25Continuation of permits

25 Continuation of permits

25 Continuation of permits

(1) A permit granted or issued under this Act and in force immediately before the repeal of section 32 by the Biosecurity Act 2015 continues to have effect on that repeal.

(2) The permit remains in force, subject to any condition relating to its duration specified in it, until it is cancelled under Part 21 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.

(3) On the repeal of section 32, the Biosecurity Act 2015 applies in respect of the permit as if it had been granted by a relevant decision-maker under Part 21 of that Act.

(4) The permit is authority to engage in the conduct authorised by the permit for the purposes of both this Act and the Biosecurity Act 2015 (to the extent it would otherwise prohibit the conduct concerned).

(5) The permit applies to any person to whom it would have applied under section 33 of this Act (had that section not been repealed) as if—

(a) the permit were a group permit under the Biosecurity Act 2015, and

(b) the persons referred to in section 33 were the specified class of person to whom the permit were granted.

(6) Any conditions of the permit imposed by the Director-General under this Act that were in force immediately before the repeal of section 32 are taken on that repeal to be conditions of the permit under the Biosecurity Act 2015 (as if they had been imposed by a relevant decision-maker under section 347 of the Biosecurity Act 2015).

(7) To avoid doubt, a permit is also subject to any conditions prescribed by the regulations or imposed by a relevant decision-maker under the Biosecurity Act 2015.