Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 22

  (1)   Person in charge of goods:

  (a)   means:

  (i)   the owner of the goods; or

  (ii)   a person (other than a biosecurity officer or a biosecurity enforcement officer) who is in possession or control of the goods; and

  (b)   includes a biosecurity industry participant who is in possession or control of the goods as authorised by an approved arrangement covering the biosecurity industry participant.

Note:   Person in charge of goods does not include a biosecurity industry participant in certain provisions of this Act (see subsections   134(7), 336(6), 626(5) and 628(7)).

  (2)   Person in charge of a conveyance means the person in charge or command of the conveyance, but does not include a ship's pilot.

Note:   A conveyance includes an aircraft and a vessel (see subsection   16(1)).