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Biosecurity Act 2015
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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
67 Notifying Director of Human Biosecurity of imposition, variation or revocation of human biosecurity control order
Subdivision B—Powers if officer intends to impose human biosecurity control order
68 Requiring an individual to remain at a place
69 Providing contact information
70 Requirement for an individual to notify changes to contact information
Subdivision C—When an individual is required to comply with a biosecurity measure
71 Consenting to a biosecurity measure
72 Director of Human Biosecurity may give direction requiring compliance
73 When direction to comply with biosecurity measure ceases to be in force
74 When individual is required to comply with a biosecurity measure
Subdivision D—ART review of isolation and traveller movement measures
75 Obligation on Director of Human Biosecurity relating to Administrative Review Tribunal application
76 Applications
77 Reasons and documents
78 Time period for making a decision
79 Limitation on Administrative Review Tribunal power to stay etc. decisions
Subdivision E—Other provisions relating to external review of isolation and traveller movement measures
80 Time period for making applications under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
81 Judicial review of isolation and traveller movement measures
Division 3—Biosecurity measures that may be included in a human biosecurity control order
Subdivision A—General provisions relating to including biosecurity measures in a human biosecurity control order
82 Who can include a biosecurity measure in a human biosecurity control order
83 Informing individual of risks
84 Test for including a biosecurity measure in a human biosecurity control order
Subdivision B—Biosecurity measures that may be included in a human biosecurity control order
85 Managing contacts
86 Contacting officer with health status
87 Restricting behaviour
88 Risk minimisation interventions
89 Decontamination
90 Undergoing an examination
91 Requiring body samples for diagnosis
92 Receiving a vaccination or treatment
93 Receiving medication
94 Appropriate medical or other standards to be applied
95 No use of force to require compliance with certain biosecurity measures
96 Traveller movement measure
97 Isolation measure
Subdivision C—Provisions relating to traveller movement measures
98 Traveller movement measure alert
99 Content of traveller movement measure alert
100 Destruction of traveller movement measure alert
101 Prevention from leaving Australian territory
Division 4—Other provisions relating to human biosecurity control orders
Subdivision A—Consular assistance