Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, by written notice to the owner or occupier of land, require the owner or occupier to notify the Minister, in writing, of the presence of a plant, declared weed or potential weed on the land within the time specified in the notice.
(2) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the Territory, require the owners and occupiers of land specified in the notice or the owners and occupiers of land in an area of the Territory specified in the notice to notify the Minister, in writing, of the presence of a plant, declared weed or potential weed on the land within the time specified in the notice.
(3) A notice under this section may require the following be given by the person to whom the notice applies:
(a) particulars of where the plant, declared weed or potential weed is situated on the land;
(b) an estimate, based on investigations conducted in a specified manner, of the quantity of the plant, declared weed or potential weed on the land;
(c) any other information that the Minister may require and specifies in the notice.
(4) A person to whom a notice under this section applies must not contravene or fail to comply with the notice.
(5) An offence against subsection (4) is an environmental offence level 3.