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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 602

When goods stop being withheld

  (1)   A biosecurity officer who is withholding goods under section   600 must stop withholding the goods if the goods cease to be subject to any charge created under section   598.

Note:   For when goods cease to be subject to a charge created under section   598, see subsection   599(3).

  (2)   A biosecurity officer who is withholding goods under section   600 may also stop withholding the goods if he or she thinks it is appropriate to do so.

  (3)   If goods that have been withheld under section   600 stop being withheld, any direction given under subsection   600(5) in relation to the goods ceases to have effect.

  (4)   This section:

  (a)   does not affect any other power that has been or may be exercised in relation to goods under a provision of this Act other than this Subdivision; and

  (b)   does not require goods to be released from biosecurity control; and

  (c)   does not require an exposed goods order or a biosecurity control order in force in relation to goods to be revoked; and

  (d)   does not prevent goods being withheld again under section   600.

Note:   Goods that stop being withheld under section   600 may be dealt with under other provisions of this Act, for example under Chapter   3 (managing biosecurity risks: goods).


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