Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) If the Minister has reasonable cause to believe that a List A disease exists in any place outside the State or considers it necessary for the prevention of importation of any animal, animal material or disease agent in contravention of this Act, the Minister may, by notice published in 3 newspapers circulating generally in the State, authorise inspectors of a class specified in the notice to examine the baggage and other goods entering the State.
(2) A notice remains in effect until it is revoked by the Minister.
(3) An inspector of a class specified in a notice may –
(a) require a person entering the State to have his or her baggage examined for the presence –
(i) of animals, animal materials, clothing or other things that may have been exposed to a List A disease; or
(ii) of animals, animal materials or disease agents that may have been imported in contravention of this Act; and
(b) examine any baggage or other goods entering the State; and
(c) treat or require to be treated any such animal, animal material, clothing or other thing; and
(d) return or require to be returned to the place it came from any such animal, animal material, clothing or other thing; and
(e) if the inspector considers it is not practical to treat any such animal, animal material, clothing or other thing adequately, destroy it or require it to be destroyed; and
(f) seize and retain any such animal, animal material, clothing or other thing for the purpose of treatment or destruction.
(4) An inspector must not exercise a power to destroy or require the destruction of any animal, animal material, clothing or other thing under subsection (3)(e) if its value is greater than $500 except where the inspector has the written approval of the Minister.