sec.392Content of government and industry agreement

### sec.392 Content of government and industry agreement A government and industry agreement may provide for the following— measures the parties to the agreement must undertake for— preparing for a biosecurity event; or preventing, controlling or responding to a biosecurity event; or undertaking surveillance for biosecurity matter; or recovering from a biosecurity event; or ongoing management of biosecurity matter that caused a biosecurity event; the whole or partial reimbursement of costs incurred, or losses suffered, by a person in complying with an implemented response to a biosecurity event; costs of eradicating or controlling biosecurity matter costs of undertaking a measure to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter the value of animals or plants owned by the person that are destroyed to eradicate or control biosecurity matter or to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter the value of production that is foregone because land owned by the person must be left fallow to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter sharing, between the parties to the agreement, of any of the following costs incurred by a party to the agreement— costs of an implemented response to a biosecurity event, including, for example, labour costs, operating expenses and capital expenditure; costs of reimbursing persons for costs incurred, or losses suffered, by them in complying with the implemented response; restrictions applying to cost sharing under the agreement; only a stated maximum amount is eligible for cost sharing under the agreement only the stated types of costs are eligible for cost sharing under the agreement anything else necessary or convenient for the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) . Subsection (1) (c) does not limit the types of costs that may be subject to cost sharing under the agreement. In this section— implemented response , to a biosecurity event, means action taken in response to the biosecurity event, under a term of a government and industry agreement that states how the parties to the agreement will respond, or decide what their response will be, to the biosecurity event. (sec.392-ssec.1) A government and industry agreement may provide for the following— measures the parties to the agreement must undertake for— preparing for a biosecurity event; or preventing, controlling or responding to a biosecurity event; or undertaking surveillance for biosecurity matter; or recovering from a biosecurity event; or ongoing management of biosecurity matter that caused a biosecurity event; the whole or partial reimbursement of costs incurred, or losses suffered, by a person in complying with an implemented response to a biosecurity event; costs of eradicating or controlling biosecurity matter costs of undertaking a measure to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter the value of animals or plants owned by the person that are destroyed to eradicate or control biosecurity matter or to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter the value of production that is foregone because land owned by the person must be left fallow to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter sharing, between the parties to the agreement, of any of the following costs incurred by a party to the agreement— costs of an implemented response to a biosecurity event, including, for example, labour costs, operating expenses and capital expenditure; costs of reimbursing persons for costs incurred, or losses suffered, by them in complying with the implemented response; restrictions applying to cost sharing under the agreement; only a stated maximum amount is eligible for cost sharing under the agreement only the stated types of costs are eligible for cost sharing under the agreement anything else necessary or convenient for the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) . (sec.392-ssec.2) Subsection (1) (c) does not limit the types of costs that may be subject to cost sharing under the agreement. (sec.392-ssec.3) In this section— implemented response , to a biosecurity event, means action taken in response to the biosecurity event, under a term of a government and industry agreement that states how the parties to the agreement will respond, or decide what their response will be, to the biosecurity event. - (a) measures the parties to the agreement must undertake for— (i) preparing for a biosecurity event; or (ii) preventing, controlling or responding to a biosecurity event; or (iii) undertaking surveillance for biosecurity matter; or (iv) recovering from a biosecurity event; or (v) ongoing management of biosecurity matter that caused a biosecurity event; - (i) preparing for a biosecurity event; or - (ii) preventing, controlling or responding to a biosecurity event; or - (iii) undertaking surveillance for biosecurity matter; or - (iv) recovering from a biosecurity event; or - (v) ongoing management of biosecurity matter that caused a biosecurity event; - (b) the whole or partial reimbursement of costs incurred, or losses suffered, by a person in complying with an implemented response to a biosecurity event; Examples of costs that may be incurred by a person in complying with an implemented response— • costs of eradicating or controlling biosecurity matter • costs of undertaking a measure to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter Examples of losses that may be suffered by a person in complying with an implemented response— • the value of animals or plants owned by the person that are destroyed to eradicate or control biosecurity matter or to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter • the value of production that is foregone because land owned by the person must be left fallow to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter - • costs of eradicating or controlling biosecurity matter - • costs of undertaking a measure to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter - • the value of animals or plants owned by the person that are destroyed to eradicate or control biosecurity matter or to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter - • the value of production that is foregone because land owned by the person must be left fallow to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter - (c) sharing, between the parties to the agreement, of any of the following costs incurred by a party to the agreement— (i) costs of an implemented response to a biosecurity event, including, for example, labour costs, operating expenses and capital expenditure; (ii) costs of reimbursing persons for costs incurred, or losses suffered, by them in complying with the implemented response; - (i) costs of an implemented response to a biosecurity event, including, for example, labour costs, operating expenses and capital expenditure; - (ii) costs of reimbursing persons for costs incurred, or losses suffered, by them in complying with the implemented response; - (d) restrictions applying to cost sharing under the agreement; Examples of restrictions that may apply to cost sharing under the agreement— • only a stated maximum amount is eligible for cost sharing under the agreement • only the stated types of costs are eligible for cost sharing under the agreement - • only a stated maximum amount is eligible for cost sharing under the agreement - • only the stated types of costs are eligible for cost sharing under the agreement - (e) anything else necessary or convenient for the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) . - (i) preparing for a biosecurity event; or - (ii) preventing, controlling or responding to a biosecurity event; or - (iii) undertaking surveillance for biosecurity matter; or - (iv) recovering from a biosecurity event; or - (v) ongoing management of biosecurity matter that caused a biosecurity event; - • costs of eradicating or controlling biosecurity matter - • costs of undertaking a measure to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter - • the value of animals or plants owned by the person that are destroyed to eradicate or control biosecurity matter or to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter - • the value of production that is foregone because land owned by the person must be left fallow to prevent the introduction, reintroduction or spread of biosecurity matter - (i) costs of an implemented response to a biosecurity event, including, for example, labour costs, operating expenses and capital expenditure; - (ii) costs of reimbursing persons for costs incurred, or losses suffered, by them in complying with the implemented response; - • only a stated maximum amount is eligible for cost sharing under the agreement - • only the stated types of costs are eligible for cost sharing under the agreement