Biosecurity Act 2019
186Destruction requirements
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186 Destruction requirements
A control order may not 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 control order relates; or
(d) the thing is, or is reasonably suspected of being, infected or infested with, or harbouring, biosecurity matter to which the control order relates and there is no other reasonably practicable and available treatment that could eliminate 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 control order relates or a carrier of biosecurity matter to which the control order relates.