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{{Short description|Act of Parliament in New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox legislation
| short_title     = Biosecurity Act
| legislature     = New Zealand Parliament
| image           = Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
| imagesize       = 180px
| long_title      = An Act to restate and reform the law relating to the exclusion, eradication, and effective management of pests and unwanted organisms
| introduced_by   = 
| administered_by = Ministry for Primary Industries
| date_passed     = 1993
| royal_assent    = 26 August 1993
| date_commenced  = 1 October 1993
| amended_by      = Biosecurity Amendment Act (No 2) 2008
| related         = 
| repeals         = 
| status          = Current
}}

'''Biosecurity Act 1993''' is an Act of Parliament in [[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]]. The Act is a restatement and reform of the laws relating to pests and other unwanted organisms.<ref name="nz1997">{{cite book|editor1=Tayor, Rowan|editor2=Smith Ian|title=The State of New Zealand's Environment |url=http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/ser1997/|year=1997|publisher=Ministry for the Environment, GP Publications|location=Wellington|isbn=0-478-09000-5|access-date=25 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314043156/http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/ser1997/|archive-date=14 March 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was a world first.<ref>{{Cite book | author = Policy and Risk Directorate, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand | title = Review of key parts of the Biosecurity Act 1993 | location = [Wellington, N.Z.] | publisher = Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | isbn = 978-0-478-35734-9 | year = 2009 | url = http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/biosec/policy-laws/review-of-key-parts-of-the-biosecurity-act-1993.pdf | access-date = 12 March 2010 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210913/http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/biosec/policy-laws/review-of-key-parts-of-the-biosecurity-act-1993.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In the Act an "unwanted organism" is defined as one that "is capable or potentially capable of causing unwanted harm to any natural and physical resources or human health" and a "restricted organism" means "any organism for which a containment approval has been granted in accordance with the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996".

Part 5 of the Act provides for national pest management plans and regional pest management plans.

==See also==
*[[Biology:Biosecurity in New Zealand|Biosecurity in New Zealand]]
*Biodiversity of New Zealand
*Conservation in New Zealand
*Environment Act 1986
*Ministry for the Environment (New Zealand)
*National Pest Plant Accord

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0095/latest/DLM314623.html Biosecurity Act 1993] - text of the Act
*[http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ Biosecurity New Zealand], part of Ministry for Primary Industries

[[Category:Biosecurity]]

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