Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this
section —
“pest plant” means a plant that is
prescribed by local laws made by a local government under
subsection (2)(a) as a pest plant in that district.
(2) Subject to and in
accordance with the Local Government Act 1995 a local government may, in
respect of its district, make local laws for any of the following
purposes —
(a)
prescribing as a pest plant in that district any plant (other than a declared
pest for that area) that, in its opinion, is likely to adversely affect the
environment of the district, the value of property in the district or the
health, comfort or convenience of the inhabitants of the district;
(b)
requiring the owner or occupier of land (other than an owner of land referred
to in section 8(1)(d)) within the district to control pest plants on and
in relation to that land in a manner and within a time specified in a notice
given by the local government and given to the owner or occupier of the land;
(c) if
the owner or occupier does not comply with the notice given by the local
government, for authorising the local government without payment of
compensation to control the pest plants at the expense of the owner or
occupier to whom the notice was given, and to recover in a court of competent
jurisdiction from the owner or occupier the amount of the expense.