21Interfering with, removing or defacing isolation notice

#### 21 Interfering with, removing or defacing isolation notice (1) A person is liable to a civil penalty if: (a) an isolation notice is affixed under subsection 17(2): (i) to, or as near as reasonably practicable to, goods; or (ii) at an entry or exit point of premises in or on which goods have been isolated; and (b) the person interferes with, removes or defaces the notice; and (c) none of the following applies: (i) the person is authorised to engage in the conduct referred to in paragraph (b) in accordance with an approved arrangement; (ii) the person needs to engage in that conduct to comply with a direction given under the Act by a biosecurity official; (iii) the person has been given permission to engage in that conduct by a biosecurity officer. Civil penalty: 50 penalty units. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is authorised to engage in the conduct referred to in paragraph (1)(b) under the Act or under another Australian law. > Note 1: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act). > Note 2: Subsections 139(3) and (4) of the Act apply if an isolation notice is affixed by a biosecurity officer to, or as near as reasonably practicable to, goods under subsection 139(1) of the Act.