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Biosecurity Act 1993

Administrative provisions - Administrative powers

120: Power to intercept risk goods

You could also call this:

"Stopping and checking things that might have harmful goods inside"

If you are an inspector or an authorised person, you can take action if you believe someone has broken the rules about risk goods. You must have good reasons for thinking this. The rules you are checking are in sections like sections 25, 130, 131, 132, and 134(1), or a pathway management plan. You can also check if something contains risk goods.

You can open a thing to check if it has risk goods inside, using a reasonable amount of force. You can stop a vehicle or a boat to do this check.

If you think someone has broken the rules, you can inspect the contents of something to see if it has risk goods.

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Part 6Administrative provisions
Administrative powers

120Power to intercept risk goods

  1. This section applies to an inspector or authorised person who believes on reasonable grounds that—

  2. any of sections 25, 130, 131, 132, and 134(1), or a pathway management plan, has been contravened in relation to risk goods; and
    1. a thing of any kind contains, or is likely to contain, some or all of the risk goods.

      1. The inspector or authorised person may—

      2. open the thing, using the force that is reasonable in the circumstances, and inspect the contents for the presence of risk goods:
        1. stop a conveyance or craft for the purposes of paragraph (a).

          Notes
          • Section 120: replaced, on , by section 48 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).