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Biosecurity Act 2014
sec.263Power to enter place to take steps if biosecurity order not complied with
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### sec.263 Power to enter place to take steps if biosecurity order not complied with
This section applies if—
a person has been given a biosecurity order for a biosecurity risk at a place or because a biosecurity risk may happen at a place; and
the biosecurity order requires the person to take steps at the place to remove or reduce the biosecurity risk or prevent the biosecurity risk from recurring; and
the person has failed to take the steps as required by the order.
The issuing authority by its employees or agents, or an authorised officer, may at reasonable times enter the place to take the steps stated in the order.
See, however, the restrictions on entry under section 259 (2) .
See section 271 for the procedure for entry under this section.
(sec.263-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person has been given a biosecurity order for a biosecurity risk at a place or because a biosecurity risk may happen at a place; and the biosecurity order requires the person to take steps at the place to remove or reduce the biosecurity risk or prevent the biosecurity risk from recurring; and the person has failed to take the steps as required by the order.
(sec.263-ssec.2) The issuing authority by its employees or agents, or an authorised officer, may at reasonable times enter the place to take the steps stated in the order. See, however, the restrictions on entry under section 259 (2) . See section 271 for the procedure for entry under this section.
- (a) a person has been given a biosecurity order for a biosecurity risk at a place or because a biosecurity risk may happen at a place; and
- (b) the biosecurity order requires the person to take steps at the place to remove or reduce the biosecurity risk or prevent the biosecurity risk from recurring; and
- (c) the person has failed to take the steps as required by the order.
- 1 See, however, the restrictions on entry under section 259 (2) .
- 2 See section 271 for the procedure for entry under this section.