Biosecurity Act 1993

Miscellaneous provisions

164C: Registration of unwanted organisms

You could also call this:

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

If a chief technical officer thinks an organism is unwanted, they must tell the Director-General. The Director-General keeps a list of all unwanted organisms they are told about. You can look at this list at the Director-General's office during work hours.

If a chief technical officer forgets to tell the Director-General about an unwanted organism, it does not change their decision that the organism is unwanted. The Director-General's list is for public information and you can inspect it. You can find more information about the law that created this rule in the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997.

The list of unwanted organisms is an important record that the Director-General must keep. You have the right to see this list and it is available for your inspection. The chief technical officer's decision about an unwanted organism still stands even if they forget to notify the Director-General.

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164B: Application of section 164A, or

"When to use the extra rules for giving directions or making requirements"

164D: Consultation about regulations, or

"Talking to people before making new biosecurity rules"

Part 9Miscellaneous provisions

164CRegistration of unwanted organisms

Where a chief technical officer has formed the belief that makes an organism an unwanted organism, that chief technical officer must notify the Director-General that the organism is an unwanted organism.
The Director-General must keep a register of all organisms notified to the Director-General in accordance with subsection (1).
The register must be available for public information and inspection at the office of the Director-General during normal office hours.
Where a chief technical officer fails to notify the Director-General in accordance with this section, that failure does not invalidate the chief technical officer's belief that makes the organism an unwanted organism.

Notes

Section 164C: inserted, on 26 November 1997, by section 108 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).