Livestock Management Act 2010

A person must not contravene a prescribed biosecurity measure that applies to a premises, or to a specified part of a premises, if—

a biosecurity management plan is in force for the premises or the specified part of the premises, as the case requires; and

a sign that complies with subsection (2) is displayed in accordance with that subsection.

A sign complies with this subsection if the sign—

contains the prescribed information, including—

a summary of any prescribed biosecurity measures that apply to the premises, or to the specified part of the premises, as the case requires; and

the name of the regulations under which those biosecurity measures are prescribed; and

states that a contravention of a prescribed biosecurity measure is an offence; and

is—

constructed and designed in accordance with the prescribed requirements; and

affixed and conspicuously displayed in the prescribed manner and in the prescribed location at the premises, or at the specified part of the premises, as the case requires; and

complies with any additional requirements prescribed by the regulations.

A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if the person is at the premises, or the specified part of the premises, pursuant to a power conferred upon the person under a provision of this Act or another law including, but not limited to, the following—

section 64(1) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989;

section 30(1)(c) of the Country Fire Authority Act 1958;

section 102(1) of the Fisheries Act 1995;

section 54(1)(a) of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992;

section 21(1)(a) of the Food Act 1984;

section 21C(1)(a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986;

section 109(1)(a) of the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994;

a provision of the Wildlife Act 1975;

a provision of the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994;

a provision of the Emergency Management Act 2013, to the extent that the power is exercised in relation to an emergency management sector within the meaning of that Act;

a provision of the Biosecurity Act 2015 of the Commonwealth.

A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if the person is at the premises, or the specified part of the premises, in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.