Section 164A may apply in addition to a procedure in this Act for giving a direction or making a requirement, if they are consistent. You can use section 164A when this Act does not specify a procedure for giving a direction or making a requirement. Section 164A does not mean a direction must be given or a requirement must be made in a certain way, as per the section 164A rules.

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164A: Procedure for giving directions or making requirements, or

"How to give someone a direction or make a requirement under the Biosecurity Act"

164C: Registration of unwanted organisms, or

"What happens when bad organisms are found and need to be registered"

Part 9Miscellaneous provisions

164BApplication of section 164A

Section 164A—
may, if the provisions of that section are consistent with a procedure specified in this Act for giving a direction or making a requirement, apply in addition to that procedure:
may apply where this Act does not specify any procedure for giving any direction or making any requirement:
does not require any direction to be given or requirement to be made in accordance with that section.

Notes

Section 164B: inserted, on 26 November 1997, by section 107 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).