3AMeaning of "clearance and conversion"

### 3A Meaning of "clearance and conversion" > [*\[Section 3A Inserted by No. 35 of 2006, s. 5, Applied:30 Apr 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-04-30/act-2006-035#GS5@EN) > > > (1)  In this Act – > > > > > ***clearance and conversion***, of a threatened native vegetation community, means the deliberate process of removing all or most of the threatened native vegetation community from an area of land and – > > > > > > > > (a) leaving the area of land, on a permanent or extended basis, in an unvegetated state; or > > > > > > > > > (b) replacing the threatened native vegetation so removed, on a permanent or extended basis, with any, or any combination of, the following: > > > > > > > > > > > > (i) another community of native vegetation; > > > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) non-native vegetation; > > > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) agricultural works; > > > > > > > > > > > > > (iv) residential, commercial or other non-agricultural development; or > > > > > > > > > (c) doing a combination of any of the things referred to in [paragraphs (a)](#GS3A@Gs1@Nd309200551811@Hpa@EN) and [(b)](#GS3A@Gs1@Nd309200551811@Hpb@EN) . > > > (2)  To avoid doubt, a management practice does not constitute the clearance and conversion of a threatened native vegetation community from any land unless the management practice is carried out to deliberately remove, or carried out as part of a process to deliberately remove, all or most of the threatened native vegetation community from the land on a permanent or extended basis. > > > (3)  In this section – > > > > > ***agricultural works*** includes, but is not limited to, the following: > > > > > > > > (a) farm sheds and workshops; > > > > > > > > > (b) farm dams and irrigation facilities; > > > > > > > > > (c) farm storage and processing facilities; > > > > > > > > > (d) farm access roads and easements; > > > > > > > > > (e) farm fencing; > > > > > ***management practice*** means any of the following: > > > > > > > > (a) applying fertilizer or changing the nature or scale of a fertilizer regime; > > > > > > > > > (b) burning off to reduce wildfire fuel; > > > > > > > > > (c) constructing fire-breaks; > > > > > > > > > (d) mowing, slashing or scything grasses or undergrowth; > > > > > > > > > (e) pruning, trimming or lopping vegetation for work safety purposes or to ensure the health of specific specimens of vegetation or vegetation communities; > > > > > > > > > (f) removing or controlling noxious weeds; > > > > > > > > > (g) grazing of livestock; > > > > > > > > > (h) harvesting of timber or other vegetation products; > > > > > ***remove*** means remove by any direct or indirect means or combination of means, including but not limited to the following: > > > > > > > > (a) burning; > > > > > > > > > (b) clearfelling; > > > > > > > > > (c) cutting down; > > > > > > > > > (d) drowning; > > > > > > > > > (e) lopping; > > > > > > > > > (f) ploughing; > > > > > > > > > (g) poisoning; > > > > > > > > > (h) ringbarking; > > > > > > > > > (i) thinning; > > > > > > > > > (j) uprooting.