06 March 2026
Who does this notice affect?
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approve Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this planned outage.
Approved arrangement operators attempting to access online reports of entries referred to the department for biosecurity assessment, or management under a class 19 Approved Arrangement, via the Biosecurity Cargo Status Tracker (BCST).
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view electronic government certificates (eCertificates) and relevant attachments online via external verification for eCertificates (EVE) as part of document assessment for imported goods All clients required to use the Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
Information
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the following systems will experience multiple intermittent outages between 23:00 Friday 06 March to 01:35 Saturday 07 March 2026 (AEDT).
- AAMP
- Biosecurity Portal
- BCST
- EVE
- BICON
Action
All users of the above listed systems are advised to await the completion of this planned maintenance period before attempting to access these services.
The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.