Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 102

  (1)   This section sets out requirements that must be complied with if:

  (a)   either of the following events occurs:

  (i)   an officer requires an individual to remain at a place under section   68;

  (ii)   an officer includes an isolation measure in a human biosecurity control order, requiring an individual to remain isolated; and

  (b)   the individual is not an Australian citizen.

  (2)   As soon as practicable after the event referred to in paragraph   (1)(a) occurs, the officer must do the following:

  (a)   inform the individual that he or she may request that the consular office of the following country be notified that the event has occurred:

  (i)   the country of which he or she is a citizen;

  (ii)   the country to which he or she claims a special connection;

  (b)   if the individual so requests--notify that consular office;

  (c)   inform the individual that he or she may communicate, or attempt to communicate, with that consular office;

  (d)   give the individual reasonable facilities to do so;

  (e)   forward any written communication from the individual to that consular office;

  (f)   allow the individual a reasonable time to communicate, or attempt to communicate, with that consular office.