DAFF - ISN 48-2026: Scheduled Outages: Saturday 21 March and Sunday 22 March 2026 - Multiple Systems

19 March 2026

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department's Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) System during this planned maintenance period.

All clients submitting the below declarations:

• 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)
• Master Consolidator Declaration Forms

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the following services and systems will experience intermittent outages during two separate outage windows, occurring (respectively) between 00:00 to 08:00 Saturday 21 March 2026 (AEDT), and between 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 22 March 2026 (AEDT):

• BICON
• DAFF messaging

Clients anticipating responses from the department in relation to the above-listed declaration types may also experience some delays in receiving these responses during the outage windows.

Action

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.