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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 237
Obstruction of biosecurity auditor
(1) A person who obstructs or hinders a biosecurity auditor in the exercise of
the biosecurity auditor's functions under this Act is guilty of an offence.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a category 2 offence.
(3) A person
does not obstruct or hinder a biosecurity auditor by refusing permission to
enter or remain on premises, unless-- (a) the biosecurity auditor has the
power under this Act to enter and remain on those premises because the
biosecurity auditor is an authorised officer or is in the company of an
authorised officer, or
(b) the biosecurity auditor enters the premises under
the power conferred by a search warrant.
(4) However, any such refusal may
constitute a contravention of the conditions of biosecurity registration, a
permit, accreditation as a biosecurity certifier, appointment as a
biosecurity auditor or approval as an accreditation authority.
(5) In this
section--
"biosecurity auditor" includes an individual who is an identified individual
with respect to any function of a biosecurity auditor.
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