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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NickWallingford" data-source="post: 13468" data-attributes="member: 44">Yes, the AFB PMP only exists because of the powers that are given to it by the Biosecurity Act.Clause 8 of the AFB PMP Order specifies a range of powers that the PMP can use, powers that are in the Biosecurity Act.  The PMP Order does not give *all* of  the powers of the Biosecurity Act to the PMP.  For example, the PMP is not allowed to use clause 123 - Power to vaccinate, etc.  It isn't listed in clause 8 of the PMP Order, so isn't available to our PMP.  A number of these powers were simply not applicable to our PMP.  But other powers of the Biosecurity Act we considered essential.Clause 8 says that the PMP *can* use the powers of clause 109 of the Biosecurity Act - Power of Inspection, which includes the power to enter a property.  While the PMP might talk about hive inspections, it is only because the PMP was given this power from the Biosecurity Act that an AP2 can enter your property to inspect.  If the PMP did not have this power, the AP2 would have to have your specific authority, and invitation, to look at your hives...That one was a *critical* requirement for the PMP to be potentially effective.  And yes, it was a power from the Biosecurity Act, not from the AFB PMP Order.The PMP has *always* used powers from the Biosecurity Act, as well as the specifics of the PMP Order itself.</blockquote>

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