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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 112
Detention or treatment of persons
112 Detention or treatment of persons
(1) An authorised officer cannot do any of the following except as expressly
authorised by an emergency order or under Part 9-- (a) prohibit, regulate or
control the movement of a person,
(b) examine or inspect a person,
(c)
require a person to undergo treatment measures or require treatment measures
to be carried out in relation to a person.
(2) An authorised officer cannot--
(a) require a person to submit to any testing, or
(b) require a person to
provide samples of the person's blood, hair, saliva or any other body part or
body fluid.
(3) Subsection (1)(a) does not prevent an authorised officer from
doing any thing in relation to any biosecurity matter, premises, area,
activity or thing that has an impact on the movement of a person but is not
done for the purpose of restricting the movement of a person. Note : For
example, an authorised officer could erect a fence on premises so as to
isolate particular animals or plants from other animals or plants. This may
have an impact on the movement of a person but is not done for that purpose.
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