Biosecurity Act 1993

Preliminary

2B: Interpretation of specified in relation to organisms

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"What 'specified' means when talking about living things in the Biosecurity Act"

When you are reading the Biosecurity Act 1993, you need to know what is meant by "specified" in relation to organisms. You can specify an organism by its scientific name. You can also specify an organism by the name of a disease it causes.

The Biosecurity Act 1993 was amended by the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012, which you can read more about on the New Zealand legislation website. This amendment helped to clarify what is meant by "specified" in the Act. It is important to understand what the Act means by "specified" to know how it applies to organisms.

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Part 1Preliminary

2BInterpretation of specified in relation to organisms

  1. For the purposes of this Act, an organism may be specified by 1 or both of the following:

  2. its scientific name:
    1. the name of a disease it causes.
      Notes
      • Section 2B: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).