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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 608

Release of detained conveyance

  (1)   The Director of Biosecurity must release a conveyance from detention under section   606 if the conveyance ceases to be subject to any charge created under section   604.

Note:   For when a conveyance ceases to be subject to a charge created under section   604, see subsection   605(3).

  (2)   The Director of Biosecurity may also release a conveyance that is detained under section   606 if he or she thinks it appropriate to do so.

  (3)   If a conveyance is released from detention, any direction given under subsection   606(4) in relation to the conveyance ceases to have effect.

  (4)   This section:

  (a)   does not affect any power that has been or may be exercised in relation to a conveyance under a provision of this Act other than this Subdivision; and

  (b)   does not require a conveyance that is subject to biosecurity control to be released from biosecurity control; and

  (c)   does not prevent a conveyance being detained again under section   606.

Note:   A conveyance that is released from detention may be dealt with under other provisions of this Act, for example under Chapter   4 (managing biosecurity risks: conveyances).


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