Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007

In this section —

Subject to and in accordance with the Local Government Act 1995 a local government may, in respect of its district, make local laws for any of the following purposes —

prescribing as a pest plant in that district any plant (other than a declared pest for that area) that, in its opinion, is likely to adversely affect the environment of the district, the value of property in the district or the health, comfort or convenience of the inhabitants of the district;

requiring the owner or occupier of land (other than an owner of land referred to in section 8(1)(d)) within the district to control pest plants on and in relation to that land in a manner and within a time specified in a notice given by the local government and given to the owner or occupier of the land;

if the owner or occupier does not comply with the notice given by the local government, for authorising the local government without payment of compensation to control the pest plants at the expense of the owner or occupier to whom the notice was given, and to recover in a court of competent jurisdiction from the owner or occupier the amount of the expense.