Weeds Management Act 2001

The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, approve a weed management plan for one or more of the following purposes:

to prevent a declared weed or potential weed entering the

Territory;

to prevent anything containing or carrying a declared weed or potential weed being brought into or taken out of the Territory;

to manage a declared weed or potential weed within the Territory or a part of the Territory; or

to prevent a declared weed or potential weed being propagated or moved within the Territory.

A weed management plan is to include the following particulars:

the name of the plan;

the area or activity to which the plan applies;

the general and specific objectives of the plan;

the name and any classification of the declared weed or potential weed to which the plan applies;

the methods to be used to achieve the objectives of the plan and the time during which the methods are to be used, and other specifications required, to achieve the objectives of the plan;

the methods to be used to prevent the spread within or from the area to which the plan applies;

the requirements for owners and occupiers of land and officers to monitor the results of the plan and the methods used.

A weed management plan may include the following particulars:

the procedures for inspecting land, animals, vehicles, plants, fodder, soil and other things for the presence of declared weeds or potential weeds;

the processes to be adopted following the removal of declared weeds or potential weeds from land to rehabilitate the land;

the use of declared weeds under a permit;

the program for educating the owners and occupiers of land in the area to which the plan applies and other persons to whom the plan applies on how to manage declared weeds or potential weeds;

the criteria for obtaining assistance to carry out the obligations imposed under the plan and the extent of the assistance;

any other particulars that are determined by the Minister.

A weed management plan may prohibit or restrict the use of a substance or class of substances or a methodology used to manage declared weeds or potential weeds.

A weed management plan may adopt or incorporate by reference any code, standard, methodology or publication, or a part of any code, standard or publication, published by any authority or body.