Western Australian Numbered Acts

BIOSECURITY AND AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 23 OF 2007) - SECT 20

20 .         Obligation of commercial carrier

        (1)         In this section —

        “commercial carrier” means a person who provides transport for individuals, or transports freight, for fee or reward.

        (2)         A commercial carrier transporting a prescribed declared pest, a declared pest of a prescribed class, or a prescribed potential carrier, into the State from a location outside the State commits an offence if —

            (a)         the regulations require that carrier to give notice to the Director General of the transport of that declared pest or potential carrier; and

            (b)         the carrier does not give the notice in accordance with the regulations.

        Penalty: a fine of $15 000.