(1) The reasonable cost of carrying out weed management works under section 15D is:
(a) a debt due and payable to the Territory by the owner or occupier of the land on which the works are carried out; and
(b) an overriding statutory charge, within the meaning of the Land Title Act 2000 , on the land to which it relates and which has priority over all other charges on the land.
(2) For section 35 of the Land Title Act 2000 , a charge in respect of weed management works carried out under section 15D is taken to impose a restriction on the use and occupation of the land to which it relates and the Minister must lodge with the Registrar-General a memorandum in accordance with that section.