New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 372

372 Local authorities to appoint authorised officers to control weeds

(1) A local control authority has the same power as the Secretary to appoint authorised officers in relation to land for which it is the local control authority.

(2) A person appointed by a local control authority as an authorised officer may exercise the functions of an authorised officer--

(a) in relation to weeds only, and

(b) subject to this Division, only in relation to land for which that local control authority is the local control authority.

(3) Division 1 applies in relation to the appointment of an authorised officer by a local control authority in the same way as it applies in relation to the appointment of an authorised officer by the Secretary.

(4) A local control authority has the same functions as the Secretary with respect to--

(a) any biosecurity direction given by an authorised officer appointed by the local control authority, or

(b) any biosecurity undertaking executed by an authorised officer appointed by the local control authority.

(5) A reference in this Act to an authorised officer acting on behalf of the Secretary includes a reference to an authorised officer acting on behalf of a local control authority.

(6) The regulations may make further provision for--

(a) the exercise by a local control authority of any functions of the Secretary under this Act, in relation to weeds, and

(b) the exercise by an authorised officer appointed by a local control authority of functions under this Act.

(7) Nothing in this section limits the functions of an authorised officer appointed by the Secretary in relation to the control of weeds in any area.