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Giant Hogweed
"Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Simon Avery SPAM.B.GONEdigdilem@s ofthome.net writes sacha wrote: Hello sacha [Ragwort] s I may be wrong but I was certainly under the impression that s it was notifiable. You're right, it is. Thought to be fair, I don't know anyone who's been prosecuted for allowing it to grow. What do you mean by 'notifiable'? Usually this means that if you find it on your land you have to notify if to the authorities. I have found legislation saying it is an offence to allow it to escape on to someone else's ground, but I haven't found anything anywhere that says you have to notify someone if you find it. Can you give me a reference? Confusion reigns. Common Ragwort is one of the five injurious weeds listed under the Weeds Act 1959. If DEFRA is informed of a serious infestation, it has powers under ss1-3 of the Act to require the occupier of the relevant land to take steps to prevent the escape of the weed, or to do the work itself and re-charge the cost (hence no 'prosecutions' for having it in your land). This applies primarily to agricultural land, since the old MAFF was originally set up to deal with that, not gardens etc. It is arguable whether Planning Authorities have powers in respect of Ragwort infestation under the 1990 Act. See http://www.defra.gov.uk/environ/weed...edscontrol.htm for the 'official' guidance. Perhaps 'notifiable' means subject to the s1 notification procedure, in this context? I should think the majority of people contacting DEFRA do so in respect of it growing on someone else's land, not their own :-) HTH |
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