Noxious insects, noxious animals and pest animals
19 Noxious insects, noxious animals and pest animals
In this clause—
former pest means—
any animal or bird of a species that, immediately before the commencement of clause 27 of Schedule 7 to the former RLP Act, was a noxious animal within the meaning of the Rural Lands Protection Act 1989, and
any insect of any species that, immediately before the commencement of clause 27 of Schedule 7 to the former RLP Act, was a noxious insect within the meaning of the Rural Lands Protection Act 1989, and
any animal or bird of a species that, immediately before the commencement of clause 27 of Schedule 7 to the former RLP Act, was the subject of a control order made under section 138D of the Rural Lands Protection Act 1989.
The Minister may make a pest control order under Part 10 of this Act that declares a former pest (or only such species, hybrid or description of such a pest as is specified in the order) to be a pest within the meaning of this Act without complying with the requirements of sections 133 and 134. Such a pest control order is taken to be made in accordance with Division 2 of Part 10.
Nothing in this clause limits section 26 of the Interpretation Act 1987.
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