DAFF - ISN 49-2026: Scheduled Service Disruption: Sunday 22 March 2026 – PEBS, MARS

19 March 2026

Who does this notice affect?

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.

Information

To support a system release, there will be a scheduled service disruption (service degradation) to the following systems between 23:00 to 23:45 Sunday 22 March 2026 (AEDT).

• Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS)
• Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS)

Users of the above-listed systems may experience intermittent slowness and/or an inability to load pages/execute functions during the service disruption window.

Action

Where possible, 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.