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Biosecurity Act 2015
203Biosecurity control notice may be affixed to conveyance or given to person in charge of conveyance
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203 Biosecurity control notice may be affixed to conveyance or given to person in charge of conveyance
(a) affix a biosecurity control notice to, or as near as reasonably practicable to, the conveyance; or
(b) give a biosecurity control notice to the person in charge of the conveyance.
(a) a biosecurity control notice is affixed to, or as near as reasonably practicable to, a conveyance under paragraph (1)(a); 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;
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person is authorised to engage in the conduct referred to in paragraph (2)(b) under this Act or under another Australian law.
Note 1: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).
Note 2: A person may contravene a civil penalty provision for moving, dealing with or interfering with a conveyance in relation to which a biosecurity control notice has been affixed under paragraph (1)(a) (see section 204).