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139 Biosecurity officer may affix notice to goods
(1) A biosecurity officer may affix a notice to, or as near as reasonably practicable to, goods in relation to which biosecurity measures have been required under:
(a) this Division; or
(b) a regulation made for the purposes of section 137.
(a) that the level of biosecurity risk associated with the goods is unacceptable; and
(b) that biosecurity measures have been required in relation to the goods, in accordance with this Chapter, for the purpose of managing that biosecurity risk; and
(c) the effect of subsections (3) and (4) of this section and section 141.
(a) a notice is affixed to, or as near as reasonably practicable to, goods under subsection (1); and
(i) the person is authorised to engage in the conduct referred to in paragraph (b) in accordance with an approved arrangement;
(ii) the person needs to engage in that conduct to comply with a direction given under another provision of this Act by a biosecurity official;
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person is authorised to engage in the conduct referred to in paragraph (3)(b) under this Act or under another Australian law.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).