Sch 1Regulated clearance area

Schedule 1—Regulated clearance area 1—Regulated clearance area (1) The regulated clearance area will be defined in a plan or plans deposited in the GRO and identified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette. (2) The plan or plans deposited under subclause (1) must define the regulated clearance area so that it constitutes the area to which the Native Vegetation Act 1991 applies at the time the plan is, or plans are, deposited. (3) Plans deposited under subclause (1) will be known as the Regulated Clearance Area Plan. (4) The Minister must ensure that a copy of the Regulated Clearance Area Plan is published on the Biodiversity Register. (5) The Minister may, by instrument deposited in the GRO and notice in the Gazette, vary the Regulated Clearance Area Plan. (6) Before varying the Regulated Clearance Area Plan, the Minister must undertake public consultation on the proposed variation in the manner the Minister considers appropriate for a period of at least 30 days. (7) An instrument referred to in subclause (5) only has effect in accordance with the notice in the Gazette referred to in that subclause. (8) A notice referred to in subclause (5) must operate so that the instrument referred to in that subclause takes effect at least 4 months after the notice is made. (9) Sections 10 (other than subsection (1)) and 10A of the Legislative Instruments Act 1978 apply in relation to a notice referred to in subclause (5) (and a reference in those provisions to a regulation will be taken to be a reference to such a notice). (10) If the Minister deposits an instrument in the GRO under subclause (5), the Minister must give notice of that fact on a website determined by the Minister within a reasonable time after the instrument is deposited.