New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 289

289 Common carriers

(1) A person is not guilty of a category 2 offence against this Act because of a dealing with any biosecurity matter, carrier or potential carrier in the ordinary course of business as a common carrier.

(2) The regulations may--

(a) declare that a person or class of persons is a common carrier for the purposes of this section, and

(b) declare that a person or class of persons is not a common carrier for the purposes of this section.

(3) This section does not apply to the following offences--

(a) an obstruction offence,

(b) an offence of contravening an individual biosecurity direction,

(c) an offence excluded by the regulations.