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Biological Control Act 1986.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Northern Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to make provision for the biological control of pests in the Northern Territory, and for related purposes.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Biological control agents Pests/diseases Plant protection
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act provides for the use of biological control methods in the Northern Territory. Section 4 satates that "an organism of a particular kind shall be taken to be controllable by biological means if, and only if, the organism can be controlled by the release of a live organism of another kind". The Act consists of 56 sections and is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (I); Target organism (II); Agent organism (III); Special declarations of target organism and agent organism (IV); Release of agent organism (V); Biological control under the laws of a State or the Commonwealth (VI); Inquiries (VII) and Miscellaneous (VIII).

Full text
English
Website
legislation.nt.gov.au