Biosecurity Act 2015

The regulations may provide that a biosecurity officer may require a specified kind of biosecurity measure (a prescribed biosecurity measure) to be taken in relation to the conveyance.

Regulations made for the purposes of this section must not provide for a biosecurity officer to require any of the following kinds of biosecurity measures to be taken in relation to the conveyance:

a biosecurity measure of a kind set out in Division 4 of this Part (biosecurity risk assessment powers);

a biosecurity measure of a kind set out in another provision of this Division (biosecurity measures to manage unacceptable level of biosecurity risk);

a biosecurity measure of a kind referred to in Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 4 of Chapter 10 (decontamination).

Regulations made for the purposes of this section may also provide for, or in relation to, other matters relating to a prescribed biosecurity measure.

Without limiting subsection (3), regulations made for the purposes of this section may do any of the following:

provide for persons to be notified, and the circumstances in which the persons must be notified, that a prescribed biosecurity measure is required to be taken in relation to a conveyance;

if regulations made for the purposes of subsection 574(2) provide that the decision to require a prescribed biosecurity measure to be taken in relation to a conveyance is a reviewable decision—provide that, except in the circumstances (if any) prescribed, the prescribed biosecurity measure must not be taken during the period in which a review of that decision, or any related proceeding (including any appeal), has been finally determined.