33Additional requirements for a forest management plan for an ex-plantation CEA—general

33  Additional requirements for a forest management plan for an ex-plantation CEA—general

 (1) For each ex-plantation CEA other than a remnant plantation B CEA, the forest management plan must also:

 (a) provide evidence that demonstrates that all management actions and other management activities to be undertaken or that have been undertaken in relation to the CEA:

 (i) will minimise the risk of adverse impacts from a permanent planting;

 (ii) will ensure the ecological health and viability of the permanent planting over the permanence period; and

 (iii) are consistent with the management of a permanent planting; and

 (b) identify and assess the risks of adverse impacts arising from the permanent planting, including the risks associated with:

 (i) weeds, pests, diseases and fire; and

 (ii) trees in the CEA invading adjacent land; and

 (c) outline all management actions and other management activities that will be undertaken or that have been undertaken in the CEA to mitigate those risks; and

 (d) outline, with supporting evidence, how management actions will be undertaken or have been undertaken in the CEA in accordance with section 31; and

 (e) where the CEA is a permanent planting (environmental) CEA—provide evidence that it satisfies subparagraph 14(5)(a)(ii); and

 (f) where the CEA became a permanent planting (environmental) CEA under section 17 after being a remnant plantation B CEA—provide evidence that it is or will be an environmental planting;

 (g) include a statement made by a qualified independent person that certifies that the person is of the opinion that:

 (i) the management actions and other management activities to be undertaken in relation to the CEA will achieve the outcomes in paragraph (a); and

 (ii) the risk assessment undertaken for paragraph (b) has considered all relevant risk factors in assessing the risks of adverse impacts arising from the permanent planting; and

Note: Where the forest management plan does not change in a reporting period, there is no requirement for a qualified independent person to provide additional certification. This includes planned re-stratifications in ex-plantation CEAs that are outlined in the forest management plan.

 (h) for the duration of the permanence period, require:

 (i) 10 yearly reviews to be undertaken into whether the forestry management plan appropriately maintains the permanent planting; and

 (ii) the plan to be updated, if necessary, to ensure that it continues to appropriately maintain a permanent planting; and

 (i) include a statement signed by the project proponent and each responsible landholder agreeing to take reasonable steps to implement the forest management plan until the end of the permanence period.