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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 85

Destruction requirements

85 Destruction requirements

(1) A biosecurity zone regulation cannot require or authorise the destruction of a thing unless--
(a) the thing is, or is reasonably suspected of being, prohibited matter, or
(b) the thing is a carrier of, or reasonably suspected of being a carrier of, prohibited matter, or
(c) the thing is a pest to which the biosecurity zone relates, or
(d) the thing is, or is reasonably suspected of being, infected or infested with, or of harbouring, the biosecurity matter to which the regulations relate and there are no other reasonably practicable treatment measures that could eliminate or minimise the biosecurity risk posed by the biosecurity matter, or
(e) the thing is, or is reasonably suspected of being--
(i) abandoned, and
(ii) biosecurity matter to which the regulations relate or a carrier of biosecurity matter to which the regulations relate.
(2) In this section--

"reasonably practicable" means reasonably practicable in the opinion of the Secretary or an authorised officer.

"reasonably suspected" means reasonably suspected by the Secretary or an authorised officer.



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