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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.79What is an agricultural ERA
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### sec.79 What is an agricultural ERA
An agricultural ERA is any of the following activities carried out, on a commercial basis, on land in the Great Barrier Reef catchment—
cattle grazing;
horticulture;
commercial cultivation of bananas
cultivation of another crop.
commercial cultivation of sugarcane or grains
For subsection (1) , all the land in a lot is taken to be in the Great Barrier Reef catchment if more than 75% of the lot, or 20,000ha of land in the lot, is in the catchment.
In this section—
lot means—
a lot under the Land Title Act 1994 ; or
a separate, distinct parcel of land for which an interest is recorded in a register under the Land Act 1994 .
s 79 orig s 79 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6
om 2003 No. 95 s 4
prev s 79 ins 2004 No. 48 s 32
om 2009 No. 3 s 459
pres s 79 ins 2009 No. 42 s 6
sub 2019 No. 28 s 8
(sec.79-ssec.1) An agricultural ERA is any of the following activities carried out, on a commercial basis, on land in the Great Barrier Reef catchment— cattle grazing; horticulture; commercial cultivation of bananas cultivation of another crop. commercial cultivation of sugarcane or grains
(sec.79-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , all the land in a lot is taken to be in the Great Barrier Reef catchment if more than 75% of the lot, or 20,000ha of land in the lot, is in the catchment.
(sec.79-ssec.3) In this section— lot means— a lot under the Land Title Act 1994 ; or a separate, distinct parcel of land for which an interest is recorded in a register under the Land Act 1994 .
- (a) cattle grazing;
- (b) horticulture; Example— commercial cultivation of bananas
- (c) cultivation of another crop. Example— commercial cultivation of sugarcane or grains
- (a) a lot under the Land Title Act 1994 ; or
- (b) a separate, distinct parcel of land for which an interest is recorded in a register under the Land Act 1994 .