Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Biological Control Act 1984 No. 139 of 1984 - SECT 31

31. (1) If the Authority is satisfied that-

   (a)  before the commencement of this Act, prescribed live organisms of a
        particular kind were released in the Australian Capital Territory for
        the purpose of the control, by biological means, of organisms of
        another kind in that Territory; and

   (b)  if this Act had been in force before the release of the
        first-mentioned organisms, it is probable that action would have been
        taken under this Act that would have resulted in the organisms of the
        second-mentioned kind being declared to be target organisms and the
        organisms of the first-mentioned kind being declared to be
        agent organisms, the Authority may, by notice published in the
        Gazette, declare-

   (c)  organisms of the second-mentioned kind to be target organisms for the
        purposes of this Act; and

   (d)  organisms of the first-mentioned kind to be agent organisms for the
        purposes of this Act.

(2) A notice under sub-section (1) declaring organisms of a particular kind to
be agent organisms may set out conditions under which the organisms may be
released, which conditions may be or include-

   (a)  conditions specifying the persons who may release those organisms; or

   (b)  conditions specifying the circumstances in which those organisms may
        be released.