Biosecurity Act 2023
234Regulation-making power
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 234
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Biosecurity Act 2023.
234 Regulation-making power (1) The Executive may make regulations for this Act. (2) A regulation may make provision in relation to the following: (a) any matter relating to the management of a biosecurity risk or biosecurity impact; (b) the testing, analysis, vaccination, inoculation and other treatment of any biosecurity matter or carrier, including— (i) the authorisation of a person to carry out the testing, analysis, vaccination, inoculation or other treatment; and or supply of any substance or equipment used for the testing, analysis, vaccination, inoculation or other treatment;
(c) the classification and identification of any premises, biosecurity matter, carrier or other thing; (d) the marking, branding, tagging, or attaching of a device or other identifier to any biosecurity matter or carrier whether on a voluntary or mandatory basis; (e) the establishment and administration of a register of people, premises, biosecurity matter, carriers, dealings or any other matter or other thing for this Act; (f) animal food including— (i) the amount of a stated ingredient or other thing that may be added to, or contained in, animal food; and or supply of animal food; (g) fertilisers including— (i) the amount of a stated ingredient or other thing that may be added to, or contained in, a fertiliser; and or supply of fertilisers. (3) A regulation may apply, adopt or incorporate an instrument as in force from time to time. Note The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or as at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)). (4) A regulation may create offences and fix maximum penalties of not more than 50 penalty units for the offences.
Transitional Part 16A