Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Where the Authority is satisfied that:
(a) before the commencement of this Act, a prescribed live organism of a particular kind was released in the Northern Territory for the purpose of the control, by biological means, of an organism of another kind in the Northern Territory; and
(b) if this Act had been in force before the release of the first-mentioned organism, it is probable that action would have been taken under this Act that would have resulted in the organism of the second-mentioned kind being declared to be a target organism and the organism of the first-mentioned kind being declared to be an agent organism,
it may, subject to subsection (2), by notice in the Gazette (and, if the Council has so recommended, in the Commonwealth Gazette ), declare:
(c) the organism of the second-mentioned kind to be a target organism; and
(d) the organism of the first-mentioned kind to be an agent organism,
for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Authority shall not make a declaration under subsection (1) in respect of an organism unless:
(a) the Authority has first consulted the Council about the appropriateness of action under this section in respect of that organism; and
(b) the Council has unanimously recommended that the declaration be made.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) declaring an organism of a particular kind to be an agent organism may set out conditions under which the organism may be released, which conditions may be or include:
(a) conditions specifying the persons who may release the organism; or
(b) conditions specifying the circumstances in which the organism may be released.