Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 - SECT 47A

PART 5A PRIORITY AREA NOTICE

Notice of declaration of priority area

47A. Notice of declaration of priority area



(1) The Minister may, by notice, declare an area of land to be a priority area
for the control or eradication of any regionally prohibited weed, regionally
controlled weed or established pest animal specified in the declaration.

(2) A notice of the Minister under subsection (1) must be published-

   (a)  in the Government Gazette; and

   (b)  in a newspaper circulating generally in the area specified in the
        notice.

(3) A notice under subsection (1) has effect from-

   (a)  the date of publication in the Government Gazette; or

   (b)  the date of publication in the newspaper-

whichever is the later.

(4) A notice under subsection (1) must identify the area of land to which it
applies, and may identify that area of land by reference to a plan or map of
the land.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the notice may apply, adopt or
incorporate any matter contained in any document formulated, issued,
prescribed or published by any person, whether-

   (a)  wholly or partly or as amended by the notice; or

   (b)  as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the notice
        was made or at any time before that time.