Fees for biosecurity entity registration and renewal
You must pay registration and renewal fees if you:
- own livestock or European honey bees
- meet the Australian Taxation Office ruling of carrying out the business of primary production (TR 97/11) as a result of owning the animals.
You do not need to pay the fee if you do not claim primary producer status on your tax return, but you must still be registered as a biosecurity entity.
Keeping bees as well as livestock or birds
If you keep livestock or birds, and also keep beehives (except native beehives), your livestock and apiary registrations will be separate.
Pay the registration and renewal fees
View the current fees. Fees are subject to increases in-line with the consumer price index (CPI).
If you are a commercial primary producer, you must pay the fee when you:
- register for the first time
- confirm your registration every 3 years.
You can pay your fee online when you confirm your registration details by logging into your account on the biosecurity entity registration portal.
Help with the portal
- Read the biosecurity entity registration portal user guide.
- Contact Biosecurity Queensland online, by phone or in person.
How registration fees are used
Biosecurity entity registration allows us to better:
- prepare for biosecurity emergencies
- respond to biosecurity risks
- trace the origin and spread of a pest or disease.
The biosecurity entity registration system also provides benefits to commercial primary producers, including:
- access to industry quality assurance programs
- improved market access
- lower biosecurity risk as registration enables us to manage biosecurity risks better.
Registration and renewal fees help deliver these benefits by contributing to the cost of:
- maintaining and administering the database of registered entities. This database integrates with the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) and Livestock Production Assurance (LPA), ensuring traceability of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs
- maintaining an online portal for customers to access and manage their registration and renewal details.
As the system delivers public benefits and flow-on benefits to other industries, the Queensland Government subsidises 66% of the registration and renewal fees.