Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A regulation may declare a pest to be a serious pest.
(2) The Minister may by gazette notice declare a pest to be a serious pest.
(3) The Minister may act under subsection (2) only if the Minister is satisfied on reasonable grounds that--
(a) the pest, if not eradicated, would cause significant public losses, either--
(i) directly, through serious loss of amenity or environmental values, or serious effects on households; or
(ii) indirectly, through very severe economic impacts on regions and the State economy; or
(iii) through trade losses with flow-on effects through the State economy; and
(b) the declaration of the pest as a serious pest is necessary in the interests of the prevention, control or removal of pest infestation of plants under this Act.
(4) A gazette notice under subsection (2) stays in force until the first of the following to happen--
(a) the gazette notice is revoked;
(b) 3 months elapse after publication of the gazette notice;
(c) a declaration of the pest as a serious pest comes into force under a regulation.