Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ACT 1984 - SECT 9

             (1)  Where a law of a State:

                     (a)  provides for the control by biological means of organisms causing harm in the State; and

                     (b)  establishes an authority having similar powers and functions to those of the Authority;

the Authority may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare that law to be a relevant State law for the purposes of this Act.

             (2)  A declaration shall not be made under subsection (1) in respect of a law of a State unless the Minister of the State administering that law consents in writing to the declaration being made.

             (3)  A declaration made under subsection (1) shall cease to have effect in respect of a law if that law ceases to be a law described in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b).