28GExamination and treatment of thing in approved quarantine place, &c.

28G Examination and treatment of thing in approved quarantine place, &c.

(1)  An authorised officer may examine a thing removed to or placed in an approved quarantine place to determine whether or not it contains a GMO.

(2)  If an authorised officer reasonably believes that a thing removed to or placed in an approved quarantine place contains a GMO, the authorised officer is to arrange for it to be treated or destroyed, or for other measures to be taken, as he or she considers appropriate.

(3)  An authorised officer may require the responsible person for a thing being examined or treated, or in respect of which other measures are being taken, in an approved quarantine place to provide any assistance the authorised officer requires.

(4)  A responsible person for a thing must comply with a requirement made by an authorised officer under subsection (3) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(5)  An authorised officer may only arrange for, or require, the destruction of a thing that has a value greater than $500 or, if another value is prescribed, that prescribed value with the written consent of the Secretary.