New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 304

304 Restriction on power to issue penalty notices

(1) An authorised officer cannot exercise a power to serve penalty notices under this Division unless the authorised officer is--

(a) a government officer, or

(b) a person, or a person of a class, specified by the regulations to be eligible to exercise penalty notice powers.

(2) The Minister is not to recommend the making of a regulation under subsection (1)(b) unless the Minister certifies that the regulation is made with the concurrence of the Attorney General.

(3) In this section--

"government officer" means an officer or employee of a government agency.