Currently, it's optional to provide passengers with information about our biosecurity, and many conservation advocates and those from our food and fibre sector have raised concerns that only some of the airlines coming here are providing that information and that this creates an unnecessary biosecurity risk. This bill will fill that gap by adding another layer of protection, reducing the likelihood of a preventable biosecurity threat entering New Zealand with an incoming passenger. As well as making the provision of approved information mandatory, the bill will create a new strict liability offence under the Biosecurity Act for failing to provide passengers with approved information. It would also be an offence if approved information was not updated and were to become erroneous or misleading. 