DAFF - ISN 97-2026 Scheduled Outages: Saturday 23 May and Sunday 24 May 2026 - BICON, DAFF messaging

19 May 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 23 May 2026 (AEST), and between 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 24 May 2026 (AEST):

• 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.