Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PUBLIC UNLEASED LAND ACT 2013 - SECT 36

    (1)     This section applies if an occupier—

        (a)     is subject to a plant removal direction; and

        (b)     fails to comply with the direction.

    (2)     The director-general may—

        (a)     enter onto the land mentioned in the plant removal direction, with the assistance that the director-general considers necessary; and

        (b)     remove the tree or other plant; and

        (c)     recover the reasonable costs of the pruning from the occupier.

Note 1     Powers of entry are further dealt with in div 4.5.

Note 2     An amount owing under a law may be recovered as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction or the ACAT (see Legislation Act

, s 177).