Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007

If the Director General is of the opinion that, in an area for which an organism is a declared pest, measures are required to be taken to ensure that a place or an agricultural product remains free from the declared pest, the Director General may give a pest exclusion notice to any or all of the following persons —

in the case of a notice in respect of land — the owner or occupier of the land or a person who is conducting an activity on that land;

in the case of a notice in respect of another place — the owner, occupier or person who has control of the place;

in the case of a notice in respect of an agricultural product — the owner or person who has control of the agricultural product.

A pest exclusion notice —

must be in writing; and

must identify the declared pest in respect of which the notice is given; and

may direct the person to whom it is given to comply with a code of practice specified in the notice, or to take the measures set out in the notice or prescribed by the regulations specified in the notice, for the purpose of keeping the place or agricultural product free from the declared pest; and

must specify the period within which, or for the duration of which, the person to whom it is given must comply with the notice; and

must inform the person to whom it is given that failure to comply with the notice could result in a fine, the Director General taking remedial action under section 38, or both.