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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ACT 1984 - SECT 34

Declaration of organisms declared under relevant State law

  (1)   Where organisms of a particular kind are organisms that for the purposes of a relevant State law may be controlled by biological means, the Authority may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare those organisms to be target organisms for the purposes of this Act.

  (2)   Where:

  (a)   prescribed organisms of a particular kind are organisms that for the purposes of a relevant State law may be released to control other organisms; and

  (b)   those other organisms are target organisms;

the Authority shall, by notice published in the Gazette , declare those first - mentioned organisms to be agent organisms for the purposes of this Act.

  (3)   A notice under subsection   (2) declaring organisms of a particular kind to be agent organisms may set out conditions under which the 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.

 



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