Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00487:section:2:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00487
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 7037–9367

are target organisms for the purposes of this Act.
target recommendation means a recommendation to the Authority by the Council that organisms of a particular kind should be declared to be target organisms for the purposes of this Act.
Territory does not include the Northern Territory.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act, the Jervis Bay Territory shall be taken to be part of the Australian Capital Territory.
 (3) For the purposes of this Act, organisms of a particular kind shall be taken to cause harm if the control of those organisms would be for the public benefit.
 (4) For the purposes of this Act, organisms of a particular kind shall be taken to cause harm in the Australian Capital Territory if they cause harm in a part or parts only of that Territory.
 (4A) For the purposes of this Act:
 (a) a recommendation or decision of, or an approval by, the Council, has effect whether or not it was made while the Council was in session;
 (b) a recommendation of the Council shall be taken to be unanimous if, and only if, the recommendation is a recommendation of all the members of the Council;
 (c) an approval by the Council shall be taken to be unanimous if, and only if, the approval is an approval by all the members of the Council; and
 (d) where a person is authorised to act as a member of the Council in place of another person, then while the first‑mentioned person is so acting, the first‑mentioned person is to be taken to be a member of the Council and the other person is not to be taken to be a member of the Council.
 (5) A reference in this Act to a recommendation by the Council that organisms of a particular kind should be declared to be agent organisms for the purposes of this Act includes a reference to a recommendation that organisms of a particular kind should be so declared if organisms to which a target recommendation applies are declared to be target organisms for the purposes of this Act.
 (6) In this Act:
 (a) a reference to a Minister of a State shall, except in relation to the Northern Territory, be read as a reference to a Minister of the Crown of the State; and
 (b) a reference to a Minister of a State shall, in relation to the Northern Territory, be read as a reference to a person holding an office referred to in section 34 of the Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978.