25AMulga species used for stock fodder on landholding

25A Mulga species used for stock fodder on landholding

25A Mulga species used for stock fodder on landholding

(1) Clearing native vegetation (comprising mulga) for the purpose of obtaining fodder for stock on the same landholding from which the native vegetation is cleared.

(2) Clearing for that purpose is not authorised—

(a) on a small holding, or

(b) on land in the Coastal Zone, or

(c) on category 2-vulnerable regulated land, or

(d) within 20 metres of an estuary, wetland or incised watercourse.

(3) Clearing for that purpose is authorised only if—

(a) the clearing does not exceed 50% of the total area of mulga on the landholding in any period of 10 years, and

(b) the cleared mulga remains on the ground where it is cleared or is windrowed along a contour on the landholding, and

(c) the clearing does not result in remaining mulga plants being over 20 metres apart, and

(d) the clearing does not cause land degradation or the introduction of non-native vegetation.

(4) In this clause—

mulga means the species of plant Acacia aneura.