Biosecurity Act 2019
199Additional measures not to be included in biosecurity direction
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199 Additional measures not to be included in biosecurity direction
(1) A relevant officer, other than the Secretary, Chief Plant Protection Officer or Chief Veterinary Officer, must not, under this Division –
(a) direct the destruction of a protected plant within the meaning of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 ; or
(b) direct the destruction of an organism that is a threatened species within the meaning of the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 ; or
(c) direct the destruction of a relic within the meaning of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975 .
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the functions of a relevant officer to do a thing where that action is expressly authorised or required by an emergency order, a control order or the regulations.