New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NON-INDIGENOUS ANIMALS ACT 1987 - SECT 6A

6A Basis of animal classification

(1) Classification of animals under section 6 is to be based on:

(a) the animal’s pest potential with respect to agricultural and pastoral interests and the environment, and

(b) any danger posed by the animal to humans, and

(c) security requirements for keeping or transporting the animal, and

(d) the degree to which the animal, if actually or potentially a pest, is already established, and

(e) any other factors identified by the regulations.

(2) In recommending the making of a regulation for the purposes of section 6, the Minister is to have regard to any scheme of classification currently used by the National Vertebrate Pests Committee of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management or by any other persons or bodies prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.

(3) Before recommending the making of a regulation for the purposes of this section in relation to any birds, the Minister is to consult any persons or bodies prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.