New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT 1993 - SECT 27

27 Notice of control of prohibited plants

(1) A person (including the Minister and a local control authority) must give notice to the police officer in charge of the nearest police station and to an officer of the Department approved by the Director-General for the purposes of this section of any proposed action by the person to control any noxious weed that is a prohibited plant within the meaning of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 .

(2) The notice must give at least 24 hours' notice and may be given orally or in writing.

(3) The Director-General may by notice direct a person (including a local control authority) to use specified means and to take specified measures to control any noxious weed that is a prohibited plant.

(4) A person (other than the Minister) must not take action to control a prohibited plant:

(a) if the Director-General has directed the person that any such action not be commenced or is to be discontinued, or

(b) if the action contravenes a direction by the Director-General to use specified means or to take specified measures to control the prohibited plant, or

(c) unless the person has given notice in accordance with this section.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.