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Biosecurity Act 2014
sec.49When State and local government act in partnership
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### 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.