Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

Any legal proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations, or for a native vegetation offence, may only be taken by a police officer, by the Environment Agency Head or by a person duly authorised by the Environment Agency Head in that behalf, either generally or in any particular case.

In any proceedings referred to in this section the production of an authority purporting to be signed by the Environment Agency Head is evidence of the authority without proof of the signature of the Environment Agency Head.

In subsection (1), a reference to the Environment Agency Head is, in the case of an offence against this Act or the regulations arising from the carrying out of forestry operations, taken to include a reference to the Environment Protection Authority.