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Noxious Weeds Act 1916.

Country/Territory
Norfolk Island (Australia)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1916 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act relating to noxious weeds.
Subject
Land & soil, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Expropriation Range Plant protection Weeds
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act defines plants as noxious weeds and lists them in the Schedule. The executive member may add plant species to this list. The executive member may require an owner of land to eradicate noxious weeds on his or her lands. The land may after a specified period of time be declared to be free of noxious weeds or land may, in certain circumstances, be sold at public auction or the right of pasturage granted to an owner of land under the Pasturage and Enclosure Act 1949 may be forfeited.

Full text
English
Website
www.info.gov.nf