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Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007
1Repealed by the *Mining Act 1978*.
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1 Repealed by the *Mining Act 1978*.
2 Formerly referred to the *Petroleum Act 1967*, the short title of which was changed to the *Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967* by the *Petroleum Amendment Act 2007* s. 5. The reference was changed under the *Reprints Act 1984* s. 7(3)(gb).
Defined terms
*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*
**Defined term Provision(s)**
acquire 152(1)
additive 9(2)
adulterate 59(1)
agent 111(1) and (3)
agricultural activity 6
agricultural product 6
Agvet Code of Western Australia 6
alleged offender 125
analysis 6
animal 6
animal feed 6, 9(1), 59(1)
animal product 6
application 69(1)
approved analyst 119(1)
assessment notice 135(1)
authorisation 6
authorised officer 184(1)
Authority 6
basic animal feed 9(2)
biosecurity 6
Biosecurity Council 6
breed 6
business concern 152(1)
by-product 9(2)
charge amount 6
chemical product 6
code 190(1)
code of practice 6
commercial carrier 20(1)
commercial passenger carrier 19(1)
Commissioner 129
container 6
contaminated 6
control 6
conveyance 6
corresponding administrator 183(1)
corresponding law 183(1)
corresponding Minister 183(1)
criminal record check 162(1)
cultivate 6
declaration 157(1)
declared pest 6
Declared Pest Account 6
department 6
Director General 6
disease 6
dispose of 152(1)
dwelling 63
electronic site 6
employer 112(1) and (3)
entry warrant 63
environment 6
export 6
fertiliser 6
fish 6
fisheries officer 6
Government agreement 134(1)
guidelines 184(1)
high impact organism 6
identification card 6
identifier 6
import 6
import permit 6
infected 6
infested 6
information sharing agency 184(1)
inspection point 6
inspection purposes 63
inspector 6
intellectual property 154(2)
keep 6
label 6
land 6
land document 101(1)
Land Titles Register 6
management committee 140
management plan 6
manufactured animal feed 9(2)
maximum residue limit 6
Minister for Fisheries 6
mobile home 63
Modified Penalties Revenue Account 6
notified person 84(2)
occupier 6
officer 184(1)
official 187(1)
operating account 129
operational work 42(1)
organism 6
owner 6, 129
participate in 152(1)
pearl oyster 6
pensioner 136(1)
pensioner concession card 136(1)
permitted organism 6
pest control notice 6
pest exclusion notice 6
pest keeping notice 6
pest plant 193(1)
place 6, 42(1)
plant 6
potential carrier 6
premises 6
prescribed 6
prescribed account 140
prescribed control measures 30(1)
prescribed offence 125
principal 111(1) and (3)
private land 8(2)
processed animal feed 9(2)
prohibited organism 6
property 152(1)
public authority 6
public place 65(5)
quality assurance scheme 6
quarantine facility 6
rate 129
rate determination 129
rates amount 129
recallable substance 84(1)
record 6
register 101(1)
relevant information 184(1)
relevant record 66(1)
remote communication 69(1)
research body 152(1)
residue 6
residue management notice 6
security officer 91(1)
specified 113
stock 6
structure 63
subsidiary legislation 190(1)
supply 6
treat 6
unimproved value 6
unlisted organism 6, 14
vehicle 6
veterinarian 6
veterinary chemical product 6
wildlife officer 6
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