Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a chief human biosecurity officer or a human biosecurity officer may give the person in charge or the operator of an aircraft that intends to land at a landing place in Australian territory:
(a) a direction requiring the aircraft to land at a specified landing place in Australian territory; or
(b) a direction requiring the aircraft not to land at one or more specified landing places in Australian territory.
Note: The person in charge or the operator of the aircraft may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision for failing to comply with a direction given under this subsection (see section 243).
(2) A direction may be given under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) only if a chief human biosecurity officer or a human biosecurity officer is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the direction is necessary to manage human health risks associated with the aircraft or any person or thing on board the aircraft.
(3) A direction must not be given under paragraph (1)(b) requiring the aircraft not to land at any landing place in Australian territory.
(4) A chief human biosecurity officer or a human biosecurity officer must revoke a direction given under paragraph (1)(b) if the officer is satisfied that the direction is no longer necessary to manage human health risks associated with the aircraft or any person or thing on board the aircraft.
(5) Subsection (4) does not, by implication, limit the
power of a chief human biosecurity officer or a human biosecurity officer to
revoke a direction given under paragraph (1)(b).