Biodiversity Act 2025
Div 6Plant and animal control
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Division 6—Plant and animal control 17—Plant and animal control Clearance or taking of native plants in any of the following circumstances: (a) where undertaken in compliance with an obligation under the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 to destroy or control plants or animals if— (i) it is not possible to comply with the obligation without at the same time clearing or taking the native plants; and (ii) Council guidelines relating to clearance or taking of that kind have been adopted and the clearance or taking is undertaken in accordance with those guidelines; and (iii) in the case of clearance of native plants—the CAC has been notified of the proposed clearance in the approved form; (b) where the plants are having a detrimental effect on the management of natural resources if— (i) the native plants are of a species and in a location specified in Council guidelines adopted for the purposes of this paragraph and the clearance or taking is undertaken in accordance with those guidelines; and (ii) in the case of clearance of native plants—the CAC has been notified of the proposed clearance in the approved form.