Action Plans

Regional NRM boards and State authorised officers may require an owner of land to prepare an action plan if an unreasonable degradation of land occurs as a result of land management practices that breach the general statutory duty.

The action plan sets out the measures that the owner proposes to take and what time frame. There are penalties for failing to comply.

Under the requirements to control declared animals and plants, an authorised officer can require a land owner to prepare an action plan for failing to destroy or control pest animals or plants.

The action plan must set out what the land owner proposes to do to address the problem and when they will do it and must be approved or amended by the authorised officer. There are penalties for failing to comply.