Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 314

    If a biosecurity officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that:

  (a)   a disease or pest may be present in or on goods or premises in Australian territory; and

  (b)   the disease or pest may pose an unacceptable level of biosecurity risk;

the powers set out in Division   3 may be exercised for any of the following purposes:

  (c)   to establish whether the disease or pest is present in or on the goods or premises;

  (d)   if possible, to identify the disease or pest;

  (e)   to assess the level of biosecurity risk posed by the disease or pest.

Note 1:   This Chapter does not apply in relation to certain goods or conveyances (see section   312).

Note 2:   Premises include a conveyance (see paragraph   (a) of the definition of premises in section   9).

Note 3:   See section   310 in relation to the meaning of biosecurity risk in this Chapter.

Note 4:   A biosecurity officer or biosecurity enforcement officer may be assisted by other persons in exercising powers in accordance with this section (see section   536).

Note 5:   Before exercising a power under Division   3, a biosecurity official must be satisfied of the matters referred to in section   32 (the principles).