sec.237Giving a direction for prevention and control program

### sec.237 Giving a direction for prevention and control program An authorised officer may do the following, at any reasonable time and at a place situated in an area to which a prevention and control program applies— direct an owner or occupier of the place to take reasonable steps within a reasonable period to remove or eradicate the biosecurity matter to which the program relates; destroy the biosecurity matter to which the program relates, or a carrier of the biosecurity matter, if the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds the biosecurity matter or carrier poses a significant biosecurity risk. Despite subsection (1) (a) , the steps a person may be directed to take must be limited to those reasonably necessary for achieving the program’s purpose. When giving a direction under subsection (1) (a) , the authorised officer must give the person an offence warning for the direction. This section— is subject to section 255 ; and does not limit the powers of an authorised officer under chapter 10 . See the following provisions in chapter 10 about powers of authorised officers— section 255 for limitations on the powers of authorised officers part 2 for the power to enter places part 4 for the general powers that can be exercised after entering places. s 237 amd 2015 No. 15 s 50 ; 2024 No. 17 s 100 (sec.237-ssec.1) An authorised officer may do the following, at any reasonable time and at a place situated in an area to which a prevention and control program applies— direct an owner or occupier of the place to take reasonable steps within a reasonable period to remove or eradicate the biosecurity matter to which the program relates; destroy the biosecurity matter to which the program relates, or a carrier of the biosecurity matter, if the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds the biosecurity matter or carrier poses a significant biosecurity risk. (sec.237-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) (a) , the steps a person may be directed to take must be limited to those reasonably necessary for achieving the program’s purpose. (sec.237-ssec.3) When giving a direction under subsection (1) (a) , the authorised officer must give the person an offence warning for the direction. (sec.237-ssec.4) This section— is subject to section 255 ; and does not limit the powers of an authorised officer under chapter 10 . See the following provisions in chapter 10 about powers of authorised officers— section 255 for limitations on the powers of authorised officers part 2 for the power to enter places part 4 for the general powers that can be exercised after entering places. - (a) direct an owner or occupier of the place to take reasonable steps within a reasonable period to remove or eradicate the biosecurity matter to which the program relates; - (b) destroy the biosecurity matter to which the program relates, or a carrier of the biosecurity matter, if the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds the biosecurity matter or carrier poses a significant biosecurity risk. - (a) is subject to section 255 ; and - (b) does not limit the powers of an authorised officer under chapter 10 . - • section 255 for limitations on the powers of authorised officers - • part 2 for the power to enter places - • part 4 for the general powers that can be exercised after entering places.