New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT 1993 - SECT 17

17 Obligations to control noxious weeds on roads

(1) An obligation imposed under this Act on an occupier of land to control noxious weeds on that land also extends to noxious weeds on:

(a) any part of a road that intersects the land, not being part of the road that is fenced on both sides, and

(b) the half of the width of any part of a road that forms part of the boundary of the land, not being a part of the road that is fenced on both sides, and

(c) any part of a road that forms part of the boundary of the land, being a part of the road that is not fenced on the side forming part of the boundary but is fenced on the other side.

(2) An occupier may enter a road at all reasonable times for the purpose of complying with this section.

(3) In this section, "road" does not include a State highway, freeway, tollway or State work within the meaning of the Roads Act 1993 .

(4) This section does not apply to a road referred to in section 17B.