New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 137

137 Interaction of powers with restrictions imposed by other Acts

(1) An authorised officer must not, under this Part--

(a) destroy or require the destruction of any living thing that is a protected animal or protected plant within the meaning of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 , or

(b) destroy or require the destruction of any living thing that is a threatened species within the meaning of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 , or

(c) clear or require the clearing of native vegetation within the meaning of Part 5A of the Local Land Services Act 2013 , or

(d) harm (within the meaning of the Heritage Act 1977 ) or require the harming of any building, work, relic, moveable object or place the subject of an interim heritage order or listing on the State Heritage Register under that Act.

(2) This section does not limit the power of an authorised officer to do or require a thing to be done where that action is expressly authorised or required by an emergency order, a control order or a biosecurity zone regulation.