Australian Capital Territory
Pest Plants and Animals (Pest Plants) Declaration 2015 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2015 – 59 
made under the  
Pest Plants and Animals Act 2005, section 7 (Declaration of pest plant)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Pest Plants and Animals Act 2005 is an Act about pest plants and animals, and related purposes. 
The purpose of the Act is to protect the ACT’s land and aquatic resources from threats from pest plants and pest animals, to promote a strategic approach to pest management, to identify pest plants and animals, and to manage pest plants and animals.
Section 7 of the Act provides for the Minister to declare a plant to be a pest plant.  A declaration may also declare that a pest plant:
(a)	is notifiable – in which case its presence must be notified to the Director-General within 2 working days.  The intention of declaring a pest plant as notifiable is to control new pest incursions; or
(b)	must be suppressed – all infestations on a premises must be controlled; or
(c)	must be contained – infestations must be prevented from spreading to neighbouring premises; or
(d)	prohibited – supply and propagation is not allowed.
The ACT needs to be vigilant and proactive in managing new weed incursions.  A recently completed risk assessment concluded that a number of new and emerging weeds needed to be declared pest plants.  This declaration will assist in their early detection and rapid control to reduce damage to the environment and cost to the ACT Government.

This instrument revokes the Pest Plant and Animals (Pest Plants) Declaration 2014 (No 1) (DI2014-226) and replaces it with a revised declaration to include new weed species, and name and category changes.

This declaration is a disallowable instrument, and commences on the day after its notification day.

The additions to the declaration are listed below and denoted by grey shading:

PEST PLANTS
	
Name	Common Name	Notifiable 1	Must be suppressed 2	Must be contained 3	Prohibited 4	
Anredera cordifolia	Madeira Vine	X	X		X	
Andropogon gayanus	Gamba Grass	X	X		X	
Austrocylindropuntia (ALL species)	Coral Cacti	X	X		X	
Cylindropuntia (ALL species)	Pear Cacti	X	X		X	
Jatropha gossypiifolia	Bellyache Bush	X	X		X	
Miscanthus sinensis (ALL varieties)	Chinese Fairy Grass	X	X		X	
Sagittaria platyphylla	Sagittaria	X	X		X	
 Achnatherum caudatum	Broad-kernel Espartillo	X			X	
Alternanthera philoxeroides	Alligator Weed	X			X	
Cabomba caroliniana	Cabomba	X			X	
Centaurea maculosa	Spotted Knapweed	X			X	
Equisetum species	Horsetail	X			X	
Hieracium aurantiacum	Orange Hawkweed	X	X		X	
Hieracium pilosella	Mouse-ear Hawkweed	X	X		X	
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides	Senegal Tea Plant	X			X	
Kochia scoparia	Kochia	X			X	
Lagarosiphon major	Lagarosiphon	X			X	
Myriophyllum aquaticum	Parrot’s Feather	X			X	
Nassella charruana	Lobed Needlegrass	X			X	
Nasella tenuissima	Mexican Feather Grass	X			X	
Parthenium hysterophorus	Parthenium Weed	X			X	
Pennisetum setaceum	African Fountain Grass	X			X	
Pistia stratiotes	Water Lettuce	X			X	
Salvinia molesta	Salvinia	X			X	
Senecio madagascariensis
	Fireweed	X	X		X	
Solanum elaeagnifolium	Silverleaf Nightshade	X	X		X	
Toxicodendron succedaneum	Rhus Tree	X			X	
Asparagus asparagoides Western Cape Form	Bridal Creeper – Western Cape Form	 	X		X	
Asparagus aethiopicus	Ground Asparagus Fern	 	X		X	
Asparagus africanus	Climbing Asparagus Fern	 	X		X	
Asparagus declinatus	Bridal Veil	 	X		X	
Asparagus plumosa	Climbing Asparagus Fern	 	X		X	
Asparagus scandens	Asparagus Fern	 	X		X	
Carduus nutans	Nodding Thistle		X			
Cytisus  (ALL species)	Broom species		X		X	
Genista (ALL species)	Broom species		X		X	
Lycium ferocissimum	African Boxthorn		X		X	
Macfadyena unguis-cati	Cat’s Claw Creeper		X		X	
Opuntia (ALL species)
excludes O.ficus-indica	Prickly Pears		X		X	
Rosa rubiginosa	Sweet Briar, Briar Rose		X		X	
Salix ALL species of willow, except for the permitted species:
Salix babylonica 
Salix x calodendron
Salix x reichardtii	All Willows except for the permitted species:
Weeping Willow
Pussy Willow
Sterile Pussy Willow		X		X	
Ulex europaeus	Gorse		X		X	
 Xanthium occidentale	Noogoora Burr		X			
 Xanthium spinosum	Bathurst Burr		X			
Carduus pycnocephalus	Slender Thistle			X		
Carduus tenuiflorus	Slender Thistle			X		
Carthamus lanatus	Saffron Thistle			X		
Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn			X	X	
Echium plantagineum	Paterson’s Curse			X		
Echium vulgare	Viper’s Bugloss			X		
Eragrostis curvula	African Love Grass			X		
Hypericum perforatum	St John’s Wort			X		
Nassella neesiana	Chilean Needle Grass			X	X	
Nassella trichotoma	Serrated Tussock			X	X	
Onopordum acanthium	Scotch Thistle			X		
Onopordum illyricum	Illyrian Thistle			X		
Pinus radiata	Radiata Pine			X		
All Rubus fruticosus (aggregate) species except for the permitted cultivars:
R. armeniacus and R. ulmifolius species hybrid

R. armeniacus species hybrid  
R. ursinus and R. armeniacus species hybrid	All Blackberry except for the permitted cultivars:

Black satin 
Chester Thornless 
Dirksen Thornless 
Loch Ness 
Smoothstem 
Thornfree

Chehalem

Murrindindi 
Silvan 
			X	X	
Acacia baileyana	Cootamundra Wattle				X	
Acacia nilotica ssp. indica	Prickly Acacia				X	
Acer negundo	Box Elder				X	
Ailanthus altissima	Tree of Heaven				X	
Alnus glutinosa	Black Alder				X	
Annona glabra	Pond Apple				X	
Asparagus asparagoides	Bridal Creeper				X	
Celtis australis	Nettle Tree				X	
Chrysanthemoides monilifera	Bitou Bush /  Boneseed				X	
Cortaderia jubata	Pampas Grass				X	
Cortaderia selloana	Pampas Grass				X	
Cotoneaster franchettii	Cotoneaster				X	
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus	Cotoneaster				X	
Cotoneaster pannosus	Cotoneaster				X	
Cotoneaster salicifolius	Willow-leaf Cotoneaster				X	
Cotoneaster simonsii	Cotoneaster				X	
Cryptostegia grandiflora	Rubber Vine				X	
Eichornia crassipes	Water Hyacinth				X	
Hedera helix	English Ivy				X	
Hymenachne amplexicaulis	Hymenachne				X	
Lantana camara	Lantana				X	
Lonicera japonica	Japanese Honeysuckle				X	
Ligustrum lucidum	Broad-leaf privet				X	
Ligustrum sinense	Narrow-leaf privet				X	
Mimosa pigra	Mimosa				X	
Parkinsonia aculeata	Parkinsonia				X	
Phyllostachys aurea	Yellow Bamboo				X	
Populus alba	White Poplar				X	
Populus nigra ‘Italica’	Lombardy Poplar				X	
Prosopis spp.	Mesquite				X	
Pyracantha angustifolia	Firethorn				X	
Pyracantha coccinea	Scarlet Firethorn				X	
Pyracantha fortuneana	Firethorn				X	
Robinia pseudoacacia	False Acacia				X	
Sorbus sp.	Service Tree, Rowan				X	
Spartium junceum	Spanish Broom				X	
Tamarix aphylla	Athel Pine				X	
Vinca major	Periwinkle				X