Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2023 (NO. 50 OF 2023) - SECT 6

    (1)     The main objects of this Act are—

        (a)     to manage biosecurity risks arising from—

              (i)     biosecurity matter; and

              (ii)     dealings with biosecurity matter or carriers; and

              (iii)     other activities involving biosecurity matter or carriers; and

        (b)     to promote biosecurity as a shared responsibility between government, industry and the community; and

        (c)     to provide a flexible and responsive framework for the effective management of pests, diseases, contaminants and other biosecurity matter that may have an adverse effect on the environment, the economy or the community; and

        (d)     to provide a framework for risk-based decision-making in relation to biosecurity; and

        (e)     to give effect to intergovernmental biosecurity agreements to which the Territory is a party; and

        (f)     to facilitate trade by ensuring that biosecurity requirements in other jurisdictions are met.