Biosecurity Act 2014

A regulation may make codes of practice about matters relating to biosecurity.

Without limiting subsection (1), a code of practice may be made about any of the following—

ways of minimising biosecurity risks associated with—

agricultural activities; or

animal husbandry activities; or

land use practices that may spread invasive animals and invasive plants; or

dealing with carriers, including, for example, appropriate ways to treat infected or potentially infected carriers; or

manufacturing processes for animal feed;Example of animal feed—feed for ruminants

managing invasive animals and invasive plants and their impacts;

implementing best practice in maintaining hygiene and standards of cleanliness of plant nurseries and places where designated animals are kept to protect the plants and designated animals from the likelihood of disease and to prevent the spread of disease;

ways to prevent, control and stop the spread of biosecurity matter by a carrier, including—

procedures for disinfecting, cleaning and treating carriers; and

isolation of carriers introduced into the State from another State or moved from a part of the State to another part of the State; and

programs for disease eradication or vaccination; and

management of cattle ticks; and

management of a thing that may cause or tend to cause the spread of disease;

the carrying out of any process, or the use of particular technologies, in an industry or another activity;

requirements for the content and labelling of animal feed, fertilisers and other agricultural inputs.Example of an agricultural input that may require labelling—a bag of seed for sowing that may contain weed seeds