Biosecurity Act 2023

In addition to section 42, emergency measures may also do any of the following:

prohibit, regulate or control entry into, or exit from, any stated premises or stated area;

prohibit, regulate or control the use of any road within, or going into or out of, any stated premises or stated area (including by closing roads);

require a person entering or leaving stated premises or a stated area to stop and, if required by an authorised person—

allow themselves and anything in their possession to be inspected; and

carry out or permit external treatment measures to be carried out in relation to themselves and anything in their possession;

prohibit a person from entering or leaving stated premises or a stated area unless the person has done either or both of the following:

carried out a stated external treatment measure in relation to themselves;

carried out a stated treatment measure in relation to anything in the person’s possession.

An emergency declaration must not prohibit, regulate, control or require the movement of a person, except as expressly provided in subsection (1).

However, subsection (2) does not prevent an emergency measure being imposed in relation to any biosecurity matter, premises, activity or other thing, that has an impact on the movement of a person but that is not imposed for the purpose of restricting the movement of the person.