sec.5How purposes are primarily achieved

### sec.5 How purposes are primarily achieved The purposes of this Act are to be achieved primarily by— imposing a general obligation on persons to prevent or minimise the impact of biosecurity risks on human health, social amenity, the economy and the environment (each a biosecurity consideration ); and regulating activities involving biosecurity matter or carriers; and including in risk-based decision-making under this Act the principle that lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason to postpone taking action to prevent a biosecurity event or to postpone a response to a biosecurity risk; and providing for flexible and timely ways of minimising and mitigating biosecurity risks; and providing for monitoring and enforcement of compliance with this Act; and providing for codes of practice relating to a person’s obligations under this Act; and providing for the chief executive to make guidelines or policies about the application of this Act and how a person may comply with obligations imposed under this Act; and providing for a framework that improves the capacity of local governments, industry and the community generally to respond to biosecurity risks. - (a) imposing a general obligation on persons to prevent or minimise the impact of biosecurity risks on human health, social amenity, the economy and the environment (each a biosecurity consideration ); and - (b) regulating activities involving biosecurity matter or carriers; and - (c) including in risk-based decision-making under this Act the principle that lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason to postpone taking action to prevent a biosecurity event or to postpone a response to a biosecurity risk; and - (d) providing for flexible and timely ways of minimising and mitigating biosecurity risks; and - (e) providing for monitoring and enforcement of compliance with this Act; and - (f) providing for codes of practice relating to a person’s obligations under this Act; and - (g) providing for the chief executive to make guidelines or policies about the application of this Act and how a person may comply with obligations imposed under this Act; and - (h) providing for a framework that improves the capacity of local governments, industry and the community generally to respond to biosecurity risks.