South Australia
Biological Control (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2016
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Biological Control Act 1986.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Biological Control Act 1986
4	Amendment of section 3—Interpretation
5	Amendment of section 4—Biological control
6	Amendment of section 19—Agent organisms
7	Amendment of section 20—Agent application
8	Amendment of section 24—Notice of proposed agent organisms
9	Amendment of section 28—Emergency declarations
10	Amendment of section 29—Declaration of existing released organisms
11	Amendment of section 32—Declaration of organisms declared under a relevant law
12	Amendment of section 35—No legal proceedings to be instituted in respect of release of agent organisms under a relevant law

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Biological Control (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2016.
2—Commencement
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Biological Control Act 1986
4—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation
	(1)	Section 3(1), definitions of kind and organism—delete the definitions and substitute:
kind, in relation to live organisms, viruses or sub‑viral agents, means species, sub‑species or variety;
organism means—
	(a)	an organism (whether alive or dead and whether or not indigenous to Australia) other than a human; or
	(b)	a part of, or matter discharged from, an organism within the meaning of paragraph (a); or
	(c)	a virus or sub‑viral agent;
	(2)	Section 3(1), definition of prescribed live organisms—delete the definition and substitute:
prescribed organisms means organisms that are—
	(a)	live organisms; or
	(b)	viruses or sub‑viral agents,
but does not include live vaccines or resistant cultivars;
5—Amendment of section 4—Biological control
Section 4—delete "live" and substitute:
prescribed
6—Amendment of section 19—Agent organisms
Section 19(1)—delete "live"
7—Amendment of section 20—Agent application
Section 20(1)—delete "live"
8—Amendment of section 24—Notice of proposed agent organisms
Section 24(1)—delete "live"
9—Amendment of section 28—Emergency declarations
Section 28(1)(b)—delete "live"
10—Amendment of section 29—Declaration of existing released organisms
Section 29(1)(a)—delete "live"
11—Amendment of section 32—Declaration of organisms declared under a relevant law
Section 32(2)(a)—delete "live"
12—Amendment of section 35—No legal proceedings to be instituted in respect of release of agent organisms under a relevant law
Section 35(2)—delete "live"