Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) (NO. 7 OF 1997) - SECT 12

12. (1) In this section—

“Principal Act” means the Nature Conservation Act 1980 .

(2) Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting “noxious animal” from the definition of “native animal” and substituting “pest animal”;

    (b)     by omitting “noxious weed” from the definition of “native plant” and substituting “pest plant”;

    (c)     by adding “and includes the spreading of a pest animal or pest plant” at the end of the definition of “threatening process”.

    (d)     by omitting the definitions of “noxious animal” and “noxious weed”; and

        (e)     by inserting the following definitions:

“ ‘pest animal' has the same meaning as in the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 ;

‘pest plant' has the same meaning as in the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 ;”.

(3) Section 56 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting from paragraph (1) (e) “or” (last occurring);

    (b)     by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (f) “or”; and

    (c)     by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following paragraph:

    “(g)     deposit garden waste, soil or landscaping material that contains plant material capable of propagating.”.

(4) Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “noxious weed” and substituting “pest plant”.