10Project area to include eligible land

10 Project area to include eligible land

(1) The project area must include eligible land.

(2) For this determination, eligible land is land that, for at least 5 years before the date of the relevant application in relation to the project, has been:

(a) used for grazing or cropping; or

(b) fallow between grazing or cropping activities; or

(c) a combination of paragraphs (a) and (b).

Note: For a pre-existing project, existing plantings may also be eligible land—see section 15.

(3) For this section the relevant application is:

(a) for land that was part of the project area at the time of the application under section 22 of the Act—that application; and

(b) for land that became part of the project area as a result of a later variation—the application for that variation.