Plant Biosecurity Act 2010
35Further powers under orders
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35 Further powers under orders
(1) Without limiting the powers of the Secretary under section 30 or of the Minister under section 32, an order declaring an infected place or a restricted area may—
(a) prohibit the removal from the declared area of—
(i) any plant, plant product or plant vector of a species, kind or variety;
(ii) any used package or used equipment;
(iii) any earth material; or
(iv) any beehive—
specified in the order that might, in the opinion of the Minister or Secretary, transmit an exotic pest or disease;
(b) require owners or occupiers of any place within the area to take measures, including the destruction of any plant, plant product or plant vector, specified in the order that are, in the opinion of the Minister or Secretary, necessary for the containment, eradication or control of the exotic pest or disease;
(c) require owners or occupiers of places within specified portions of the area to take more stringent measures (including the destruction of any plant, plant product or plant vector), specified in the order, than the owners or occupiers of other places within the declared area;
(d) prohibit the planting and propagation of any plant or plant product, or plant or plant product of a specified species, kind or variety within the restricted area or infected place during a period specified in the order;
(e) restrict the purposes for which any plant, plant product, plant vector, used package or used equipment may be used;
(f) require any plant, plant product, plant vector, used package or used equipment to be subject to a specified treatment or a specified course of treatment or requiring other action of a specified kind to be taken for the purpose of controlling an exotic pest or disease;
(g) require any plant, plant product, plant vector, plant refuse, used package or used equipment to be destroyed or disposed of in a specified manner;
(h) require any used package or used equipment to be cleansed, disinfected or otherwise treated in a specified manner;
(i) require any plant, plant product, plant vector, beehive or any place to be identified in a specified manner;
(j) control or prohibit the movement of any specified plant, plant product, plant vector, used package, used equipment or earth material in the restricted area or infected place;
(k) require any plant, plant product or plant vector suspected of being affected by an exotic pest or disease to be kept in a place which is separate from unaffected plants or plant products;
(l) control or prohibit the removal of any specified plant, plant product, plant vector, used package, used equipment or earth material from the whole or part of the restricted area or infected place;