DAFF - ISN : 161-2026 Scheduled Outages: Saturday 22 August and Sunday 23 August 2026 - BICON,DAFF messaging

19 August 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 22 August 2026 (AEST), and between 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 23 August 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.