Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015:section:333
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 333
Character Range: 536252–538733

333  Entry and exit etc. requirements—persons

Requirements may be imposed by notice in writing
 (1) A biosecurity officer may, by notice in writing, impose any of the following requirements in relation to premises:
 (a) a requirement that persons entering or leaving the premises do so at specified places;
 (b) a requirement that specified classes of persons not enter the premises;
 (c) a requirement that persons entering, or in, the premises wear specified clothing or equipment (or both) that is designed to prevent a disease or pest from emerging, establishing itself or spreading in the premises;
 (d) a requirement that persons not interfere with the premises.
Note 1: Premises include a conveyance (see paragraph (a) of the definition of premises in section 9).
Note 2: The powers in this section may also be exercised in relation to premises in a biosecurity activity zone (see subsection 399(2)).
Note 3: A person may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision if the person fails to comply with a requirement imposed under this subsection that applies to the person (see section 349).
 (2) If a notice under subsection (1) imposes the requirement referred to in paragraph (1)(c), the notice must also specify the following:
 (a) the circumstances in which a person is required to wear the clothing or equipment;
 (b) the period during which, or the times at which, the person is required to wear the clothing or equipment;
 (c) instructions for wearing the clothing or equipment.
 (3) Except as permitted by paragraph (1)(b) or (c), a notice under subsection (1) must not require an individual to be subject to a biosecurity measure of a kind set out in Subdivision B of Division 3 of Part 3 of Chapter 2.
Note: That Subdivision sets out the biosecurity measures that may be included in a human biosecurity control order.
 (4) However, subsection (3) does not prevent the Director of Biosecurity or a biosecurity officer exercising a power under Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 4 of Chapter 10.
Note: Under that Subdivision, a biosecurity officer may request an individual to be decontaminated, and may require an individual's clothing and any personal effects to be decontaminated.

Notice must be affixed to premises
 (5) A notice under subsection (1) in relation to premises must be affixed at each entry and exit point of the premises.

Notice is not a legislative instrument
 (6) A notice under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.