Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person is liable to a civil penalty if:
(a) a biosecurity officer has caused goods or premises in a permanent biosecurity monitoring zone to be identified by:
(i) affixing a notice to, or as near as practicable to, the goods or premises; or
(ii) marking the goods or premises; and
(b) the person interferes with, removes or defaces the notice or marking; and
(c) none of the following applies:
(i) the person is authorised to engage in the conduct referred to in paragraph (b) in accordance with an approved arrangement;
(ii) the person needs to engage in that conduct to comply with a direction given under another provision of this Act by a biosecurity official;
(iii) the person has been given permission to engage in that conduct under section 557.
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is authorised to engage in the conduct referred to in paragraph (1)(b) under this Act or under another Australian law.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).