'Declare everything': Depp and Heard appear in apology video played to packed courthouse

Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard has pleaded guilty to providing a false immigration document to officials in relation to bringing the couple's dogs into Australia last year.

The couple have starred in a seemingly sarcastic video apology that has since been released by the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources on social media.

The pair appeared in the short clip urging the public to respect Australia’s strict biosecurity laws.

In the video, played to a packed Gold Coast courtroom, the couple speak of their respect for Australia as a “wonderful country”.

The pair appeared in the short clip urging the public to respect Australia’s strict biosecurity laws. Source: Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.

Depp warns in the footage, “when you disrespect Australian laws they will confront you directly”.

“Declare everything when you enter Australia,” he ends the video by stating.

Heard pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of providing a false immigration document while two other charges of illegally importing Pistol and Boo were dismissed.

Following a two-hour deliberation a Queensland magistrate has sentenced Heard to a $1000 good behaviour bond and no criminal conviction has been recorded.

Depp chatted to reporters as he and his wife made their way into the court. Photo: 7 News

The magistrate stated that it wasn't a trivial offence however she doesn't believe Ms Heard thought she was above the law.

The prosecutor outlined the facts of the case and stated that the "law applies to everyone".

Heard says she was "distracted" when filling out the immigration forms upon her arrival however the prosecution says that's "no excuse".

The Depp and Heard court case is the biggest case ever seen on the Gold Coast. Photo: 7News

Heard's defence team has described the Pistol and Boo 'saga' as a "tired, terrible mistake".

The Hollywood superstar and his actress wife were confronted by a huge media scrum as they arrived at the Gold Coast court this morning.

The case will take three hours and is being held at Southport Magistrates Court on the Gold Coast.

Heard has also made a video apology and recognises that it is a 'serious crime'.

Her defence team said it was always intended that the Australian 'requirements' were complied with and that the star offered guilty plea five months ago.

Heard could be seen in the court room making notes as the prosecutor presented his case.

The couple were besieged by reporters and paparazzi as they arrived at court.

Depp spoke briefly to the mob of reporters as they entered the court building.

In contrast to the frenzy around him, a relaxed Depp simply said "fine, thank you" when quizzed by reporters about how he was feeling on his way into the building.

The couple are staying at the Palazzo Versace Hotel.

No other private jets are due to arrive on the Gold Coast from the US ahead of the court appearance. Source: 7 News.

Heard, 29, was facing two charges of breaking quarantine laws and producing a false document.

If she was found guilty Heard could have faced a $100,000 fine or up to 10 years in jail.

Dogs were tested for rabies prior to travel to Australia according to Heard's defence team.

According to her defence Heard has attracted this level of attention because of "who she is, who she's married to and what certain representatives of the Australian Government have chosen to say about it."

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Mr Joyce, then the country's agriculture minister, made international headlines when he declared: "It's time Boo and Pistol bugger off home ... or we're going to have to euthanise them."

Heard and the dogs joined Depp on the Gold Coast last year while he was filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

Depp has took aim at Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce while making a morbid joke about his dogs at the Venice Film Festival late last year.

Depp was at a press conference for his film Black Mass when a journalist asked him if he was planning to take his dogs on a gondola ride while in Venice.

"I'm not sure that's appropriate," one of Depp's minders said.

However Depp was more than happy to answer the question.

"No, I killed my dogs and ate them under direct orders of some kind of, I don’t know, sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia," Depp said in a thinly veiled swipe at Joyce.