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Biosecurity Act 1993

Importation of risk goods - Import health standards

24A: Issue

You could also call this:

"When to issue a new biosecurity standard"

The Director-General gets a recommendation from an officer under section 23(5) and follows section 24(4) if it applies. Then the Director-General decides whether to issue a standard. If they decide to issue a standard, they choose when it starts and include that date in the standard.

The Director-General does not have to issue a standard if they think it would not be enough to achieve the purpose of this Part. A standard is secondary legislation, which means it has to follow certain rules for publication, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

The standard starts on the date the Director-General chooses, even if it has not been published yet.

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Part 3Importation of risk goods
Import health standards

24AIssue

  1. After receiving the officer's recommendation under section 23(5) and complying with section 24(4), if it applies, the Director-General must decide whether or not to issue a standard.

  2. If the Director-General decides to issue a standard, he or she must—

  3. decide on the date on which the standard is to come into force; and
    1. issue the standard with the date in it.

      1. The Director-General is not required to issue a standard for goods of a particular class or description if the Director-General considers that the requirements that could be imposed in the standard would not be sufficient to enable the purpose of this Part to be achieved.

      2. A standard under this section—

      3. is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements); but
        1. commences in accordance with subsection (2), even if it is not yet published.

          Notes
          • Section 24A: inserted, on , by section 20 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
          • Section 24A(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).