22CContents of a roadside weed and pest animal management plan

22C Contents of a roadside weed and pest animal management plan

(1) A roadside weed and pest animal management plan prepared by a municipal council must—

(a) set out a program of measures to eradicate, as far as possible, all regionally prohibited weeds of which the municipal council is aware from the roadsides of all municipal roads in the declared municipal district; and

(b) specify the species of regionally controlled weeds and established pest animals to which the plan applies; and

(c) specify the municipal council's current knowledge of the extent and abundance in the municipal district of—

(i) all regionally prohibited weeds; and

(ii) all regionally controlled weeds and established pest animals specified in paragraph (b); and

(d) set out a program of reasonable measures to be taken by the municipal council to reduce the adverse impact on surrounding land arising from the species specified in paragraph (b) on the roadsides of municipal roads in the declared municipal district; and

(e) specify the municipal roads to which the plan applies; and

(f) specify the anticipated outcome of each measure referred to in paragraphs (a) and (d); and

(g) state the period of operation of the plan.

(2) The program of measures set out in a roadside weed and pest animal management plan must—

(a) support any weed and pest animal management programs being undertaken by land owners in the declared municipal district; and

(b) protect the infrastructure and environmental value of roadsides.

(3) A roadside weed and pest animal management plan prepared by a municipal council may also include any additional information that the municipal council considers appropriate.

S. 22D inserted by No. 51/2013 s. 7.