New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 370

370 Local control authority--meaning

(1) The council of a local government area is the local control authority for land within that local government area unless the weed control functions for that area have been conferred on a county council or joint organisation (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ) under any other Act. If the weed control functions for an area have been conferred on a county council or joint organisation, the county council or joint organisation is the local control authority for that area.

(2) The local control authority for land within the Western Division that is not within a local government area is the person appointed under this section for that purpose.

(3) The Lord Howe Island Board is the local control authority for land within Lord Howe Island.

(4) The Minister may appoint a person to be the local control authority for the purposes of subsection (2) for land within the Western Division that is not within a local government area.

(5) The Minister may revoke an appointment under subsection (4) at any time or for any reason.

(6) A person appointed under subsection (2) (except a person who is an employee of a government sector agency within the meaning of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 ) is entitled to be paid the remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) that the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the person.