Control of Plants Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Prohibited Plants
18. Presumption that owner and occupier permitted growing of prohibited plants
Feedback & supportIf any prohibited plant is found growing on any land in contravention of any order made under section 17, the owner and the occupier of the land are deemed to have permitted the plant to grow unless the owner or the occupier (as the case may be) proves —
prohibited plant
“prohibited plant” means any plant prohibited under section 17;
that the plant was planted without the owner’s or the occupier’s knowledge and consent; and
plant
“plant” means any species of plant or any part of a plant whether living or dead and includes any vegetable, fruit, flower, leaf, stem, branch, spore, seed, root, cutting, graft, scion and any other part, whether severed or attached, intended for propagation or from which further plants may be propagated;
that on becoming aware of the existence of the plant the owner or the occupier forthwith effectually eradicated and destroyed it.
owner
“owner”, in relation to any land, includes every lessee or tenant of the land;