16 October 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the following systems during this planned outage:
- Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON)
- External Verification for eCertificates (EVE)
- Seasonal Pests (SeaPest)
All clients submitting the below declarations during this planned outage:
- Full Import Declaration (FID)
- Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
- Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
- Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
- Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)
Information
Update: There has been an update to the planned maintenance window for Friday 18 October to Saturday 19 October 2024.
Scheduled infrastructure maintenance to the following systems will now occur between 23:00 Saturday 19 October to 05:00 Sunday 20 October 2024 (AEDT):
- BICON
- EVE
- SeaPest
The above systems will experience intermittent outages during the maintenance window.
There will also be a service disruption to DAFF messaging services and the Department of Home Affairs Integrated Cargo System during the above maintenance window.
Messages will be queued and will send at the conclusion of the outage.
Action
Clients of the BICON system are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this planned outage period.