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Biosecurity Act 1993

Surveillance and prevention

51: Duties relating to identification of organisms

You could also call this:

"Be careful with labels on living things and only use allowed names"

When you are dealing with organisms, you must not remove or alter any approved identification that has been used for them, unless you have written permission from an inspector or a good reason. You also need to be careful when using identifications for organisms, and only use the ones you are allowed to use. If there are rules that say you must use a certain identification system, which is notified in the Gazette, you must follow those rules.

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Part 4Surveillance and prevention

51Duties relating to identification of organisms

  1. No person shall remove, alter, or deface any approved identification that has been used in relation to an organism except with the written permission of an inspector or with reasonable excuse.

  2. No person shall knowingly use in relation to any organism—

  3. an identification forming part of an approved identification system that the person is not entitled to use in relation to that organism; or
    1. any mark that is likely to be mistaken for or confused with an identification forming part of an approved identification system.

      1. No person required by regulations made under this Act to use one of any 1 or more identification systems notified in the Gazette shall fail to do so.

      Notes
      • Section 51(3): amended, on , by section 26(3) of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).