Authorised Person – For the purposes of our pest plan an authorised person is a warranted officer under the Biosecurity Act, for example one of our biosecurity officers.

Eliminate– The permanent prevention of the plant’s ability to set viable seed.

Land occupier – An occupier is the person who physically occupies the property whether they own it or not. For example if you are renting a house owned by someone else that does not live on that property, you are the occupier and are responsible for pest management under the pest plan. You can see more about the responsibilities of occupiers (including owners) in section 3.3.1 of the pest plan.

Artificial watercourse – A watercourse that is created by human action. It includes an irrigation canal, water supply race, canal for the supply of water for electricity power generation, and farm drainage canal channel. It does not include artificial swales, kerb and channelling or other watercourses designed to convey stormwater.

Braided river – Any river with multiple, successively divergent and rejoining channels separated by gravel islands.

Non-braided river – A continually or intermittently flowing body of fresh water that is not a braided river; and includes a stream and modified watercourse; but does not include any artificial watercourse (including an irrigation canal, water supply race, canal for the supply of water for electricity generation, and farm drainage canal).