sec.4Purposes of Act

### sec.4 Purposes of Act The main purposes of this Act are as follows— to provide a framework for an effective biosecurity system for Queensland that— helps to minimise biosecurity risks; and facilitates responding to impacts on a biosecurity consideration, including responding to biosecurity events, in a timely and effective way; to ensure the safety and quality of animal feed, fertilisers and other agricultural inputs; to help align responses to biosecurity risks in the State with national and international obligations and requirements for accessing markets for animal and plant produce, including live animals and plants. It is also a purpose of this Act to manage risks associated with the following— emerging, endemic and exotic pests and diseases that impact on— plant and animal industries, including agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, fisheries and forestry industries; or the built environment; or companion or leisure animals; or biodiversity and the natural environment; or tourism, lifestyle and pleasure industries; or infrastructure and service industries, including power, communication, shipping and water supplies; the transfer of diseases from animals to humans and from humans to animals; biological, chemical and physical contaminants in carriers. In this section— built environment means the environment, but having particular regard to the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas arising out of the existence of buildings and other examples of human activity. (sec.4-ssec.1) The main purposes of this Act are as follows— to provide a framework for an effective biosecurity system for Queensland that— helps to minimise biosecurity risks; and facilitates responding to impacts on a biosecurity consideration, including responding to biosecurity events, in a timely and effective way; to ensure the safety and quality of animal feed, fertilisers and other agricultural inputs; to help align responses to biosecurity risks in the State with national and international obligations and requirements for accessing markets for animal and plant produce, including live animals and plants. (sec.4-ssec.2) It is also a purpose of this Act to manage risks associated with the following— emerging, endemic and exotic pests and diseases that impact on— plant and animal industries, including agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, fisheries and forestry industries; or the built environment; or companion or leisure animals; or biodiversity and the natural environment; or tourism, lifestyle and pleasure industries; or infrastructure and service industries, including power, communication, shipping and water supplies; the transfer of diseases from animals to humans and from humans to animals; biological, chemical and physical contaminants in carriers. (sec.4-ssec.3) In this section— built environment means the environment, but having particular regard to the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas arising out of the existence of buildings and other examples of human activity. - (a) to provide a framework for an effective biosecurity system for Queensland that— (i) helps to minimise biosecurity risks; and (ii) facilitates responding to impacts on a biosecurity consideration, including responding to biosecurity events, in a timely and effective way; - (i) helps to minimise biosecurity risks; and - (ii) facilitates responding to impacts on a biosecurity consideration, including responding to biosecurity events, in a timely and effective way; - (b) to ensure the safety and quality of animal feed, fertilisers and other agricultural inputs; - (c) to help align responses to biosecurity risks in the State with national and international obligations and requirements for accessing markets for animal and plant produce, including live animals and plants. - (i) helps to minimise biosecurity risks; and - (ii) facilitates responding to impacts on a biosecurity consideration, including responding to biosecurity events, in a timely and effective way; - (a) emerging, endemic and exotic pests and diseases that impact on— (i) plant and animal industries, including agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, fisheries and forestry industries; or (ii) the built environment; or (iii) companion or leisure animals; or (iv) biodiversity and the natural environment; or (v) tourism, lifestyle and pleasure industries; or (vi) infrastructure and service industries, including power, communication, shipping and water supplies; - (i) plant and animal industries, including agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, fisheries and forestry industries; or - (ii) the built environment; or - (iii) companion or leisure animals; or - (iv) biodiversity and the natural environment; or - (v) tourism, lifestyle and pleasure industries; or - (vi) infrastructure and service industries, including power, communication, shipping and water supplies; - (b) the transfer of diseases from animals to humans and from humans to animals; - (c) biological, chemical and physical contaminants in carriers. - (i) plant and animal industries, including agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, fisheries and forestry industries; or - (ii) the built environment; or - (iii) companion or leisure animals; or - (iv) biodiversity and the natural environment; or - (v) tourism, lifestyle and pleasure industries; or - (vi) infrastructure and service industries, including power, communication, shipping and water supplies;