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BIOSECURITY AND AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 2013


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used  
   4.      Stock: meaning of term (section 6)  
           5. Prescribed potential carriers  
   6.      Notes  
   7.      Categories of declared pests  
   8.      Categories of prohibited organisms  
   8A.     Movement, introduction and supply requirements for purposes of r. 16, 17 and  
   8B.     Organisms prescribed for s. 24

   PART 2 -- Dealing with declared pests and prescribed potential carriers

           Division 1 -- Keeping, breeding and cultivating  

   9.      Keeping, breeding or cultivating declared pests  
   10.     Keeping, breeding or cultivating thing infected or infested with declared pest  
   11.     Keeping certain potential carriers  
   12.     Caring for declared pest or potential carrier kept under permit  
   13.     Escape of declared pest or potential carrier kept under permit  
   14.     Seizure, treatment and destruction of declared pest or potential carrier kept under authorisation  
   15.     Removal of enclosure when seizing organism or potential carrier

           Division 2 -- Introduction and movement  

   16.     Movement within DP area  
   17.     Introduction into DP area  
   19.     Movement of bees, hive products and appliances

           Division 3 -- Other dealing  

   22.     Releasing declared pests  
   23.     Abandoning or releasing animals that become declared pests  
   24.     Infection or infestation  
   25.     Supply  
   26.     Advertising supply of declared pests

   PART 3 -- Control of declared pests

           Division 1 -- General  

   27.     Control measures: treatment (s. 30)  
           28. Control measures: isolation of infected or infested organism (s. 30)  
           29. Notification of presence of declared pest  
   30.     Biosecurity signs  
   31.     Identification of infected or infested potential carriers  
   32.     Controls on gathering of vertebrate animals  
   33.     Restrictions on testing for declared pests  
   34.     Removal of stock from abattoir or feedlot  
   35.     Biological control agents of declared pests  
   36.     Notice to carry out search or surveillance of place or thing  
   37.     Exemptions  
   38.     Direction as to testing and treatment  
   39.     Statement as to testing or treatment  
   39A.    Removal of organism or potential carrier from inspection point or other place  
   40.     Interference with declared pest control device: offence

           Division 2 -- Poisons and traps  

   41.     Term used: trap  
   42.     Use of poison and traps  
   43.     Protection of human health and life  
   44.     Inspector must not use bait, poison or trap without notice  
   45.     Trapping declared vertebrate pest animals

           Division 2A -- Use of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus  

   45A.    Terms used  
   45B.    Approval of training courses  
   45C.    Authorisation to use rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus

           Division 3 -- Barrier fences  

   46.     Terms used  
   47.     Barrier fences  
   48.     Offence to use barrier fence without consent  
   49.     Offence to damage or misuse barrier fence  
   50.     Offence to drive or keep vertebrate animals near barrier fence  
   51.     Offence to travel along barrier fence

           Division 4 -- Payment for detection, removal or destruction of declared pests  

   52.     Director General may fix rates of payment for detection, removal or destruction of declared pests  
   53.     Claim for payment  
   54.     Offences

   PART 4 -- Quarantine of places

           Division 1 -- General  

   55.     Terms used

           Division 2 -- Quarantine notices  

   56.     Quarantine notice  
   57.     Compliance with quarantine notice  
   58.     Other persons bound by quarantine notice  
   59.     Amendment or revocation of quarantine notice  
   60.     Quarantine area  
   61.     Amendment or revocation of quarantine area notice  
   62.     Director General review: quarantine notice  
   63.     SAT review: quarantine notice

           Division 3 -- Provisions applying to places subject to pest control notice or quarantine notice  

   64.     Warning signs  
   65.     Restriction of entry  
   66.     Movement directions  
   67.     Approval for movement  
   68.     Conditions of approval for movement  
   69.     Offences in relation to approved movement  
   70.     Duty of outgoing owner to notify Director General and new owner  
   71.     Exemption from requirements of notices

   PART 5 -- Import of organisms and potential carriers  

   72.     Permitted import of prescribed potential carriers  
   73.     Import of permitted organisms  
   74.     Import of fish: exemption  
   75.     Notice of intention to import  
   76.     Notice of intention to import declared pest under Commonwealth permit  
   77.     Information to be given by commercial passenger carrier to passengers  
   78.     Disposal of organisms and potential carriers by commercial passenger carrier: s. 19(4)  
           79. Inspection and verification of imported organisms and prescribed potential carriers

   PART 6 -- Inspection of conveyances and movement directions  

   81.     Term used: inspection purposes  
   82.     Inspection warning signs  
   83.     Damage to signs  
   84.     Inspector may require driver to stop  
   85.     Transfer of control: directions

   PART 7 -- Protection of agricultural activities  

   86.     Directions about untended plants, bees or apiaries  
   86A.    Bees to be kept in hives of approved design  
   87.     Storage of hives  
   88.     Prevention of robbing  
   89.     Storage of hive products  
   90.     Water to be provided to apiary sites

   PART 8 -- Permits

           Division 1 -- Grant or renewal of permit  

   91.     Application for permit or renewal of permit  
   92.     Further requirements for application by body corporate or partnership  
   93.     Grant or renewal of permit  
   94.     Form of permit  
   95.     Permit granted to body corporate or partnership -- permit supervisor  
   96.     Duration of permit

           Division 2 -- Conditions on permit  

   97.     Conditions  
   98.     Contravention of conditions

           Division 3 -- Amendment, suspension, revocation or surrender of permit  

   99.     Amendment, revocation or suspension of permit  
   100.    Immediate amendment or suspension of permit  
   101.    Amendment, suspension or surrender on application by permit holder

           Division 4 -- Review  

   102.    Review

           Division 5 -- Miscellaneous  

   103.    Record keeping by permit holder  
   104.    Return by permit holder  
   105.    Falsely holding out  
   106.    Transfer of permit

   PART 9 -- Quarantine facilities

           Division 1 -- Grant or renewal of approval  

   107.    Application for approval of, or renewal of approval of, quarantine facility  
   108.    Further requirements for application by body corporate or partnership  
   109.    Statement by applicant and nominated facility supervisor  
   110.    Approval of quarantine facility  
   111.    Form of approval  
   112.    Approval granted to body corporate or partnership -- facility supervisor  
   113.    Duration of approval

           Division 2 -- Conditions on approval  

   114.    Conditions imposed by Director General  
   115.    Contravention of conditions

           Division 3 -- Amendment, suspension or revocation of approval  

   116.    Revocation, suspension or amendment of approval  
   117.    Immediate amendment or suspension of approval  
   118.    Amendment, suspension or surrender on application

           Division 4 -- Closure notices  

   119.    Closure notices  
   120.    Revocation or amendment of closure notice

           Division 5 -- Review  

   121.    Review

           Division 6 -- Miscellaneous  

   122.    Transfer of approval  
   123.    Alteration of quarantine facility  
   124.    Falsely holding out

   PART 10 -- Fees, charges and costs  

   125.    Fees and charges  
   126.    Reduction, waiver or refund of fees and charges  
   127.    Recovery of unpaid fees and charges  
   128.    Recovery of costs of remedial action and other costs and expenses incurred under Act  
   129.    Evidence as to fees, costs and expenses

   PART 10A -- Industry funding schemes

           Division 1 -- Appointments committee and review panel  

   129A.   Terms used  
   129B.   Appointments committee established  
   129C.   Appointments committee member term of office and remuneration  
   129D.   Review panel established  
   129E.   Review panel member term of office and remuneration  
   129F.   Review of applications for compensation and reimbursement

           Division 2 -- Transitional provisions for Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations Amendment (Industry Funding Schemes) Regulations 2020

              Subdivision 1 -- Preliminary  

   129G.   Terms used

              Subdivision 2 -- Appointments committee  

   129H.   Membership of appointments committee  
   129I.   Saving of remuneration and allowances

              Subdivision 3 -- Review panel  

   129J.   Membership of review panel  
   129K.   Saving of remuneration and allowances  
   129L.   Pending reviews

   PART 11 -- Miscellaneous  

   130.    SAT review excluded: seizure of perishable things  
   131.    False or misleading information  
   132.    Interference with experiment: offence  
   133.    Remedial action  
   134.    Direction may be given orally or in writing  
   135.    Publication of information: Act s. 185(1)(b)

   PART 12 -- Repeal of regulations and transitional provisions  

   136.    Term used: commencement day  
   137.    Regulations repealed  
   138.    Fees and expenses  
   139.    Agriculture and Related Resources (Declared Plants and Restricted Animals) Regulations 1982  
   140.    Agriculture and Related Resources Protection (Declared Animals) Regulations 1985  
   141.    Agriculture and Related Resources Protection (Fencing) Regulations 1985  
   142.    Agriculture and Related Resources Protection (Property Quarantine) Regulations 1981  
   143.    Agriculture and Related Resources Protection (Small Hive Beetle) Regulations 2009  
   144.    Agriculture and Related Resources Protection (Traps) Regulations 1982  
   145.    Plant Diseases Regulations 1989

   PART 13 -- Repealed Acts: transitional provisions  

   146.    Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976  
   147.    Plant Diseases Act 1914
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Stock


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