18Mosquito management plan

18  Mosquito management plan

 (1) Before making the section 22 application for the project, the project proponent must prepare one or more mosquito management plans for the project for all land within a project area of the project.

 (2) Before making a section 29 application for the project that seeks a variation to the section 27 declaration for the project, the project proponent must satisfy either or both of the following requirements:

 (a) revise one or more mosquito management plans for the project;

 (b) prepare one or more mosquito management plans for the project;

   so that all land within a project area of the project is covered by one or more mosquito management plans.

 (3) Within 30 days of the project proponent becoming aware that an existing mosquito management plan contains a material error, the project proponent must revise the plan to account for the error.

 (4) A mosquito management plan must:

 (a) be prepared or revised in accordance with any applicable State, Territory or Commonwealth laws; and

 (b) take into consideration any applicable State, Territory, Commonwealth or local government guidance in relation to mosquito management plans; and

  (c) be prepared or revised in accordance with the requirements of the Supplement.

 (5) The project proponent and each relevant landholder of land within a project area of the project must:

 (a) sign and agree to implement each mosquito management plan relating to the land; and

 (b) take reasonable steps to implement, until the end of the permanence obligation period for the project, each current mosquito management plan relating to the land made under this section;

  in accordance with any applicable State, Territory or Commonwealth laws and after having taken into consideration any applicable State, Territory, Commonwealth or local government guidance in relation to mosquito management plans.

 (6) The project proponent must review, and if necessary revise, each mosquito management plan:

 (a) at least once every 5 years until the end of the crediting period for the project; and

 (b) at least once every 10 years until the end of the permanence obligation period for the project; and

 (c) within 30 days of the project proponent becoming aware that:

 (i) a current mosquito management plan for the project made under this section, needs any material correction; or

 (ii) any material changes to a mosquito management plan for the project prepared or revised under this section, are necessary; or

 (iii) the mosquito hazard changes materially from that envisaged in a current mosquito management plan for the project made under this section.