South Australian Repealed Acts South Australian Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
182—Owner of land to take action to destroy or control animals or plants
(1) Subject to this
section, an owner of land within a control area for a class of animals or
plants to which this subsection applies must destroy all animals or plants of
that class on that land.
(2) Subject to this
section, an owner of land within a control area for a class of animals or
plants to which this subsection applies must control and keep controlled all
animals or plants of that class on that land.
(3) An owner of land
within a control area for a class of animals or plants to which this
subsection applies must—
(a) take
any measures prescribed by the regulations or specified by a
relevant authority in the prescribed manner for the control of all animals or
plants of that class that are, or may be, on that land;
(b) take
any measures prescribed by the regulations or specified by a
relevant authority in the prescribed manner requiring that the land, or
anything present on the land, be subjected to specified treatment.
(4) A relevant
authority may, subject to such conditions as the relevant authority thinks
fit, exempt a person from the requirements of subsection (1)
, (2) or (3) .
(5) A
relevant authority may, by notice in writing given to a person who has the
benefit of an exemption under subsection (4)
, vary or revoke the exemption, or a condition of the exemption, or attach a
further condition to the exemption.
(6) A person who
breaches a requirement under subsection (1)
, (2) or (3) is
not, on account of that breach alone, liable to any civil or criminal action,
but—
(a) a
person may be guilty of an offence if the person does not comply with any
relevant requirements under section 183
; and
(b)
compliance with any of those subsections may be enforced by the issuing of a
protection order under Chapter 9 Part 1 .
(7) All NRM groups
must carry out proper measures for the destruction of all animals or plants of
a class to which subsection (1)
applies and for the control of all animals or plants of a class to which subsection (2)
applies on road reserves situated within both a control area for that class of
animals or plants and the area of the NRM group (and, if there is no such
group, the responsibility to take action under this subsection will rest with
the relevant regional NRM board).
(8) In this
section—
"relevant authority" means—
(a) the
regional NRM board for the relevant area; or
(b) the
Chief Officer; or
(c) a
State authorised officer.