214Biosecurity officer may affix notice to conveyance

214  Biosecurity officer may affix notice to conveyance  (1) A biosecurity officer may affix a notice to, or as near as reasonably practicable to, a conveyance in relation to which biosecurity measures have been required under:  (a) this Division; or  (b) a regulation made for the purposes of section 212.  (a) that the level of biosecurity risk associated with the conveyance is unacceptable; and  (b) that biosecurity measures have been required in relation to the conveyance, in accordance with this Chapter, for the purpose of managing that biosecurity risk; and  (c) the effect of subsections (3) and (4) and section 216.  (a) a notice is affixed to, or as near as reasonably practicable to, a conveyance under subsection (1); and  (b) the person interferes with, removes or defaces, the notice; 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).