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 rate4

5.Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account Rate Consultation) Regulations 2011 repealed4

Notes

Compilation table5

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

Boyup Brook

Bridgetown‑Greenbushes

Broome

Bunbury

Capel

Carnarvon

Chapman Valley

Coolgardie

Cue

Dalwallinu

Dardanup

Derby‑West Kimberley

Donnybrook‑Balingup

Dundas

East Pilbara

Esperance

Exmouth

Greater Geraldton

Halls Creek

Harvey

Kalgoorlie‑Boulder

Karratha

Kondinin

Koorda

Kulin

Lake Grace

Laverton

Leonora

Mandurah

Meekatharra

Menzies

Merredin

Morawa

Mount Magnet

Mount Marshall

Mukinbudin

Murchison

Murray

Nannup

Narembeen

Ngaanyatjarraku

Northampton

Nungarin

Perenjori

Port Hedland

Ravensthorpe

Sandstone

Serpentine‑Jarrahdale

Shark Bay

Trayning

Upper Gascoyne

Waroona

West Arthur

Westonia

Wiluna

Wyndham‑East Kimberley

Yalgoo

Yilgarn

 

[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 3 May 2016 p. 1355‑6; 18 Aug 2017 p. 4445‑6; 15 May 2018 p. 1528‑9.]

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, give a copy of the notice to each owner of affected land if —

(i)the Minister has not made a determination in relation to the rate chargeable on the affected land for the previous financial year; or

(ii)the rate the Minister proposes to determine is an increase of 5% or more on the rate determined in respect of the affected land in the previous financial year.

[Regulation 4 amended: Gazette 17 May 2019 p. 1433.]

4A.Prescribed amount for flat rate

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

[Regulation 4A inserted: 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))

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2017

18 Aug 2017 p. 4445‑6

r. 1 and 2: 18 Aug 2017 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 19
 Aug 2017 (see r. 2(b))

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Amendment Regulations 2018

15 May 2018 p. 1528‑9

r. 1 and 2: 15 May 2018 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2:
16 May 2018 (see r. 2(b))

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Amendment Regulations 2019

17 May 2019 p. 1433

r. 1 and 2: 17 May 2019 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2:
18 May 2019 (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)