Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 334

Requirements may be imposed by notice in writing

  (1)   A biosecurity officer may, by notice in writing, impose any of the following requirements in relation to premises:

  (a)   a requirement that persons bringing goods on to the premises do so at specified places;

  (b)   a requirement that specified classes of goods not be brought on to the premises;

  (c)   a requirement that conveyances entering or leaving the premises do so at specified places;

  (d)   a requirement that specified classes of conveyances not enter the premises.

Note 1:   Premises include a conveyance (see paragraph   (a) of the definition of premises in section   9).

Note 2:   The powers in this section may also be exercised in relation to premises in a biosecurity activity zone (see subsection   399(2)).

Note 3:   A person may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision if the person fails to comply with a requirement imposed under this subsection that applies to the person (see section   349).

Notice must be affixed to premises

  (2)   A notice under subsection   (1) in relation to premises must be affixed at each entry and exit point of the premises.

Notice is not a legislative instrument

  (3)   A notice under subsection   (1) is not a legislative instrument.