Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015:section:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 22
Character Range: 115993–116882

22  Meaning of person in charge
 (1) Person in charge of goods:
 (a) means:
 (i) the owner of the goods; or
 (ii) a person (other than a biosecurity officer or a biosecurity enforcement officer) who is in possession or control of the goods; and
 (b) includes a biosecurity industry participant who is in possession or control of the goods as authorised by an approved arrangement covering the biosecurity industry participant.
Note: Person in charge of goods does not include a biosecurity industry participant in certain provisions of this Act (see subsections 134(7), 336(6), 626(5) and 628(7)).
 (2) Person in charge of a conveyance means the person in charge or command of the conveyance, but does not include a ship's pilot.
Note: A conveyance includes an aircraft and a vessel (see subsection 16(1)).

Part 3—Constitutional and international law provisions

Division 1—Introduction