Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ACT 1984 - SECT 34

             (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 live 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.