2019-11-18 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020

                            Red deer (Cervus elaphus) Photo: Queensland DAF
 Management            Biosecurity obligation        Biosecurity            Noosa Council role
 categories for                                      Queensland role
 Schedule 1 & 2
 listed species
 1                     Must be reported to BQ        Regulatory             Refer to BQ
                       within 24hrs
                                                     Contain and
                                                     eradicate
 2                     Must be reported to BQ or     Regulatory             Regulatory
                       LGA within 24hrs
                                                     Reduce, control or     Inform BQ
                                                     contain
                                                                            Reduce, control or
                                                                            contain
 3                     Cannot be supplied to         Regulatory             Regulatory
                       another person or released
                       into the environment
 4                     Cannot be moved so as to      Regulatory             Regulatory
                       avoid spreading
 5                     No possession allowed         Regulatory             Regulatory
 6                     Feeding not allowed unless    Regulatory             Regulatory
                       undertaking a control
                       program
 7                     Must be destroyed if in       Regulatory             Refer to BQ
                       possession



Table 1: Management categories for Schedule 1 & 2 invasive biosecurity matters. Council’s regulatory role
applies to management categories 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6


For local government jurisdiction there are 160 species alone identified in Schedule 2 of the
Biosecurity Act 2014 defined as ‘restricted matter’. In addition there are a large number of non-
scheduled invasive species that may be voluntarily managed by landowners. An invasive species
list is provided in Appendix 1 of this document.

Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020                                                                        Page 10