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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ACT 1985 - SECT 26
Inquiries relating to agent organisms
(1) Where the Authority, after-- (a) complying with sections 24 and 25 in
respect of an agent recommendation,
(b) consulting the Council regarding the
appropriateness of action under this section in respect of that
recommendation,
(c) considering the nature of, the proceedings in and the
findings of, any inquiry that the Authority considers relevant to the
recommendation (which may be an inquiry under Part 7 in respect of a
target recommendation or an inquiry conducted on behalf of another State or
the Commonwealth), and
(d) considering any reports relating to the
recommendation made by any person or authority competent to do so that the
Authority considers relevant,
considers that there is evidence that a person
or the environment would be adversely affected by the release of organisms of
the kind to which the recommendation relates but an adequate investigation or
inquiry into the effect of such a release has not been held, the Authority
may-- (e) direct that an inquiry under Part 7 be conducted in respect of the
recommendation,
(f) request the Minister administering the Commonwealth Act
to arrange for the Minister who administers the Industries Assistance
Commission Act 1973 of the Commonwealth to refer the recommendation to the
Industries Assistance Commission for inquiry and report,
(g) arrange for a
Minister who administers any New South Wales legislation relating to the
protection of the environment to cause an inquiry to be conducted under that
legislation in respect of the recommendation, or
(h) request the Biological
Control Authority for another State or a Territory to arrange for a Minister
who administers any legislation of that State or Territory relating to the
protection of the environment to cause an inquiry to be conducted under that
legislation in respect of the recommendation.
(2) Action shall not be taken
under subsection (1) (e), (f), (g) or (h) in respect of an
agent recommendation unless the Council, upon being consulted in accordance
with subsection (1) (b), has unanimously recommended that the action be taken.
(3) An inquiry by virtue of subsection (1) in respect of an
agent recommendation that recommends that organisms of a particular kind
should be declared to be agent organisms if organisms to which a
target recommendation applies are declared to be target organisms and an
inquiry by virtue of section 17 (1) in respect of the target recommendation
may be conducted as if they were one inquiry.
(4) Where the Authority takes
action under subsection (1) (e), (f), (g) or (h) for an inquiry in relation to
an agent recommendation, the Authority shall not take any further action under
this Act in relation to that recommendation unless and until the Authority has
considered the report made as the result of that inquiry.
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