Noxious Plants Act 1978 015 Commenced: 1 Apr 1979 An Act to make better provision for the control of noxious plants, to co-ordinate actions aimed towards such control, and to foster a spirit of co-operation and assistance among persons adversely affected by the spread or growth of noxious plants in achieving such control BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:1. Short Title and commencement---(1) This Act may be cited as the Noxious Plants Act 1978. (2) Subject to section 121 (1) of this Act, this Act shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1979.2. Act to bind the Crown---This Act shall bind the Crown.3. General purposes of Act---The purposes of this Act are--- (a) To provide a national system of co-ordinated bodies responsible for all matters relating to noxious plants: (b) To prevent the introduction of new noxious plants into New Zealand, and to contain the spread o...