The Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed (EPPRD) provides an effective and efficient mechanism for governments and industry to work together to reduce the risks and share the costs and responsibility of responding to Emergency Plant Pests. The EPPRD reduces delays in securing funding, provides industry with greater involvement in eradication efforts, and removes disincentives to report suspect pests.
The relative share of the total cost of incursion management that will be covered by industry and government respectively varies according to the relative public and private benefits obtained from eradication. The four cost sharing categories are listed below.
| Category | Cost share |
Category 1: Very high | 100 per cent public funding |
| Category 2: High public benefits | 80 per cent public funding, 20 per cent private funding |
| Category 3: Moderate public benefits | 50 per cent public funding, 50 per cent private funding |
| Category 4:Mostly if not wholly private benefits | 20 per cent public funding, 80 per cent private funding |
The categorisation process consists of two stages, initial categorisation by nominated specialists (government and industry) who complete the Pest Categorisation Questionnaire (PCQ), followed by formal categorisation by the Categorisation Group.
Access the Pest Categorisation Questionnaire (PCQ) tool here.