Attachment 1 to Item 53 - Roadside Vegetation Management Plan

H AW K E S B U R Y C IT Y C O U N C IL R O AD S ID E V E G E T AT IO N M AN AG E M E N T P L AN
The administration of noxious weed control is the responsibility of the Minister for Primary Industries but
is implemented and enforced by the Local Control Authority for the area, usually local government. The
Act imposes obligations on occupiers of land to control noxious weeds declared for their area. There
are five classes of noxious weeds identified in the Act (see below). All Noxious Weeds in NSW are
listed in the Noxious Weeds database.
CONTROL
CLASS
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
WEED TYPE
Plants that pose a potentially serious
threat to primary production or the
environment and are not present in the
State or are present only to a limited
extent.
Plants that pose a potentially serious
threat to primary production or the
environment of a region to which the
order applies and are not present in the
region or are present only to a limited
extent.
Plants that pose a potentially serious
threat to primary production or the
environment of a region to which the
order applies, are not widely distributed
in the area and are likely to spread in the
area or to another area.
Plants that pose a potentially serious
threat to primary production, the
environment or human health, are widely
distributed in an area to which the order
applies and are likely to spread in the
area or to another area.
Plants that are likely, by their sale or the
sale of their seeds or movement within
the State or an area of the State, to
spread in the State or outside the State.
EXAMPLE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
The plant must be eradicated from the land and the
land must be kept free of the plant.
The weeds are also "notifiable" and a range of
restrictions on their sale and movement exist.
The plant must be eradicated from the land and the
land must be kept free of the plant.
The weeds are also "notifiable" and a range of
restrictions on their sale and movement exist.
The plant must be fully and continuously suppressed
and destroyed.*
The growth and spread of the plant must be controlled
according to the measures specified in a management
plan published by the local control authority.*
There are no requirements to control existing plants of
Class 5 weeds.
However, the weeds are "notifiable" and a range of
restrictions on their sale and movement exists.
These obligations extend to local control authorities and public roads under s14, 17 and 36A of the
Roads Act 1993.
HCC’s Responsibilities in Managing Roadsides
• Suppression, control or eradication of noxious weeds.
2.2.13 NSW Local Government Act 1993 No. 30
The NSW Local Government Act 1993 (LG Act) gives Local Councils the ability to provide goods,
services and facilities, and to carry out activities, appropriate to the current and future needs of local
communities and of the wider public. Further, the LG Act gives councils a role in the management,
improvement and development of the resources of their areas, as well as responsibility for administering
some regulatory systems under this Act. The LG Act requires councils, councillors and council
employees to have regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development in carrying out their
responsibilities.
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