Biosecurity Act 2023
164Biosecurity undertakings—orders requiring compliance
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164 Biosecurity undertakings—orders requiring compliance (1) The director-general may apply to the Magistrates Court for an order under subsection (2) if the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that— (a) a biosecurity undertaking is enforceable against a person; and (b) the person has failed to comply with the undertaking. (2) If the Magistrates Court is satisfied that the person has failed to comply with the undertaking, the court may make 1 or more of the following orders: (a) an order directing the person to comply with the undertaking; (b) an order discharging or amending the undertaking; (c) an order directing the person to pay to the Territory— (i) the costs of the proceeding; and (ii) the reasonable costs of the director-general in monitoring compliance with the biosecurity undertaking in the future; (d) any other order that the court considers appropriate. (3) The making of an order under this section does not affect the liability of a person for an offence.