Part 4Surveillance and prevention
48Power to require information
A chief technical officer may, by notice in writing, require the person in charge of premises used for investigating organisms or organic material, or any person employed in a professional or technical capacity in any area of biological science, to—
- supply the chief technical officer with information held by that person on the incidence, prevalence, or distribution of specified organisms; or
- permit the chief technical officer, or a person authorised in writing by that officer, to have access to, inspect, and test or sample specimens of any organism or tissues or parts of an organism or organic material held by that person or on those premises.
A chief technical officer may, by notice in writing, require any person who has expertise or knowledge in an area of biological science to supply the chief technical officer with information held by that person on the incidence, prevalence, or distribution of specified organisms.
Except in relation to circumstances concerning which a regulation makes contrary provision, the reasonable expenses of a person who supplies information to a chief technical officer in response to a requirement under this section will be reimbursed out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose if those expenses would not have been incurred but for the requirement.
Notes
- Section 48(1): replaced, on , by section 25 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).
- Section 48(1A): inserted, on , by section 25 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).