Destruction requirements
194 Destruction requirements
A control order may not require or authorise the destruction of a thing unless—
the thing is, or is reasonably suspected of being, prohibited matter; or
the thing is a carrier of, or reasonably suspected of being a carrier of, prohibited matter; or
the thing is, or is reasonably suspected of being, a pest to which the control order relates; or
the thing is, or is reasonably suspected of being, infected or infested with, or of harbouring, biosecurity matter to which the control order relates and there are no other reasonably practicable and available—
treatment measures that could eliminate, minimise, control or manage the biosecurity risk or potential biosecurity risk posed by the biosecurity matter; or
means of determining or confirming whether the thing is infected or infested with, or harbouring, the biosecurity matter; or
the thing is reasonably suspected of being—
abandoned;
or
biosecurity matter to which the control order relates or a carrier of biosecurity matter to which the control order relates.
In this section—
reasonably practicable means reasonably practicable in the opinion of the Minister or an authorised officer;
reasonably suspected means reasonably suspected in the opinion of the Minister or an authorised officer.
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