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Weeds

Weed legislation, strategy, policy

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Weed legislation

  • Noxious weed declarations within NSW
  • Noxious Weeds Act 1993
  • Noxious Weeds Regulation 2008

State weed strategies

  • NSW Alligator Weed Strategy 2010-2015
  • NSW Invasive Species Plan 2008-2015
    An eight year plan to improve the management of invasive species in NSW.
  • NSW New Weed Incursion Plan 2009-2015
    Provides a whole-of-government approach to managing new and emerging weed species in NSW.
  • Strategic plan for the management of Alligator weed in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
  • Weed management: Understanding weed management in NSW

Policies

  • Criteria for issuing a permit to grow, move or hold specimens of noxious weeds  40.1 kb
    This document outlines the instances when a permit may be issued to grow, preserve, exhibit and move notifiable noxious weeds and explains the criteria used to assess applications.
  • Role and method of operation of the Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee  47.0 kb
    Defines the role and operation of the Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee
  • Declaration of noxious weeds  73.2 kb
    Defines the requirements for declaration of noxious weeds under the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1993, setting out the requirements for making submissions for noxious weed declaration and the conditions under which any such submission will be processed

Other information and forms

  • Form: Application For Declaration and Weed Control Plan  28.5 kb
  • Form: Permit under Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (to move, grow or store weed material)  118.1 kb
  • Form: Plant identification (to accompany submissions)  122.3 kb
  • Form: Reporting field locations of notifiable weeds  55.9 kb
  • NSW DPI Weeds Extranet (password protected)
  • Resolving conflict in weed control
  • Role and method of operation of Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee  39.5 kb
    Covers the operation of the Committee. This procedure, Noxious Weeds Procedure 5, should be read in conjunction with Policy O-063 'Role and method of operation of the Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee'.
  • Summary of Noxious Weeds Grants paid by NSW Government 2009-2010  71.5 kb
  • Weed recording standards  161.0 kb
    These standards are to be used when recording weed infestations in NSW.

Australian Weeds Strategy

  • Australian weeds strategy
  • Weed definitions & FAQs
  • Species information
  • Noxious weed declarations
  • I&I NSW projects
  • Weeds Research
  • General publications/bookshop
  • For schools
  • Training
  • Legislation, strategy, policy
  • NSW Weed Risk Management system
  • Contacts
  • Useful links
  • NSW - No Space 4 Weeds
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