New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 140

140 Appeal to Land and Environment Court

(1) A person aggrieved by a decision of an authorised officer to give a biosecurity direction, or to amend a biosecurity direction, may appeal to the Land and Environment Court against the decision.

(2) An appeal is to be made in accordance with the rules of court, but may not be made more than 28 days after the day on which written notice of the decision is served on the person.

(3) Subject to any order made by the Land and Environment Court, an appeal does not operate to stay the decision to which the appeal relates.

(4) No appeal lies against any of the following decisions--

(a) a decision to give a general biosecurity direction,

(b) a decision to give an individual biosecurity direction that is given by an authorised officer in the case of an emergency.