21Additional duties of the Secretary

21 Additional duties of the Secretary

(1) The Secretary must take all reasonable steps to eradicate State prohibited weeds from all land in the State.

S. 21(1A) inserted by No. 48/2010 s. 4.

(1A) The Secretary must take all reasonable steps to control restricted pest animals on any land in the State.

(2) In relation to roadsides on Crown land the Secretary must take all reasonable steps to eradicate regionally prohibited weeds.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to—

S. 21(3)(a) amended by No. 12/2004 s. 151(2).

(a) a freeway or an arterial road within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004; or

S. 21(3)(b) amended by No. 51/2013 s. 6(a).

(b) Crown land held under a lease or licence; or

S. 21(3)(c) inserted by No. 51/2013 s. 6(b).

(c) the roadside of a municipal road.

(4) The duties imposed by this section are in addition to those imposed by this Part on the Secretary as a land owner.