New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 127

127 How general biosecurity direction is given

(1) An authorised officer may give a general biosecurity direction by publishing notice of the direction on a NSW Government website used by the Department or in the Gazette (or both).

(2) An authorised officer may, in the case of an emergency, give a general biosecurity direction by displaying a copy of the direction in a prominent place in or adjacent to any premises to which, or in the vicinity of which, the direction applies.

(3) If a general biosecurity direction is given in the manner referred to in subsection (2), notice of the direction is to be published on a NSW Government website used by the Department or in the Gazette (or both) as soon as practicable after it is made.

(4) If an authorised officer gives a general biosecurity direction in the case of an emergency, the direction is to include a warning that the direction is being given in the case of an emergency.

(5) A failure to comply with subsection (4) does not affect the validity of a biosecurity direction.