Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007

The Minister may, by instrument published in the Gazette, issue a plan for the management of an area to provide for the control of a declared pest in the area.

The area may be the whole or part of the State.

A management plan must —

identify the area to which the plan relates; and

set out the purposes of the plan; and

set out the practices to be followed under the plan; and

specify any obligations that are imposed on owners, occupiers or other persons for the purposes of the plan.

A management plan may create offences punishable by a fine not exceeding $20 000.

The Minister must not issue —

a management plan in relation to fish, or a declared pest in an aquatic environment, unless the plan is approved by the Fisheries Minister; or

a management plan in relation to a declared pest that is an animal native to Australia, other than a fish, unless the plan is approved by the Minister administering the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

If a provision of a management plan is inconsistent with a regulation, the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.