What is biosecurity matter
15 What is biosecurity matter
Biosecurity matter is—
a living thing, other than a human or part of a human; or
a pathogenic agent that can cause disease in—
a living thing, other than a human; or
a human, by the transmission of the pathogenic agent from an animal to the human; or
a disease; or
a contaminant.
If biosecurity matter has a life cycle, a reference in this Act to the biosecurity matter includes a reference to the biosecurity matter at each stage of its life cycle.Examples of stages of the life cycle for particular biosecurity matter—egg, larva, pupa, adult
If a regulation, an emergency prohibited matter declaration, a biosecurity zone regulatory provision or a movement control order states a common name for biosecurity matter, it is sufficient in a provision of this Act to refer to the biosecurity matter by the common name.
This provision refers to the regulations (a regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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