Director of Biosecurity may determine biosecurity response zone
365 Director of Biosecurity may determine biosecurity response zone
The Director of Biosecurity may determine that a specified area in Australian territory is a biosecurity response zone if:
a biosecurity officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that:
a disease or pest may be present in or on goods or premises in the area; and
the disease or pest poses an unacceptable level of biosecurity risk; and
the Director of Biosecurity is satisfied it is necessary to make the determination for the purpose of managing the biosecurity risk posed by the disease or pest.
This Chapter does not apply in relation to certain goods or conveyances (see section 312).
Premises include a conveyance (see paragraph (a) of the definition of premises in section 9).
See section 310 in relation to the meaning of biosecurity risk in this Chapter.
For variation and revocation of the determination, see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
The Director of Biosecurity may determine that a specified area in Australian territory is a biosecurity response zone even if the area, or a part of the area, is part of:
another biosecurity response zone; or
a biosecurity monitoring zone; or
a biosecurity activity zone.
A biosecurity response zone determination may relate to more than one disease or pest.
A determination made under subsection (1) is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the determination.
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