Biosecurity Act 2015
35No interference with urgent or life‑threatening medical needs
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35 No interference with urgent or life‑threatening medical needs
Subdivision B—Protections for children or incapable persons
36 Child or incapable person may be accompanied
37 Officer to contact parent, guardian or next of kin of unaccompanied child or incapable person
38 Requirement to comply with direction
39 Parent, guardian or next of kin may authorise person to accompany child or incapable person
40 Giving consent
41 Exception for requiring an individual to remain at a place
Division 3—Listing human diseases
42 Listing human diseases
Part 2—Preventing risks to human health
43 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Entry and exit requirements
44 Entry requirements
45 Exit requirements
46 Civil penalties for failing to comply with certain entry and exit requirements
Division 3—Contact information for operators
47 Requirements for operators to provide 24/7 contact information
Division 4—Pratique
48 Positive pratique
49 Negative pratique
50 Pre‑departure reporting
Division 5—Preventative biosecurity measures
51 Determining preventative biosecurity measures
52 Civil penalty for failing to comply with a preventative biosecurity measure
Division 6—Information gathering powers
54 Who may ask questions and require written information
55 Asking questions and requiring answers from particular individuals
56 Asking questions and requiring answers from any individual
57 Requiring an individual to provide written information
58 Offence for failing to comply with a requirement
Part 3—Managing risks to human health: human biosecurity control orders
59 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Imposing human biosecurity control orders on individuals
Subdivision A—Imposing, varying and revoking human biosecurity control orders
60 Imposing a human biosecurity control order on an individual
61 Contents of a human biosecurity control order
62 Form of a human biosecurity control order
63 Giving a human biosecurity control order to an individual
64 Varying a human biosecurity control order
65 Giving notice of a variation of a human biosecurity control order
66 Revoking a human biosecurity control order