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Biosecurity Act 2014
sec.289Failure to comply with direction
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### sec.289 Failure to comply with direction
The person in control of the vehicle must comply with a direction under section 287 unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with a direction if—
the vehicle was moving and the authorised officer did not comply with section 288 ; or
to comply immediately would have endangered someone else or caused loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.
Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1) .
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if—
the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 287 (2) ; and
the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.
(sec.289-ssec.1) The person in control of the vehicle must comply with a direction under section 287 unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.289-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with a direction if— the vehicle was moving and the authorised officer did not comply with section 288 ; or to comply immediately would have endangered someone else or caused loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.
(sec.289-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1) .
(sec.289-ssec.4) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if— the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 287 (2) ; and the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.
- (a) the vehicle was moving and the authorised officer did not comply with section 288 ; or
- (b) to comply immediately would have endangered someone else or caused loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.
- (a) the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 287 (2) ; and
- (b) the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.