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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 69 Providing contact information

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 69

Providing contact information

  (1)   An officer who intends to impose a human biosecurity control order on an individual may require the individual to provide the officer with prescribed contact information for the individual.

  (2)   The individual must comply with the requirement immediately.

Note 1:   A person may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision if the person provides false or misleading information or documents (see sections   137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code and sections   532 and 533 of this Act).

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

Offence

  (3)   An individual commits an offence if:

  (a)   the individual is required to provide an officer with contact information under this section; and

  (b)   the individual fails to comply with the requirement.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.