Noxious Weeds Act 1936 (ACT)

I Extract from Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 27, dated

27th February, 1936."]

THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF

GOVERNMENT.

• No. 7 of 1936.

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Noxious Weeds Ordinance 1921-1922-

BE it ordained by the Governor-General in and over the Com-Executive Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the monwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal	Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 and the Seat of Govern-
ment {Administration) Act 1910-1934, as follows:—
1.— (1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Noxious Weeds short title	and citatioa

Ordinance 1936.

(2.) The Noxious Weeds Ordinance 1921-1922 is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Noxious Weeds Ordinance 1921-1936.

2. Section five of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

" 5 . — (1.) The Minister may give notice to owners specifying Minister may

the plants which have been declared to be noxious weeds.	t̂ owners6
(2.) The notice may be given by advertisement in some news- paper circulating in the neighbourhood of the land, and a copy of this section shall be included in or printed on the notice.
(3.) In each year thereafter advertisements shall be published in some newspaper circulating in the neighbourhood of the land drawing attention to this section and to the notice aforesaid.
(4.) All owners of land in the area shall destroy or eradicate, or otherwise deal with the noxious weeds growing on the land, and shall thereafter keep the land free therefrom.
(5.) After the expiration of one month from the publication of the notice aforesaid, if the owner of any land has not in the opinion of the Minister taken reasonable steps to comply with the requirements of this section the Minister may, subject to the pro- visions of this Ordinance,—
5.—PHICE 3D.

(a) recover from the owner a penalty not exceeding Twenty pounds upon proving that the owner has not complied with the requirements of this section; and

(b) cause all noxious weeds growing on the land to be destroyed, and may recover from the owner as a debt any reasonable expense incurred thereby."

3. The Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting the

Schedule thereto.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of February, 1936.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

T. PATERSON

Minister of State for the Interior.

By Authori ty: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra,