Biosecurity Act 2019

In addition to section 168, emergency measures may do one or more of the following:prohibit, regulate or control entry into, or exit from, any specified premises or area; prohibit, regulate or control the use of any road within, or going into or out of, any specified premises or area (including by closing roads); require persons entering or leaving any specified premises or area to stop and, if required by an authorised officer – allow the person and any thing in their care, custody or control to be inspected; and carry out or enable external treatment measures to be carried out in relation to the person and any thing in their care, custody or control; prohibit persons from entering or leaving any specified premises or area unless the person has done either or both of the following:carried out, in relation to himself or herself, any specified external treatment measure; carried out, in relation to any thing in the person’s care, custody or control, any specified treatment.

An emergency order may not prohibit, regulate or control the movement of a person, except as expressly provided for by this section.

Subsection (2) does not prevent emergency measures being imposed, in relation to any biosecurity matter, premises, activity or other thing, that have an impact on the movement of a person but that are not imposed for the purpose of restricting the movement of a person.