2015-02-03 P&O Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Proposed Local Laws

Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 3 (Community and Environmental Management) 2015                                7


           (c)        contain infestation by declared local pests within a localised area; or
           (d)        reduce the density or extent of infestation by declared local pests; or
           (e)        remove harbour provided to declared local pests.
     (3) The notice may require the repetition of a specified action at stated intervals or on
         the reappearance of the declared local pest within a specified period.


Division 4                   Prohibition of sale and propagation

11   Prohibition on sale
           A person must not—
           (a)        sell or supply a declared local pest; or
           (b)        offer or display a declared local pest for sale or supply.
           Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

12   Prohibition on introducing, propagating etc a declared local pest
     (1) A person must not—
           (a)        introduce, propagate or breed a declared local pest; or
           (b)        provide harbour to a declared local pest.
           Maximum penalty for subsection (1)—50 penalty units.
     (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who has been prescribed under
         a subordinate local law for this subsection as exempt from the offence in
         subsection (1) in relation to a specified pest.
           Example of persons that might be exempted from subsection (1) in relation to specified pests—
                      Staff of research organisations such as universities or the CSIRO who require a particular
                       pest for research purposes.
                      An employee of a circus using a particular pest to provide entertainment to the public.
                      Staff of an organisation using a particular pest as part of an education program.
                      An employee of a zoo that keeps a particular pest.
     (3) In this section—
           introduce means to introduce, or cause to introduce, into the local government’s
           area.



Part 3                       Overgrown and unsightly allotments

13   Overgrown allotments
     (1) This section applies where an authorised person forms the opinion that an
         allotment is overgrown with vegetation to such an extent that it—
            (a)       has seriously affected the visual amenity of the allotment; or