New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 131

131 Special emergency powers--inspection and treatment measures

(1) An authorised officer who gives an individual biosecurity direction in the case of an emergency may direct a person to do any of the following--

(a) permit the authorised officer to inspect the person for biosecurity matter, a carrier or potential carrier,

(b) permit the authorised officer to inspect any thing in the person's possession, care, custody or control for biosecurity matter, a carrier or a potential carrier,

(c) carry out or permit an external treatment measure to be carried out in relation to that person,

(d) carry out a treatment measure or permit a treatment measure to be carried out in relation to any thing in the person's possession, care, custody or control.

(2) An authorised officer who gives an individual biosecurity direction in the case of an emergency may direct a person in control or apparently in control of a vehicle to do any of the following--

(a) permit the vehicle to be inspected for biosecurity matter, a carrier or a potential carrier,

(b) carry out a treatment measure or permit a treatment measure to be carried out in relation to the vehicle.

(3) An authorised officer may direct a person to stop, or to stop a vehicle, for the purpose of exercising a power conferred by this section.

(4) This section does not limit the powers of an authorised officer under Part 8 with respect to any vehicle, or vehicle on premises, entered under a power conferred by that Part that is not occupied by a person at the time that the power is exercised.