Draft Biosecurity Bill 2023

Lead agency, the National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA), covered parts 1-7 in the opening workshop on Tuesday, July 11th, while parts 8-10, which include internal security, biosecurity during agricultural production and biosecurity authority of Papua New Guinea, were discussed today at the National Agricultural Research Institute at Bubia, outside Lae city.

“The whole consultation with our stakeholders is to inform them or let them know what to expect of the biosecurity bill when it is enacted,” said NAQIA’s policy and planning manager, Hunter Moi.

The managing director of the National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA), Joel Alu, said this is the final workshop.

“We delivered our biosecurity policy in June last year – during the election period,” he explained. “So from that biosecurity policy, one of the recommendations was to deliver a biosecurity bill. So this bill is crafted from the policy document that we have.”

The biosecurity bill is a key vehicle that will implement the Biosecurity Policy 2022-2030.