60ZWAuthorised private native forestry operations

#### 60ZW Authorised private native forestry operations 60ZW Authorised private native forestry operations > > (1) Forestry operations are authorised by this Part if they are forestry operations to which a private native forestry plan applies. > > > (2) A private native forestry plan does not authorise the carrying out of forestry operations on any part of the land to which the plan applies that becomes, after the approval of the plan, an area of the State to which this Part does not apply. > > Note. > > Section 60N provides that it is a defence to the offence of clearing native vegetation in a rural area of the State under that section if (among other things) the clearing comprises forestry operations authorised under this Part (the offence of unauthorised clearing of native vegetation carries a maximum penalty ranging from $500,000 to $5 million). Clause 8 of [State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation in Non-Rural Areas) 2017](/view/html/repealed/current/epi-2017-0454) provides that authority is not required under that Policy for the clearing of native vegetation in a non-rural area of the State if the clearing comprises forestry operations authorised under this Part (a similar maximum penalty applies under environmental planning and assessment legislation for the relevant offences under that legislation). > > **pt 5B, divs 1–4 (ss 60ZQ–60ZZC):** Ins 2018 No 40, Sch 1 \[8\].