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CATCHMENT AND LAND PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 70A Removing particular vehicles or other things on to or from a road

CATCHMENT AND LAND PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 70A

Removing particular vehicles or other things on to or from a road

S. 70A(1) amended by Nos 48/2010 s. 8(4), 22/2022 s. 33.

    (1)     A person must not remove a vehicle, trailer, machinery or equipment that is used or intended to be used for carrying, moving or transporting—

S. 70A(1)(a) amended by No. 48/2010 s. 8(2).

        (a)     hay, grain, stone, gravel, soil, plant material, fodder or livestock; or

S. 70A(1)(b) substituted by No. 48/2010 s. 8(3).

        (b)     machinery or equipment—

              (i)     used for building and maintaining a road or roadside; or

              (ii)     used for building and maintaining electricity, gas, water, telecommunications or rail infrastructure; or

              (iii)     used for the purposes of primary production or earth works—

from land on to a road or from a road on to land without first taking reasonable precautions to ensure that the vehicle, trailer, machinery or equipment is free from—

        (c)     the seeds of any noxious weed; and

        (d)     any other part of a noxious weed that is capable of growing.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

S. 70A(2) amended by No. 48/2010 s. 8(5).

    (2)     A person must not remove machinery, implements or other equipment from land on to a road or from a road on to land without first taking reasonable precautions to ensure that the equipment is free from—

        (a)     the seeds of any noxious weed; and

        (b)     any other part of a noxious weed that is capable of growing.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

S. 70B inserted by No. 67/2006 s. 13.