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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 111

Officer may give directions for managing human remains

  (1)   A biosecurity officer, human biosecurity officer, or chief human biosecurity officer, may give a direction for managing specified human remains if:

  (a)   the officer is satisfied that those remains are likely to be infected with a listed human disease (whether the remains were brought into Australian territory as mentioned in section   110, or were already in Australian territory); or

  (b)   a person did not comply with a requirement specified under subsection   110(2) in relation to those remains.

  (2)   The officer must give a written direction to the person who is responsible for the human remains.

Note:   See also section   572 (general provisions relating to directions).

Civil penalty provision

  (3)   A person to whom a direction is given under this section must comply with the direction.

Civil penalty:   120 penalty units.


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