Biosecurity Act 1993
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Biosecurity Act 1993 is an Act of Parliament
in New Zealand
passed in order to prevent pests and other unwanted organisms. It was a world first.
Part 5 of the Act provides for a National Pest Management Strategy and Regional Pest Management Strategy.
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
passed in order to prevent pests and other unwanted organisms. It was a world first.
Part 5 of the Act provides for a National Pest Management Strategy and Regional Pest Management Strategy.
See also
- BiosecurityBiosecurityBiosecurity is a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive alien species, living modified organisms...
- Biodiversity of New ZealandBiodiversity of New ZealandThe biodiversity of New Zealand, a large Pacific archipelago, is one of the most unusual on Earth, due to its long isolation from other continental landmasses. Its affinities are derived from Gondwana, from which it separated 82 million years ago, New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island, both of which...
- Conservation in New ZealandConservation in New ZealandConservation in New Zealand has a history associated with both Māori and Europeans. Both groups of people caused a loss of species and both amended their behaviour after realising their effect on indigenous flora and fauna.-Protected areas:...
- Environment Act 1986Environment Act 1986The Environment Act 1986 established the Ministry for the Environment and the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.-References:* .*...
- Ministry for the Environment (New Zealand)
- National Pest Plant AccordNational Pest Plant AccordThe National Pest Plant Accord identifies pest plants that are prohibited from sale and commercial propagation and distribution across New Zealand....
External links
- Biosecurity Act 1993 - text of the Act
- Biosecurity New Zealand (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)