Western Australian Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURE AND RELATED RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT 1976

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Object of Act  
   4.      Construction  
   7.      Definitions and interpretation

   PART II -- Administration  

   10.     Delegation by Minister  
   11A.    Delegation by Director General  
   11.     Authorised persons

   PART IV -- Declaration of plants and animals  

   35.     Classes of plants and animals may be declared  
   36.     Categories of declared plants and animals  
   37.     List of declared animals and plants

   PART V -- Control of declared plants and declared animals

           Division 1 -- Interpretation  

   38.     Interpretation and application

           Division 2 -- Public land  

   39.     Department to control declared plants and animals  
   40.     Inspection and advice  
   41.     Agreements

           Division 3 -- Local government land  

   42.     Local government to control declared plants and animals  
   43.     Notice to comply may be served on local government  
   44.     Failure to comply with direction  
   45.     Powers of inspectors, etc. on failure to comply with direction  
   46.     Agreements

           Division 4 -- Private land  

   47.     Application to certain roads  
   48.     Notice of declared plants and animals, etc. to be given by occupier  
   49.     Occupiers of private land to control declared plants and animals  
   50.     Notice to owner and occupier to control declared plants and animals  
   51.     Failure to comply with direction  
   52.     Work and recovery of costs  
   53.     Powers of owner and occupier to control declared plants and animals  
   54.     Apportionment of expense between persons interested in land  
   55.     Agreements  
   56.     Director General may delegate powers to local governments

           Division 5 -- Operational work  

   57.     Interpretation  
   58.     Operational work may be carried out  
   59.     Saving provisions

           Division 6 -- Rating and finance  

   60.     Rates on pastoral leases  
   62.     Calculation of unimproved value  
   63.     Assessment, payment and recovery  
   64.     Postponement of payment of rates payable by pensioners  
   65.     Rates to be credited to Declared Pest Account

           Division 7 -- Management programmes  

   66.     Management programmes

           Division 8 -- Miscellaneous  

   67.     Local government may assist owner or occupier to control declared plants and animals  
   68.     Protection of human health and life  
   69.     Use of poison, setting traps, etc.  
   70.     Natural enemies of declared plants and animals

   PART VI -- Prevention of introduction and spread of declared plants and declared animals

           Division 1 -- Declared plants  

   71.     Interpretation  
   72.     Prohibition of introduction of prohibited material  
   73.     Power to detain and deal with contaminated animals or things  
   74.     Notice to be given of certain imports  
   75.     Examination by owner or person in possession or control  
   76.     Destruction or disposal of prohibited material

           Division 2 -- Declared animals  

   77.     Prohibition of introduction of category A1 animals  
   78.     Restrictions on introduction of category A4 animals  
   79.     Delivery of declared animals into custody  
   80.     Prohibition on keeping category A3 animals  
   81.     Restrictions on keeping of category A6 animals  
   82.     Inspector or authorised person may order destruction of declared animals  
   83.     Prohibition on declared animals

   PART VIA -- Protection of agriculture and related resources from agricultural chemicals  

   83A.    Protection from agricultural chemicals

   PART VII -- General

           Division 1 -- Powers of inspectors and authorised persons  

   84.     Power of entry  
   85.     Power to search conveyances, etc.  
   86.     Name and address may be required  
   87.     Obstruction, etc.  
   88.     Personating officers

           Division 2 -- Agents, mortgagees and trustees  

   89.     Attorneys and agents to represent principal  
   90.     Powers of trustees  
   91.     Mortgagees

           Division 3 -- Procedure  

   92.     Manner in which notices may be served  
   93.     Proof of documents and service  
   94.     Proof of ownership or occupancy  
   94A.    Proof of plant or animal  
   95.     Judicial notice of signatures  
   96.     Authentication of documents  
   97.     Evidentiary provisions  
   98.     Prosecutions

           Division 4 -- Miscellaneous  

   99.     Variation or cancellation of declarations  
   100.    Indemnity to persons acting in execution of powers conferred by Act  
   102.    Offences to be dealt with by magistrate

   PART VIII -- Regulations  

   103.    Governor may make regulations  
   104.    Regulations -- general  
   105.    Regulations -- declared plants and declared animals  
   106.    Regulations -- fencing  
   106A.   Regulations -- storage, use and transport of prescribed chemicals  
   107.    General provisions as to regulations  
   108.    Penalties under regulations

   PART IX -- Pest plants  

   109.    Definition  
   110.    Local government may make local laws  
   111.    Local government and Government departments to control pest plants  
   112.    Local government may assist owner or occupier to control pest plants

   PART XI -- Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Amendment Act 2010 -- Savings and transitional provisions  

   120.    Terms used  
   121.    Approvals and certificates  
   122.    Authorised persons  
   123.    Declarations  
   124.    Rates payable under section 61  
   125.    Funds in, or payable to, former account  
   126.    Management programmes  
   127.    Notices  
   128.    Permissions and authorities  
   129.    Transitional regulations
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