Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015 (62 of 2015)

Schedule 4   Application, saving and transitional provisions commencing later

Part 2   Managing biosecurity risks: goods

Division 1   Goods brought into Australian territory or otherwise subject to quarantine

12   Goods on board aircraft or vessel that was in quarantine

Direction not to unload goods

(1) If:

(a) goods are on board an aircraft or vessel that was in quarantine under the Quarantine Act immediately before the commencement day; and

(b) the goods are subject to biosecurity control because of item 3;

then a biosecurity officer is taken to have given the person in charge of the aircraft or vessel a direction under subsection 143(3) of the Biosecurity Act at the beginning of the commencement day not to allow the goods to be unloaded from the aircraft or vessel.

Receiving or possessing goods unloaded in contravention of Quarantine Act

(2) Without limiting its effect apart from this subitem, section 149 of the Biosecurity Act also has the effect it would have if:

(a) the heading were amended by adding at the end "or the Quarantine Act 1908"; and

(b) subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) were amended by inserting "or section 44 of the Quarantine Act 1908" after "subsection 145(1)"; and

(c) paragraph (2)(b) were amended by inserting "or section 44 of the Quarantine Act 1908" after "subsection 145(1)".