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Biosecurity Act 2014
sch.3-sec.93Destruction of things relating to contaminants
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### sch.3-sec.93 Destruction of things relating to contaminants
This section applies if—
before the commencement, the chief executive gives a person a notice under the amended Act, section 18 directing the person to cause the things to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of; and
the notice relates to a residue of a chemical that is a contaminant; and
immediately before the commencement, the person had not complied with the notice.
From the commencement—
the notice is taken to be a biosecurity order given by an inspector under section 373 in the same terms as the notice given under the amended Act; and
the stated period continues to apply for taking the action; and
the period continues to have started from when the period started under the amended Act, section 18.
If, before the commencement, the standards officer took action under the amended Act, section 19 any amount owed by a person to the standards officer under that section becomes on the commencement a debt payable by the person to the chief executive.
(sch.3-sec.93-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, the chief executive gives a person a notice under the amended Act, section 18 directing the person to cause the things to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of; and the notice relates to a residue of a chemical that is a contaminant; and immediately before the commencement, the person had not complied with the notice.
(sch.3-sec.93-ssec.2) From the commencement— the notice is taken to be a biosecurity order given by an inspector under section 373 in the same terms as the notice given under the amended Act; and the stated period continues to apply for taking the action; and the period continues to have started from when the period started under the amended Act, section 18.
(sch.3-sec.93-ssec.3) If, before the commencement, the standards officer took action under the amended Act, section 19 any amount owed by a person to the standards officer under that section becomes on the commencement a debt payable by the person to the chief executive.
- (a) before the commencement, the chief executive gives a person a notice under the amended Act, section 18 directing the person to cause the things to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of; and
- (b) the notice relates to a residue of a chemical that is a contaminant; and
- (c) immediately before the commencement, the person had not complied with the notice.
- (a) the notice is taken to be a biosecurity order given by an inspector under section 373 in the same terms as the notice given under the amended Act; and
- (b) the stated period continues to apply for taking the action; and
- (c) the period continues to have started from when the period started under the amended Act, section 18.