BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 614B Arrangements and grants for dealing with risks posed by diseases or pests
BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 614B
Arrangements and grants for dealing with risks posed by diseases or pests(1) The Agriculture Minister or the Health Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make, vary or administer an arrangement for the making of payments by the Commonwealth, or make, vary or administer a grant of financial assistance, in relation to one or more of the following:
(a) activities or research relating to identifying, preventing, preparing for or managing biosecurity risks;
(b) activities in or outside Australian territory relating to dealing with the risk covered by subsection (2), including, but not limited to, improving the capacity of foreign countries to respond to or manage that risk;
(c) activities relating to communicating information in or outside Australian territory about the identification of, prevention of, preparation for or management of:
(i) biosecurity risks; or
(ii) the risk covered by subsection (2);
(d) activities relating to supporting or enhancing State or Territory or industry - led biosecurity incident response programs, or biosecurity incident recovery programs, dealing with biosecurity risks;
(e) activities relating to identifying or managing established pests or established diseases to stop the spread of such pests or diseases;
(f) activities relating to furthering the objects of this Act;
(g) a matter that is incidental or ancillary to an activity covered by paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f).
(2) The risk covered by this subsection is:
(a) the likelihood of a disease or pest:
(i) entering a foreign country or a part of a foreign country; or
(ii) emerging, establishing itself or spreading in a foreign country or a part of a foreign country; and
(b) the potential for any of the following:
(i) the disease or pest to cause harm to human, animal or plant health in that foreign country;
(ii) the disease or pest to cause harm to the environment in that foreign country;
(iii) economic consequences in that foreign country associated with the entry, emergence, establishment or spread of the disease or pest as mentioned in paragraph (a).
Reimbursement of costs or expenses
(3) An arrangement under subsection (1) may provide for the Commonwealth to reimburse, or partly reimburse, costs or expenses.
(4) A grant under subsection (1) may be made by way of the reimbursement, or partial reimbursement, of costs or expenses.
(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit subsection (1).
"arrangement" includes a contract, agreement, deed or understanding.
"biosecurity risk" has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 6.
"make" , in relation to an arrangement, includes enter into.