Biosecurity Act 2025
Div 5Extraterritorial application
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Division 5—Extraterritorial application 19—Extraterritorial application (1) It is the intention of the Parliament that this Act is to apply within the State and outside the State to the full extent of the extraterritorial legislative capacity of the Parliament. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), it is the intention of the Parliament that the operation of this Act is, as far as possible, to include operation in relation to the following: (a) persons and things situated in or outside the territorial limits of this State (including in another country); (b) acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring in or outside the territorial limits of this State (including in another country); (c) persons, things, acts, transactions and matters (wherever situated, done, entered into or occurring) that would, apart from this Act, be governed or otherwise affected by the law of another jurisdiction; (d) without limiting a preceding paragraph, acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring on the Internet or other e-commerce platforms or online spaces (wherever done, entered into or occurring).