Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 5

    The Appropriate Level of Protection (or ALOP ) for Australia is a high level of sanitary and phytosanitary protection aimed at reducing biosecurity risks to a very low level, but not to zero.

Note 1:   This section is in accordance with Australia's rights and obligations under the SPS Agreement.

Note 2:   The ALOP for Australia must be applied in conducting a BIRA (see subsection   167(2)) or a risk assessment for the purpose of deciding whether particular goods, or a particular class of goods, can be brought or imported into Australian territory (see subsections   173(4), 174(3), 179(1A) and 182(4)).