New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 62

62 Control order

(1) The Minister may, by order in writing (a
"control order" )--

(a) establish one or more control zones, and

(b) establish measures, in connection with a control zone, to prevent, eliminate, minimise or manage a biosecurity risk or biosecurity impact.

(2) The Minister may make a control order if the Minister reasonably believes that the order is necessary to prevent, eliminate, minimise or manage a biosecurity risk or biosecurity impact.

(3) The principal object of a control order is to prevent the introduction of, or eradicate, biosecurity matter that poses or is likely to pose a biosecurity risk.

(4) A control order may also serve as a measure for the management of a biosecurity risk or biosecurity impact. In that case, an additional or alternative object of the control order is to provide for the management of a biosecurity risk or biosecurity impact.

(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit the matters that may be provided for by a control order.