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Biosecurity Act 2014
sec.233What is a surveillance program
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### sec.233 What is a surveillance program
A surveillance program is a program directed at any of the following—
monitoring compliance with this Act in relation to a particular matter to which this Act applies;
monitoring compliance with a code of practice for animal husbandry activities in feedlots in south-east Queensland
monitoring compliance with a biosecurity zone regulatory provision requiring the keeping of records about movement of soil in a biosecurity zone
monitoring compliance with the conditions of prohibited matter permits held by persons in north-east Queensland
confirming the presence, or finding out the extent of the presence, in the State or the parts of the State to which the program applies, of the biosecurity matter to which the program relates;
confirming the absence, in the State or the parts of the State to which the program applies, of the biosecurity matter to which the program relates;
monitoring the effects of measures taken in response to a biosecurity risk;
monitoring compliance with requirements about prohibited matter or restricted matter;
monitoring levels of biosecurity matter or levels of biosecurity matter in a carrier.
monitoring levels of contaminants in animal feed
- (a) monitoring compliance with this Act in relation to a particular matter to which this Act applies; Examples— • monitoring compliance with a code of practice for animal husbandry activities in feedlots in south-east Queensland • monitoring compliance with a biosecurity zone regulatory provision requiring the keeping of records about movement of soil in a biosecurity zone • monitoring compliance with the conditions of prohibited matter permits held by persons in north-east Queensland
- • monitoring compliance with a code of practice for animal husbandry activities in feedlots in south-east Queensland
- • monitoring compliance with a biosecurity zone regulatory provision requiring the keeping of records about movement of soil in a biosecurity zone
- • monitoring compliance with the conditions of prohibited matter permits held by persons in north-east Queensland
- (b) confirming the presence, or finding out the extent of the presence, in the State or the parts of the State to which the program applies, of the biosecurity matter to which the program relates;
- (c) confirming the absence, in the State or the parts of the State to which the program applies, of the biosecurity matter to which the program relates;
- (d) monitoring the effects of measures taken in response to a biosecurity risk;
- (e) monitoring compliance with requirements about prohibited matter or restricted matter;
- (f) monitoring levels of biosecurity matter or levels of biosecurity matter in a carrier. Example— monitoring levels of contaminants in animal feed
- • monitoring compliance with a code of practice for animal husbandry activities in feedlots in south-east Queensland
- • monitoring compliance with a biosecurity zone regulatory provision requiring the keeping of records about movement of soil in a biosecurity zone
- • monitoring compliance with the conditions of prohibited matter permits held by persons in north-east Queensland