sec.49When State and local government act in partnership

### sec.49 When State and local government act in partnership The chief executive and the chief executive officer of a local government may agree that the State and local government act in a coordinated way to respond to a biosecurity event in the local government’s area associated with its area’s invasive biosecurity matter. The chief executive makes a biosecurity emergency order in response to a biosecurity event and the biosecurity emergency area for the biosecurity emergency order is in a local government’s area. The biosecurity matter associated with the biosecurity event is prohibited matter that is invasive biosecurity matter for the local government’s area. The role of a local government in managing the prohibited matter may consist only of providing authorised persons appointed by the local government to respond to the biosecurity event. The State and a local government may enter into a government and industry agreement to respond to a biosecurity event.