47ANotice of declaration of priority area

47A Notice of declaration of priority area

(1) The Minister may, by notice, declare an area of land to be a priority area for the control or eradication of any regionally prohibited weed, regionally controlled weed or established pest animal specified in the declaration.

(2) A notice of the Minister under subsection (1) must be published—

(a) in the Government Gazette; and

(b) in a newspaper circulating generally in the area specified in the notice.

(3) A notice under subsection (1) has effect from—

(a) the date of publication in the Government Gazette; or

(b) the date of publication in the newspaper—

whichever is the later.

(4) A notice under subsection (1) must identify the area of land to which it applies, and may identify that area of land by reference to a plan or map of the land.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the notice may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person, whether—

(a) wholly or partly or as amended by the notice; or

(b) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the notice was made or at any time before that time.

S. 47B inserted by No. 67/2006 s. 8.