13Restricted activities

13  Restricted activities

 (1) This section applies to activities commencing on the day the project is declared an eligible offsets project and ending at the end of the permanence obligation period for the project on land that is, or is to be, part of a CEA for the project.

 (2) Above and below ground biomass of coastal wetland vegetation or forest cover vegetation on the land may be thinned or removed only as follows:

 (a) vegetation of up to 5% of total above and below ground biomass in a CEA may be thinned in a reporting period to promote the growth of vegetation, but any resulting biomass must not be removed from the CEA;

 (b) vegetation of up to 5% of total above and below ground biomass in a CEA may be thinned in a reporting period to promote biodiversity, but any resulting biomass must not be removed from the CEA;

 (c) vegetation of up to 5% of total above and below ground biomass in a CEA may be removed from the CEA in a calendar year for field sampling of carbon;

 (d) up to 10% of fallen timber may be removed from a CEA in a calendar year for personal use;

 (e) thinning of vegetation may be conducted in a CEA if required by any applicable regional natural resource management plan, Commonwealth, State or Territory or local government law, but any resulting biomass must not be removed from the CEA unless the thinning has been conducted for the purpose of weed control;

 (f) harvesting in accordance with traditional Indigenous practices or native title rights.

 (3) The cumulative amount of biomass in a CEA that is dealt with under paragraphs (2)(a), (b) and (c) in a calendar year must not exceed 5% of the total above and below ground biomass in the CEA.

 (4) The cumulative amount of biomass in a CEA that is removed under paragraphs (2)(c) and (d) in a calendar year must not exceed 5% of the total about and below ground biomass in the CEA.

 (5) Planting or seeding of plants or propagules may be conducted on the land only if the planting or seeding is an environmental coastal wetland planting.

 (6) Boardwalks are permitted in a CEA if no more than 5% of total above and below ground biomass in the CEA is removed from the CEA in a calendar year resulting from construction or the effects of placement of all boardwalks in the CEA.

 (7) Excavation activities may only be conducted in a CEA if undertaken:

 (a) in connection with carrying out eligible project activities for the project; or

 (b) in accordance with a current acid sulfate soils management plan for the project made under section 17, to prevent adverse impacts to acid sulfate soils.