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Noxious Weeds Program

Major Authorities

• The Plant Protection Act (PDF; 130 Kb)
• Federal Noxious Weed Act (PDF; 6 Kb)
• Federal Seed Act
• The Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Act of 2004 (PDF; 64 Kb)
  • Summary presentation on NWCEA (PDF; 3.78 Mb)

Regulations

• Noxious Weed Regulations .pdf or .txt
• Noxious Seed Regulation .pdf (31 Kb)
• Witchweed Quarantine .pdf or .txt

 

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