Biosecurity Act 2023
49Offences—fail to comply with emergency declaration
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49 Offences—fail to comply with emergency declaration (1) A person must comply with an emergency declaration. negligently fails to comply with an emergency declaration. (4) This section does not apply if, at the time the person committed the offence, the person was not made aware of the emergency declaration. (5) For subsection (4) a person is made aware of an emergency declaration if— (a) public notice of the declaration was given under section 40 (1); or (b) the person was given a copy of the declaration; or (c) an authorised person told the person orally, or in writing, about