Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Biological Control Act 1984 No. 139 of 1984 - SECT 17

17. (1) Where the Council has recommended to the Authority that organisms of a
particular kind should be target organisms the Authority shall publish in the
Gazette and in such newspapers or journals as the Authority considers
appropriate a notice that the Authority is contemplating declaring those
organisms to be target organisms.

(2) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), a notice under that
sub-section shall be published in each State and the Australian Capital
Territory by being published in at least one newspaper circulating generally
in that State or Territory.

(3) A notice under sub-section (1) in relation to organisms of a particular
kind shall-

   (a)  set out particulars identifying the organisms;

   (b)  set out brief particulars of the reasons why the organisms are
        believed to be causing harm in the Australian Capital Territory;

   (c)  set out brief particulars of the benefits (if any) resulting from the
        absence of biological control of the population of the organisms;

   (d)  state that the Council has recommended that the organisms should be
        declared to be target organisms;

   (e)  where the recommendation of the Council followed a target application
        in relation to the organisms-inform the public that copies of the
        target application can be perused at a place specified in the notice;
        and

   (f)  invite any persons who object to, or support, the organisms being
        declared to be target organisms to submit written particulars of the
        grounds for that objection or support, as the case may be, to the
        Authority within the period of 6 weeks after the date of the
        publication of the notice in the Gazette, or within such further
        period as the Authority (either before or after the expiration of that
        period) allows.

(4) Where the Authority publishes a notice under sub-section (1) in relation
to a target application, the Authority shall cause copies of the application
to be available for perusal at the place specified in the notice in accordance
with paragraph (3) (e).