2015-04-28 Attachment 2 to item 5 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Pest Management Plan 2015-2019

9 Implementation of the plan


The Pest Management Stakeholder Review                     declared ‘local’ pest and are to be controlled
Group                                                      by land managers.
                                                         • For industry, particularly rural, horticultural,
Under the Land Protection (Stock Route and                 nursery and landscaping industries, there are
Rural Land) Act 2002, Council must review the              obligations restricting the commercial use
Plan, on annual basis, three months before end             of declared pest plants, supplying declared
of financial year. Council officers involved with          pests and supplying things such as fodder,
pest management, will be seeking feedback from             mulch, water or machinery containing the
the original Pest Management Stakeholder Group             reproductive material of declared pest plants.
members, as to the effectiveness of the Plan. Any        • Noosa Council has obligations in addition to
proposed changes to the Plan must be endorsed              its responsibilities as a land manager. Council
by Biosecurity Qld.                                        is responsible for ensuring that declared pests
                                                           are controlled within its area by complying
Stakeholder roles and responsibilities                     with the Land Protection Act and undertaking
                                                           enforcement activities as required. Council
Stakeholders in pest management are extremely              is also required to prepare and implement
varied and include government, industry,                   a local government area pest management
community groups and individuals and all have an           plan.
important role to play.
                                                         • The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries
Everyone is a stakeholder to a certain degree              and Forestry (Biosecurity Queensland) is
and have certain obligations under the Land                responsible for providing guidance and
Protection Act:                                            leadership on pest management issues
 • All individuals, including businesses and               through state pest management strategies
   organisations, must comply with requirements            and guidelines and providing research,
   to ensure that their activities don’t introduce or      technical and management information and
   spread declared pests. This includes actions            training, and ensuring compliance with pest
   such as keeping declared pests and moving               control obligations by government.
   vehicles containing soil or organic material         In addition to these statutory obligations, this Plan
   likely to contain pest plant reproductive            highlights a variety of non-statutory roles and
   material on roads.                                   responsibilities for stakeholders.
 • For land managers, including Council,
   State Government, developers etc. these              Landcare, catchment care and other community
   obligations include controlling declared pests       groups represent a crucial resource in the
   on their own land, being vigilant for new            management of weeds and pest animals. The
   pest species and responding rapidly in an            members of these groups volunteer their time and
   appropriate manner.                                  efforts to undertake important rehabilitation work
 • More specifically under the Land Protection          in degraded natural areas.
   Act declared pests are categorised into
                                                        The management and control of non-declared
   three classes. Land managers must take
                                                        pest species is the responsibility of all
   reasonable steps to keep land free of Class
                                                        stakeholders. This Plan advocates for individuals,
   1 and 2 declared pests. Land managers are
                                                        businesses and government alike to conduct their
   not required to control Class 3 pests under
                                                        activities responsibly and to assist in achieving its
   the Act unless their land is adjacent to an
                                                        objectives.
   environmentally significant area (see section
   10). Species not declared under the Land
   Protection Act may still be declared at a
   local government level under local laws as a
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