Lecture 7

Question 1

What is The Biosecurity Act (2014)

Answer 1

• Commenced on 1 July 2016
• Provides comprehensive biosecrutiy measurements to safeguard pur economy, agriculture and tourism industries from
  
  • Pests
  • Disease
  • Contaminatnts
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Question 2

What is contempoary legislation

Answer 2

• Is about outcomes
• Is less prescriptive and is more flexible, enabling individuals and organisations to choose the best method that suits their situation to get that outcome

Question 3

WHat are the foundation principles of conrempary legislation

Answer 3

1. Shared respinsibility
2. General Biosecruity Obligation
3. Risk based decision making

Question 4

General biosecruity obligation

Answer 4

• Everyone must take reasonable steps to prevent or minimise biosecruity risks

Question 5

How do I meet my GBO

Answer 5

1. Take all reasonable and practical steps
2. Minimise the likelihood of the risk causing a biosecruity event
3. Prevent or minimise the adverse effects the risk could have

Question 6

How to do a risk based decision making

Answer 6

• Focused on managing outcomes
• Minimise prescribed requirements
• Requires a reasonable and practical response matched to the degree of risk
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Question 7

What is reasonable and practical

Answer 7

• Your actions
  
  • Biosecruity advice
  • Ongoing management
  • Vaccination program
  • Testing
  • Isolate/segregate
• Your clients actions
  
  • Ongoing treatment
  • Is it reasonable to expect the owner administer medication

Question 8

What is a biosecruity matter

Answer 8

• Restricted matter: is biosecruity matter found in QLD and has a significant impact on human health, social amenity, the economy or the environment. Restricted matter can include
  
  • Disease, viruses or parasites
  • Invasive animals or plant
  • Noxious fish
  • Insect pests
• Prohibited matter is biosecruity matter the is not found in QLD, but would have a significant adverse impact on out health, way of life, the economy or the environemnt if it entered the state
  
  • Disease, viruses or parasites
  • Invasive animals or plant
  • Noxious fish
  • Insect pests
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Question 9

What is a restricted matter permit

Answer 9

• A person or business may apply for a restricted matter permit for purposes such as commercial use, biological control or scientific reasearch
• The permit plan describes how you propose to deal with the restricted matter this includes
  
  • Identifying the potential biosecruity risk
  • Describing how the risk will be minimised
  • Providing confirmation documents

Question 11

How does the biosecruity legislation allow for disease control/eradication

Answer 11

• Movement control and permit, waybills
  
  • Control movements of stock from interstate - prohibiting entry of stock if they have prescribed disease or have not been tested for the disease
  • Animals may only be permitted to enter the state if there is a certificate of health from an inspector from the state of origin
  • The animals may require a health exmination before, suring and upon introduction
  • Further tests and treatment may be required upon arroval
• Throungh
  
  • Quarintine
  • Destocking of land, destruction of infected stock, animal products and some other thingd
  • Under some circumstances compensation payments may be made for disease eradication programs
  • The legislation gives certain powers to the inspector under this act and may also allow appointment of vets to the inspector

Question 12

What is a restricted place

Answer 12

• Once a place is declared a restricted place, a person must not perform any activity that breaches the restrictions about how the place is used
• A person must not use a designated animal at a restricted place in anyway that breaches the restrictions about how the designated animal is to be used

Question 13

What happens if a biosecruity emergency is declared

Answer 13

• Must be declared by the chief executive
• May be something that is heppening, something that is progressing or something that may happen progess in the outbreak of equine influenza or a significant number of poultry are found dead
• An emergency order can stop the movement of people, vehicles, animals and products
• Checkponts can be put in place
• Can mean items/animals are treated or destroyed