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Biosecurity Act 1993

Enforcement, offences, and penalties - Compliance orders

154: Scope

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"What the biosecurity law says you can and can't do"

An inspector or authorised person can make a compliance order against you. This order can tell you to stop doing something that breaks biosecurity law. It can also tell you to do something to follow biosecurity law.

The inspector or authorised person thinks you might be breaking biosecurity law, so they can order you to stop. They can also order you not to start doing something that breaks the law. If you have already done something that breaks the law, they can order you not to do it again.

The order can also stop someone else from doing something on your behalf that breaks biosecurity law. It can tell you to do something to make sure you follow the law. You can find more information about changes to this law in the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012.

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Part 8Enforcement, offences, and penalties
Compliance orders

154Scope

  1. An inspector or authorised person may make a compliance order against a person.

  2. A compliance order may—

  3. require the person to cease doing something that, in the opinion of the inspector or authorised person, contravenes or is likely to contravene biosecurity law; or
    1. prohibit the person from starting something that, in the opinion of the inspector or authorised person, contravenes or is likely to contravene biosecurity law; or
      1. prohibit the person from doing something again that, in the opinion of the inspector or authorised person, contravenes or is likely to contravene biosecurity law; or
        1. prohibit the person from having something done on the person's behalf that, in the opinion of the inspector or authorised person, contravenes or is likely to contravene biosecurity law; or
          1. prohibit the person from having something done on the person's behalf again that, in the opinion of the inspector or authorised person, contravenes or is likely to contravene biosecurity law; or
            1. require the person to do something that, in the opinion of the inspector or authorised person, is necessary to ensure that the person complies with biosecurity law.

              Notes
              • Section 154: replaced, on , by section 66 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).