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Explain section 18 Application for certification of forest practices plan
(1) *[Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1994, s. 35 and Sched. 1 ]*Any person may –
(a) [Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 1999, Sched. 5, Applied:01 Jul 1999]
(b) [Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 1999, Sched. 3, Applied:01 Jul 1999] [Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 43, Applied:01 Jul 2005]
(2) [Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 43, Applied:01 Jul 2005] [Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 1999, Sched. 5, Applied:01 Jul 1999]
(a) [Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 110 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:01 Jan 2002] [Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 43, Applied:01 Jul 2005] [Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 35 of 2006, s. 7, Applied:30 Apr 2007]
(b) [Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 43, Applied:01 Jul 2005]
(baa)
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Section 18 - Forest Practices Act 1985 - Application for certification of forest practices plan | Zoe [Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 43, Applied:01 Jul 2005]
(bb) [Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 35 of 2006, s. 7, Applied:30 Apr 2007]
(i) the identity of the threatened native vegetation community and its range;
(ii) how much of the threatened native vegetation community would be cleared and converted under the plan;
(iii) the kind of vegetation, works or development that would replace the threatened native vegetation cleared and converted under the plan;
(iv) the intended method of removal;
(4) *[Section 18 Subsection (4) amended by No. 29 of 1994, s. 35 and Sched. 1 ]*An application referred to in subsection (1) (b) –
(a) shall be in writing;
(b) [Section 18 Subsection (4) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 43, Applied:01 Jul 2005] [Section 18 Subsection (4) amended by No. 16 of 2005, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2005]
(c) [Section 18 Subsection (4) amended by No. 16 of 2005, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2005]
(4C) [Section 18 Subsection (4C) inserted by No. 25 of 2019, s. 8, Applied:07 Oct 2019]
(a) an applicant; or
(b) where a person has been assigned in accordance with section 25D the applicant's responsibilities under this Division, that person –
fails to pay all of the application fee by the date, and in the manner, determined by the Authority for the purposes of subsection (4B) , so much of the application fee as has not been paid by that date and in that manner is a debt due and payable to the Authority by the applicant, or the person, as the case may be, and may be recovered by the Authority in a court of competent jurisdiction.