BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 312F Requiring documents relating to goods to be produced

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 312F

  (1)   A biosecurity officer may require the person who brought or imported goods referred to in subsection   312D(1) into Australian territory, or a person in charge of such goods, to produce to the biosecurity officer specified documents in relation to the goods that a biosecurity officer reasonably suspects are in the custody or control of the person.

Note 1:   A person may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision if the person provides false or misleading documents (see section   137.2 of the Criminal Code and section   533 of this Act).

Note 2:   This section is not subject to the privilege against self - incrimination (see section   635).

  (2)   A biosecurity officer:

  (a)   may make copies of, or take extracts from, a document produced under subsection   (1); and

  (b)   for that purpose, may remove the document from the place at which it was produced.

Civil penalty provision

  (3)   A person who is required to produce documents under subsection   (1) must comply with the requirement.

Civil penalty:   120 penalty units.