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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 10 OCTOBER 2017
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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 10 OCTOBER 2017
Noosa Shire Council
Administration and Other Local Laws (Amendment) Local Law (No. 1) 2017 5
omit, insert —
‘Planning Act 2016, schedule 2.’.
Part 4 Amendment of Noosa Shire Council Local
Law No 4 (Local Government Controlled
Areas, Facilities and Roads) 2015
9 Local law amended
This part amends Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 4 (Local Government
Controlled Areas, Facilities and Roads) 2015.
10 Insertion of new pt3A — Protection of vegetation
After part 3—
insert—
‘Part 3A Protection of vegetation
10A Protection of vegetation on local government controlled areas and
roads
(1) A person must not, without lawful excuse, interfere with vegetation on a local
government controlled area or road.
Maximum penalty for subsection (1) — 850 penalty units.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the person is—
(a) an employee of the local government acting in the course of the employee’s
duties; or
(b) authorised by the local government to interfere with the vegetation.
Example for paragraph (a)
A local government employee engaged in pruning or trimming trees or removing dead or damaged
vegetation from a local government controlled area or a road.
Example for paragraph (b)
A member of a community group who is authorised by the local government to undertake weed
clearing in a local government controlled area.
(3) Ifa person is convicted of an offence against subsection (1), the court in which the
conviction is made shall have jurisdiction to make an order, in addition to the
imposition of a punishment for the conviction, requiring the person to pay to the
local government —
(a) an amount to compensate the community for the value of the vegetation
interfered with as if the value of the vegetation was a debt; and
(b) the amount of any cost or expense incurred, or to be incurred, by the local
government in rectifying the damage caused by the person’s interference
with the vegetation.
Example for paragraph (b) — the local government may incur costs and expenses in rectifying
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