19Authority to certify or refuse to certify forest practices plan

19 Authority to certify or refuse to certify forest practices plan

(1)  [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 1999, s. 18, Applied:01 Jul 1999] [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1994, s. 10 ][Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 1999, s. 18, Applied:01 Jul 1999] [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 1999, s. 18, Applied:01 Jul 1999] [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 1999, s. 18, Applied:01 Jul 1999] [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 110 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:01 Jan 2002] [Section 19 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 55 of 2004, s. 46, Applied:01 Jul 2005] Where an application for the certification of a forest practices plan is made in accordance with section 18 , the Authority may –

(a) certify the plan; or

(b) refuse to certify the plan; or

(c) amend the plan in such manner as it considers necessary and certify the plan as so amended.

(1AA)  [Section 19 Subsection (1AA) inserted by No. 35 of 2006, s. 8, Applied:30 Apr 2007] However, the Authority is not to certify a forest practices plan involving the clearance and conversion of a threatened native vegetation community unless the Authority is satisfied of one or more of the following:

(a) the clearance and conversion is justified by exceptional circumstances;

(b) the activities authorised by the forest practices plan are likely to have an overall environmental benefit;

(c) the clearance and conversion is unlikely to detract substantially from the conservation of the threatened native vegetation community;

(d) the clearance and conversion is unlikely to detract substantially from the conservation values in the vicinity of the threatened native vegetation community.