Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 139 of 1984 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 9 July 2008
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 73 of 2008
The text of any of those
amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may
be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of
Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department,
Canberra
Contents
Part I--Preliminary 1
1............ Short title [see Note 1]....................................................................... 1
2............ Interpretation...................................................................................... 1
3............ Biological control................................................................................ 4
4............ Extension of Act to external Territories............................................. 4
5............ Saving of other laws............................................................................ 4
6............ Act to bind Crown.............................................................................. 5
6A......... Application of the Criminal Code...................................................... 5
7............ Act not limited to agricultural pests................................................... 5
8............ Commonwealth Biological Control Authority................................... 5
9............ Relevant State laws............................................................................. 5
10.......... Delegation........................................................................................... 6
Part II--Target organisms 7
12.......... Target organisms................................................................................. 7
13.......... Target application............................................................................... 7
14.......... Withdrawal of target application........................................................ 8
15.......... Referral of target application to Council............................................ 8
16.......... Notice of rejection of target application............................................. 8
17.......... Notice of proposed target organisms.................................................. 9
18.......... Consideration of submissions relating to target organisms............... 10
19.......... Inquiries relating to target organisms................................................ 10
20.......... Declaration of target organisms........................................................ 11
Part III--Agent organisms 13
21.......... Agent organisms............................................................................... 13
22.......... Agent application............................................................................. 13
23.......... Withdrawal of agent application....................................................... 14
24.......... Referral of agent application to Council........................................... 14
25.......... Notice of rejection of agent application............................................ 14
26.......... Notice of proposed agent organisms................................................ 15
27.......... Consideration of submissions relating to agent organisms............... 16
28.......... Inquiries relating to agent organisms................................................. 16
29.......... Declaration of agent organisms......................................................... 17
Part IV--Special declarations of target organisms and agent organisms 19
30.......... Emergency declarations.................................................................... 19
31.......... Declarations of existing released organisms...................................... 20
32.......... Notice of proposed declaration under section 31............................. 21
33.......... Inquiries relating to declarations under section 31............................ 22
34.......... Declaration of organisms declared under relevant State law............. 23
Part V--Release of agent organisms 24
35.......... Release of agent organisms............................................................... 24
36.......... No legal proceedings to be instituted in respect of release of agent organisms 24
Part VI--Biological control under State laws 26
37.......... Legal proceedings not to be instituted.............................................. 26
Part VII--Inquiries 28
38.......... Commissions of inquiry................................................................... 28
39.......... Remuneration of Commissioners...................................................... 29
40.......... Notice of inquiries............................................................................ 29
41.......... Procedure at inquiries....................................................................... 29
42.......... Power to summon witnesses............................................................ 30
43.......... Failure of witness to attend.............................................................. 30
44.......... Power to administer oath or affirmation........................................... 31
45.......... Refusal to be sworn or to answer questions..................................... 31
46.......... Protection of Commissioners and witnesses.................................... 32
47.......... False or misleading evidence............................................................. 32
48.......... Contempt of Commission................................................................ 32
49.......... Powers of Commission in relation to documents produced............. 33
50.......... Allowances to witnesses.................................................................. 33
51.......... Witness not to be prejudiced............................................................ 33
Part VIII--Miscellaneous 35
52.......... Act not to render other controls illegal............................................. 35
53.......... Revocation of declarations................................................................ 35
54.......... Declarations continue in operation................................................... 35
55.......... Service of documents on Authority.................................................. 35
56.......... Application for review..................................................................... 36
57.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 36
Notes 37
Notes to
the
Biological Control Act 1984 Note 1 The Biological Control Act 1984 as shown in this
compilation comprises Act No. 139, 1984 amended as indicated in the Tables
below. All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or
transitional provisions prior to 18 September 2001 is not included in this
compilation. For subsequent
information see Table A. Table of Acts
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Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
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139, 1984 |
25 Oct 1984 |
22 Nov 1984 |
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65, 1985 |
5 June 1985 |
S. 3: 3 July 1985 (a) |
-- |
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168, 1986 |
18 Dec 1986 |
S. 3: Royal Assent (b) |
S. 5(1) |
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Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 |
129, 1994 |
21 Oct 1994 |
S. 3: Royal Assent (c) |
-- |
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43, 1996 |
25 Oct 1996 |
Schedule 4 (item 50): Royal Assent (d) |
-- |
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Productivity Commission (Repeals, Transitional and Consequential Amendments) Act 1998 |
15, 1998 |
16 Apr 1998 |
16 Apr 1998 |
-- |
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92, 1999 |
16 July 1999 |
Schedule 3 (items 19‑37): 16 July 2000 (e) |
-- |
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Wildlife Protection) Act 2001 |
82, 2001 |
11 July 2001 |
Ss. 1-3 and Schedule 1 (items 83-86): Royal
Assent |
-- |
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 |
115, 2001 |
18 Sept 2001 |
16 Oct 2001 |
S. 4 [see Table A] |
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73, 2008 |
3 July 2008 |
Schedule 4 (item 109): 4 July 2008 |
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(a) The Biological Control Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(b) The Biological Control Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(c) The Biological Control Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of the Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(d) The Biological Control Act 1984 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 50) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(e) The Biological Control Act 1984 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 19-37) only of the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences when the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 commences.
Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Part I |
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S. 2...................................... |
am. No. 65, 1985; No. 168, 1986; No. 129, 1994 |
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S. 5...................................... |
am. No. 82, 2001 |
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S. 6A................................... |
ad. No. 115, 2001 |
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Ss. 8, 9................................ |
am. No. 168, 1986 |
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S. 11.................................... |
rs. No. 168, 1986 |
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rep. No. 15, 1998 |
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Part II |
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S. 12.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986 |
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S. 17.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986 |
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S. 19.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986; No. 15, 1998; No. 92, 1999 |
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S. 20.................................... |
am. No. 65, 1985; No. 168, 1986 |
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Part III |
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S. 21.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986 |
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S. 26.................................... |
am. No. 65, 1985; No. 168, 1986 |
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S. 28.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986; No. 92, 1999 |
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S. 29.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986 |
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Part IV |
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Ss. 30-32............................ |
am. No. 168, 1986 |
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S. 33.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986; No. 92, 1999 |
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Part VII |
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S. 38.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986 |
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S. 39.................................... |
am. No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996 |
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S. 43.................................... |
am. No. 115, 2001 |
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S. 45.................................... |
am. No. 115, 2001; No. 73, 2008 |
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Part VIII |
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S. 53.................................... |
am. No. 168, 1986 |
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S. 56.................................... |
am. No. 15, 1998; No. 92, 1999 |
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 115, 2001)
(1) Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.
(2) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.