New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 128

128 Individual biosecurity direction

(1) An authorised officer may give an individual biosecurity direction that prohibits, regulates or controls (absolutely or conditionally) the doing of anything by the person to whom the biosecurity direction is given if the authorised officer reasonably believes the direction is necessary for any of the following purposes--

(a) to prevent the person from contravening or continuing to contravene a requirement imposed by or under this Act,

(b) to prevent, eliminate or minimise a biosecurity risk,

(c) to prevent, manage or control a biosecurity impact that has occurred, is occurring or is likely to occur,

(d) to enforce, administer or execute this Act (including an instrument made under this Act).

(2) An authorised officer may also give an individual biosecurity direction that requires a person to do anything if the authorised officer reasonably believes the direction is necessary for any of the following purposes--

(a) to ensure the person discharges a biosecurity duty of the person under this Act,

(b) to ensure that the person remedies a contravention, suspected contravention or likely contravention by the person of a requirement imposed by or under this Act,

(c) to prevent, eliminate, minimise or manage a biosecurity risk posed by a dealing of the person, or suspected dealing of the person, with biosecurity matter, a carrier or a potential carrier,

(d) to enforce, administer or execute this Act (including an instrument made under this Act).

Note : See Division 5 for limitations on directions.