Biosecurity Act 1993

Administrative provisions - Administrative powers

119: Power to seize abandoned goods

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"Inspectors can take and get rid of abandoned things that might have pests."

If you are an inspector or an authorised person, you can seize and dispose of abandoned organisms or goods that might have pests or unwanted organisms. You can treat or get rid of these things if you think they have been abandoned. You can decide that something is abandoned if you ask around and cannot find its owner.

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Part 6Administrative provisions
Administrative powers

119Power to seize abandoned goods

  1. An inspector or authorised person may seize and may treat or dispose of any abandoned organism (where necessary disabling or killing it first) or any abandoned conveyance, craft, or goods that are reasonably suspected by the inspector or authorised person of containing or harbouring any pest or unwanted organism.

  2. An inspector or authorised person is entitled to regard as abandoned any organism or goods that appear to the inspector or authorised person, after making such inquiries as are reasonable in the circumstances, to have been abandoned or have no apparent or readily identifiable owner.

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  • 1969 No 53 s 10
Notes
  • Section 119(1): amended, on , by section 47 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).