Western Australian Consolidated Acts

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS FREE AREAS ACT 2003 - SECT 8

8 .         Orders for destruction of genetically modified crops

        (1)         The chief executive officer may, in writing, order the destruction of a crop if the chief executive officer is satisfied that —

            (a)         the crop is a genetically modified crop;

            (b)         the crop is cultivated in an area that is designated in an order under section 4 (the designating order );

            (c)         if the designating order is made under section 4(1)(b), the crop is specified in the designating order; and

            (d)         an exemption under section 6 does not apply in relation to the crop, or, if an exemption under section 6 does apply, the person to whom the exemption applies has failed to comply in a material way with the conditions to which the exemption is subject.

        (2)         For the purpose of giving effect to an order under this section, an authorised officer may, by force of this subsection —

            (a)         enter the land on which the crop is situated and, if necessary, enter premises upon that land;

            (b)         seize the crop; and

            (c)         destroy the crop, either on the land or elsewhere.