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BIOSECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (INCIDENT RESPONSE) ACT 2024 (NO. 1 OF 2024)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL ACT 1994

           Division 1--Information sharing

   3.      Section 107B substituted and sections 107BA to 107BD inserted  
   4.      Secrecy  

           Division 2--Compensation

   5.      Definitions  
   6.      Section 62 substituted  
   7.      Amount of compensation  
   8.      Section 64 substituted  
   9.      New section 64A inserted  
   10.     Review by Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal  
   11.     New sections 65A to 65E inserted  
   12.     New section 151 inserted  

           Division 3--New offences relating to possession of livestock

   13.     New section 9AB inserted  
   14.     Definitions  
   15.     Inspectors  
   16.     New section 108A inserted  

           Division 5--Powers of inspectors

   17.     General powers of inspectors  
   18.     New section 109A inserted  
   19.     Search and entry and other powers  
   20.     Section 121 repealed  
   21.     Quarantine areas  

           Division 7--Amendments relating to orders, notices and declarations

   22.     Notice of order declaring area or vehicle infected  
   23.     Entry and exit points  
   24.     Declaration of restricted area  
   25.     Entry to and exit from restricted areas  
   26.     Control area  
   27.     Minister may declare that offences apply to certain materials specified in section 41(2) and (3)  

           Division 8--Increased penalties and matters relating to infringement notices

   28.     Notification of diseases  
   29.     Requirements for vendor declarations when livestock moved  
   30.     Identification of livestock  
   31.     Permanent identification of livestock  
   32.     Property identification codes  
   33.     Offence to use property identification code no longer in force  
   34.     Requirements for manufacturers of tags and devices  
   35.     Entry of livestock etc.  
   36.     Offences  
   37.     Permit for entry or exit  
   38.     Entry and exit points  
   39.     Permits for activity in restricted area  
   40.     Entry to and exit from restricted areas  
   41.     Permit for activity in a control area  
   42.     Contravention of importation order  
   43.     Possession or administration of exotic disease agents  
   44.     Exposure of bees to infected articles etc.  
   45.     Offence  
   46.     Offence  
   47.     Treatment notice  
   48.     Identification notice  
   49.     Notice requesting assistance  
   50.     Power to serve a notice  
   51.     Penalties to be paid for offences under infringement notices  
   52.     Regulations  

           Division 9--Miscellaneous amendments

   53.     Definitions  
   54.     Delegations by Minister  
   55.     Time for charging certain offences under this Act  
   56.     Section 133 substituted  
   57.     New section 107E inserted  
   58.     Section 121A repealed  
   59.     Statute law revision amendments  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF PLANT BIOSECURITY ACT 2010

           Division 1--Control areas and restricted areas

   60.     Declaration of control areas  
   61.     Section 21 amended  
   62.     New section 21A inserted  
   63.     Destruction or disposal of plants etc. at direction of Minister  
   64.     Return, treatment or disposal of plants etc. at direction of inspector  
   65.     Declaration of restricted area  
   66.     Movement in restricted area  
   67.     Section 34 amended  
   68.     New section 34A inserted  

           Division 2--Increased penalties and matters relating to infringement notices

   69.     Notification of plant pests or diseases  
   70.     Infested land notice  
   71.     Disposal of plant refuse etc.  
   72.     Declaration of infected place  
   73.     Movement in restricted area  
   74.     Contravention of importation order  
   75.     Possession or administration of exotic disease agents  
   76.     Compliance agreements  
   77.     Enforcement of undertakings  
   78.     Offences about certification  
   79.     False statements in certificates and declarations  
   80.     Alterations to certificates and declarations  

           Division 3--Miscellaneous amendments

   81.     Definitions  
   82.     Ministerial orders  
   83.     Notice of order declaring infected place  
   84.     Declaration of restricted area  
   85.     Delegations by Minister  
   86.     Delegations by Secretary  
   87.     Inspector's identification certificates  
   88.     Identification of inspection agents of approved inspection services  
   89.     Section 126 substituted  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT ACT 2010

   90.     Definitions  
   91.     Inspector's identification certificate  
   92.     New section 28A inserted  
   93.     Section 30 amended  
   94.     Section 30A repealed  
   95.     Inspector may use assistants  
   96.     Offence to contravene a prescribed biosecurity measure  
   97.     Offence to damage or deface a sign  
   98.     Penalties to be paid for offences under infringement notices  
   99.     Power to file charges under this Act   

   PART 5--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   100.    Repeal of this Act  
           ENDNOTES


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