Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 327

    A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the power to give a direction under any of the following provisions is specified in a biosecurity control order or a biosecurity response zone determination:

  (i)   subsection   317(1) or (2) (direction to secure goods or a conveyance);

  (ii)   paragraph   318(2)(b) (direction to deliver samples of goods or premises);

  (iii)   paragraph   321(1)(a) (direction relating to movement of goods or conveyance); and

  (b)   the person is given a direction under any of those provisions; and

  (c)   the direction is given in accordance with the biosecurity control order or the biosecurity response zone determination (as the case may be); and

  (d)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (e)   the conduct contravenes the direction.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.

Note:   The person may also contravene a civil penalty provision for contravening the direction (see subsections   317(3), 318(4) and 321(2)).