Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Regulations 2014

 

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Regulations 2014

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Prescribed areas1

4.Consultation requirement3

4A.Prescribed amount for flat rate3

5.Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account Rate Consultation) Regulations 2011 repealed3

Notes

Compilation table4

Defined terms

 

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Regulations 2014

1.Citation

These regulations are the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Regulations 2014.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.Prescribed areas

The local government districts specified in the Table are prescribed as areas for the purposes of section 130(1) of the Act.

Table

Ashburton

Broome

Carnarvon

Coolgardie

Cue

Derby‑West Kimberley

Dundas

East Pilbara

Exmouth

Greater Geraldton

Halls Creek

Kalgoorlie‑Boulder

Karratha

Kondinin

Kulin

Lake Grace

Laverton

Leonora

Meekatharra

Menzies

Merredin

Mount Magnet

Mount Marshall

Mukinbudin

Murchison

Narembeen

Ngaanyatjarraku

Northampton

Nungarin

Perenjori

Port Hedland

Sandstone

Shark Bay

Trayning

Upper Gascoyne

Westonia

Wiluna

Wyndham‑East Kimberley

Yalgoo

Yilgarn

[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette 3 May 2016 p. 1355‑6.]

4.Consultation requirement

(1)In this regulation —

affected land, in relation to a proposal to determine a rate under section 130 of the Act, means the land or the class of land in respect of which it is proposed to determine the rate;

relevant newspaper, in relation to a proposal to determine a rate under section 130 of the Act, means a newspaper circulating generally in the area in which the affected land is situated.

(2)Not less than one month before determining a rate chargeable on land under section 130 of the Act, the Minister must —

(a)publish a notice in a relevant newspaper —

(i)identifying the affected land; and

(ii)stating the rate that the Minister proposes to determine; and

(iii)inviting submissions from interested persons regarding the proposed determination;

and

(b)in so far as is reasonably practicable, send by post a copy of the notice to each owner of affected land.

4A.Prescribed amount for flat rate

For the purposes of section 132(2) of the Act, the amount is $3 781.

[Regulation 4A inserted in Gazette 3 Feb 2017 p. 1110.]

5.Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account Rate Consultation) Regulations 2011 repealed

The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account Rate Consultation) Regulations 2011 are repealed.

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Regulations 2014 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Regulations 2014

30 May 2014 p. 1680‑2

r. 1 and 2: 30 May 2014 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 31 May 2014 (see r. 2(b))

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Amendment Regulations 2016

3 May 2016 p. 1355‑6

r. 1 and 2: 3 May 2016 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 4 May 2016 (see r. 2(b))

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Amendment Regulations 2017

3 Feb 2017 p. 1109‑10

r. 1 and 2: 3 Feb 2017 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 4 Feb 2017 (see r. 2(b))

 

 

 

Defined terms

 

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined termProvision(s)

affected land4(1)

relevant newspaper4(1)