Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Authority is satisfied:
(a) that an emergency exists because organisms of a particular kind (whether or not they are target organisms):
(i) are having, or are likely to have, a serious effect on the health of humans, animals or plants in the Australian Capital Territory;
(ii) are causing, or are likely to cause, harm in that Territory so as to result in significant damage to the economy; or
(iii) are causing, or are likely to cause, significant damage to the environment in that Territory;
(b) that the release of prescribed organisms that are not agent organisms would control the first - mentioned organisms; and
(c) the release of the organisms of the second - mentioned kind would not have any significant adverse effects;
the Authority, subject to subsection (1A), shall, by notice published in the Gazette , declare:
(d) where the organisms of the first - mentioned kind are not target organisms, the organisms of the first - mentioned kind to be target organisms for the purposes of this Act; and
(e) organisms of the second - mentioned kind to be agent organisms for the purposes of this Act.
(1A) The Authority shall not make a declaration under subsection (1) in respect of an organism unless:
(a) the Authority has first consulted the Council regarding the appropriateness of action under this section in respect of that organism; and
(b) the Council has unanimously recommended that the declaration be made.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) declaring organisms of a particular kind to be agent organisms may set out particulars of the conditions under which those organisms may be released, which conditions may be or include:
(a) conditions specifying the persons who may release those organisms; or
(b) conditions specifying the circumstances in which those organisms may be released.