Biosecurity Act 2025

The regulations may provide for 1 or more schemes for the allocation by a Chief Officer of codes identifying—

biosecurity matter; or

places where biosecurity matter of a specified class may be kept or handled; or

persons who may be authorised to keep or handle biosecurity matter under a particular scheme.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may provide for—

the period for which an identification code remains active and the renewal of an identification code; and

the persons who may apply for the allocation or renewal of an identification code or who may make other applications relating to an identification code; and

the cancellation of an identification code; and

the association of other codes identifying biosecurity matter with an identification code; and

the determination at the discretion of a Chief Officer of the boundaries of a place allocated an identification code and the variation of those boundaries; and

the keeping of a record of identification codes and other information and the circumstances in which information may or may not be made available.

If a person does not have a current identification code as required by the regulations, the person is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

for a body corporate—$50 000;

for a natural person—$10 000.