The main objects of this Part are:
(a) to provide for the assessment of the level of biosecurity risk associated with goods brought into Australian territory; and
(b) to provide for biosecurity measures to be taken in relation to those goods if the level of biosecurity risk associated with them is considered to be unacceptable.
Note: In Parts 1 and 3 of this Chapter, goods includes a
conveyance brought or imported into Australian territory from outside
Australian territory on board another conveyance (for example a lifeboat being
carried on a vessel) (see section 19).