New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 380

380 Extraterritorial exercise of functions

(1) The Minister may enter into an arrangement with a Minister of another State or a Territory providing for either or both of the following--

(a) the exercise, in another State or a Territory, by authorised officers or by officers of that State or Territory of functions under this Act or the regulations,

(b) the exercise, in this State, by authorised officers or by officers of that State or Territory of functions under a corresponding law.

(2) The Secretary may enter into an arrangement with the head of an interstate biosecurity agency providing for either or both of the following--

(a) the exercise, in another State or a Territory, by authorised officers or by officers of that State or Territory of functions under this Act or the regulations,

(b) the exercise, in this State, by authorised officers or by officers of that State or Territory of functions under a corresponding law.

(3) An authorised officer or an officer of another State or a Territory may, in accordance with any such arrangement, exercise functions under this Act in another State or a Territory, but only to the extent that the matters concerned relate to a biosecurity impact or potential biosecurity impact on this State.

(4) An authorised officer or an officer of another State or a Territory may, in accordance with any such arrangement, exercise functions in this State under a corresponding law of another State or a Territory, but only to the extent that the matters concerned relate to a biosecurity impact or potential biosecurity impact on that State or Territory.

(5) In this section--

"interstate biosecurity agency" means a government department or agency of another State or a Territory responsible for the administration of a corresponding law.