Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 105

Release from detention after failure to comply with requirement to remain at a place

  (1)   An individual who has been detained under section   103 for failing to comply with a requirement to remain at a place under section   68 must be released at the end of the 6 - hour period referred to in section   68.

Release from detention after failure to comply with isolation measure

  (2)   An individual who has been detained under section   103 for failing to comply with an isolation measure must be released from detention at the earlier of the following times:

  (a)   the time when the person has been taken to a place, in accordance with subsection   104(2), at the medical facility specified in the human biosecurity control order that is in force in relation to the individual;

  (b)   the time when the individual is no longer required to comply with an isolation measure under subsection   74(4).

Note:   An individual is required to comply with an isolation measure for only 72 hours, unless the Director of Human Biosecurity gives a direction under section   72 (see subsection   74(4)).

  (3)   To avoid doubt, an individual may be required to remain isolated at the medical facility even after the individual has been released from detention.