome incursion response
Parthenium weed carrier inspection
Pests and diseases of animals – investigation and alert phase of an emergency response
Porcine brucellosis in domestic pigs
Processing permit applications and renewal applications for prohibited dealings
Prohibited Pig Feed (PPF)
Reporting plant pests and diseases
Responding to carp fishing and control enquiries from external stakeholders
Seizure of Things under the Biosecurity Act 2015
Stock foods reporting
Transfer of biological specimens to overseas laboratories
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) freedom assurance
Use of PoCT for prohibited matter
Validation of PoCT for prohibited matter
Virulent-Footrot-in-Sheep-and-Goats
White spot incursion response procedure

Biosecurity Act 2015

Biosecurity Act 2015 factsheets

Statutory Review of the Biosecurity Act 2015