Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ANIMAL DISEASES AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 14 OF 2009) - SECT 20

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87A     Information exchange between jurisdictions

    (1)     This section applies to any information collected in relation to—

        (a)     detection, prevention and control of outbreaks of endemic and exotic animal diseases in the ACT; and

        (b)     prevention and control of outbreaks of endemic and exotic animal diseases in other jurisdictions within Australia.

    (2)     The chief executive may give the information to a corresponding administrative agency for the purposes of the corresponding administrative agency.

    (3)     This section is additional to any other Act that provides for information to be given by, or to, a corresponding administrative body.

    (4)     In this section:

"agency"—

        (a)     means—

              (i)     an administrative unit; or

              (ii)     a statutory office-holder; or

              (iii)     any other entity established for a public purpose; and

        (b)     includes a member of, or a member of the staff of, the agency.

"corresponding administrative agency" means the agency responsible for the administration of a corresponding law in another jurisdiction within Australia.