Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015:section:215:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 215 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 379467–382099

215  Person must comply with direction to take biosecurity measures
 (1) A person who is given a direction in relation to a conveyance under paragraph 206(2)(a), 207(2)(a) or 213(1)(a), (b) or (c) must comply with the direction.

Fault‑based offences
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is the person in charge, the operator or the owner of an aircraft or vessel; and
 (b) the person has been given a direction under paragraph 206(2)(a), 207(2)(a) or 213(1)(a), (b) or (c); and
 (c) the person engages in conduct; and
 (d) the conduct contravenes the direction.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
 (3) The person in charge of an aircraft or vessel commits an offence if:
 (a) the operator of the aircraft or vessel has been given a direction under paragraph 206(2)(a), 207(2)(a) or 213(1)(b), other than a direction under paragraph 213(1)(b) to arrange for destruction of the aircraft or vessel to be carried out; and
 (b) the direction is not complied with.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
 (4) The operator of an aircraft or vessel commits an offence if:
 (a) the person in charge of the aircraft or vessel has been given a direction under paragraph 206(2)(a), 207(2)(a) or 213(1)(a); and
 (b) the direction is not complied with.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
 (5) The operator of an aircraft or vessel commits an offence if:
 (a) the owner of the aircraft or vessel has been given a direction under paragraph 213(1)(c); and
 (b) the direction is not complied with.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
 (6) The owner of an aircraft or vessel commits an offence if:
 (a) the operator of the aircraft or vessel has been given a direction under paragraph 213(1)(b) to arrange for the destruction of the aircraft or vessel to be carried out; and
 (b) the direction is not complied with.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.

Civil penalty provisions
 (7) The person in charge and the operator of an aircraft or vessel are each liable to a civil penalty if:
 (a) the person in charge or the operator of the aircraft or vessel has been given a direction under paragraph 206(2)(a), 207(2)(a) or 213(1)(a) or (b), other than a direction under paragraph 213(1)(b) to arrange for destruction of the aircraft or vessel to be carried out; and
 (b) the direction is not complied with.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
 (8) The operator and the owner of an aircraft or vessel are each liable to a civil penalty if:
 (a) the operator or the owner of the aircraft