Govt too slow on virus CRC

The Press | November 27, 1997| | Copyright

Opportunities to use the RCD virus to maximum effect are fast being lost because the Government has still not tidied up the legal issues surrounding its spread, the Canterbury Regional Council says.

The council would like to be involved in a managed spread, but says it cannot until it can do it legally.

Several laws are involved, including the Animals Act, the Biosecurity Act, and the Pesticides Act. ``Every day that the current situation is allowed to drift along is another day lost in effective rabbit control,'' council resource services committee chairman Bill Penno said yesterday. ``It is ...

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