Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may, by written notice given to a pest controller, authorise the pest controller to enter land in the area at any reasonable time and take reasonable action to eradicate the declared pest from, or monitor or control the pest on, the land.
(2) However, the pest controller may exercise a power under subsection (1) without the owner's consent only if the chief executive has given the owner reasonable notice of the proposed exercise of the power by publishing the notice--
(a) in a newspaper circulating generally in the area; or
(b) by a radio or television broadcast.
(3) Before exercising a power under subsection (1), the pest controller must make a reasonable attempt to obtain the consent of the landowner.
(4) As soon as practicable after exercising a power under subsection (1) without the owner's consent, the pest controller must give the owner written notice stating the action taken in exercising the power.
(5) If the power is exercised in relation to a number of properties and it is not reasonably practicable for the pest controller to give each owner an individual notice, the chief executive may give the notice by publishing it in a newspaper circulating generally in the area.