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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 127

How general biosecurity direction is given

127 How general biosecurity direction is given

(1) An authorised officer may give a general biosecurity direction by publishing notice of the direction on the website of 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 the website of 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.



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