2015-04-2015 Attachment 1 to Item 20 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Proposed Noosa Council Local Law No. 1 to No. 6

Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 3 (Community and Environmental Management) 2015                        5


                (b)     noxious fisheries resources or diseased fisheries resources4.
          (2) In this section
                declared pest see the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act
                2002, section 8 and the Plant Protection Act 1989, section 4.
                diseased fisheries resources see the Fisheries Act 1994, section 94.
                noxious fisheries resources see the Fisheries Act 1994, schedule.


Division 2                      Declaration of local pests

6 Declaration of local pests
         (1) The local government may, by subordinate local law, declare an animal or plant of
             a specified species to be a local pest.
         (2) Before the local government makes a declaration under this section, it must
             consult with the chief executive about the desirability of the declaration.
         (3) A declaration under this section—
                (a)     must be published in a newspaper circulating generally in the local
                        government’s area; and
                (b)     comes into force on the date of publication.
         (4) In this section—
                chief executive means the chief executive of the department in which the Land
                Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002 is administered.

7 Emergency declarations
         (1) This section applies if the local government is satisfied urgent action is needed to
             avoid or minimise an immediate risk of environmental harm posed by a plant or
             animal.
         (2) The local government may, by resolution, declare an animal or plant of the
             relevant species to be a local pest.
         (3) A declaration under this section—
                (a)     must be published in a newspaper circulating generally in the local
                        government’s area; and
                (b)     comes into force on the date of publication; and
                (c)     comes to an end three months after the date of publication.
         (4)    In this section—
                environmental harm see Environmental Protection Act 1994, section 14.




4
    See the Fisheries Act 1994, section 94, regarding the declaration of diseased fisheries resources.