Responsibility
Am I responsible?
For the purposes of this site a landholder is any individual, group of individuals, public authority or commercial enterprise that owns clear title, leases, rents or otherwise occupies any tracks of land. Under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994, a landholder is responsible for the eradication or control of certain pest plants on the property they control/occupy/own. This includes the area from the boundary fence to the centre of any public thoroughfare running along that boundary, excluding certain declared roads for which VicRoads is responsible.
(At the time this is written Oct 2008, who is responsible for roadsides is currently under state government review)
Who else is responsible?
Department of Primary Industries, your Shire Council, VicRoads, and West Gippsland CMA all have responsibility in one form or another for the control or eradication of pest plants. There are a number of organisations that have a statutory responsibility to police, manage, and provide advice in relation to pest plants and their eradication or control. In addition there is a South Gippsland Landcare Network Pest Plant & Animal Control Facilitator whose job it is to advise landholders of their responsibilities and to provide advice and assistance.
