Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Without affecting
any proceeding against or liability of any occupier under
section 49 —
(a) an
inspector or an authorised person may, if he is satisfied that an occupier of
private land is not making all reasonable endeavours to comply with that
section, serve on the occupier or the owner of the land, or on both the
occupier and the owner, a notice in writing;
(b) the
Protection Board may, for the purpose of coordinating the control of declared
plants or declared animals by occupiers of private land in a particular area,
serve on the occupier or the owner of any such land, or on both the occupier
and the owner, a notice in writing,
directing that
declared plants or declared animals specified in the notice be controlled on
and in relation to the land in the manner and to the extent specified in the
notice and specifying a commencement date on or before which the person on
whom the notice is served shall commence to comply with the direction
contained in the notice and a completion date on or before which that person
shall fully comply with that direction.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1) a notice under that subsection may be
served by publishing a copy of the notice in the Gazette and in a newspaper
circulating generally in the area where the private land to which the notice
relates is situated, not less than one month before the date specified in the
notice as the date on or before which the person on whom the notice is served
shall commence to comply with the direction contained therein.
(3) A notice served in
accordance with subsection (2) —
(a) may
be directed to any number of owners or occupiers of private land;
(b)
shall be deemed to have been served on both the owner and the occupier of any
private land specified in the notice.
[Section 50 amended by No. 31 of 1983
s. 4.]