53Re-categorisation of land as category 1-exempt land—the Act, s 60K(3)(f)

53 Re-categorisation of land as category 1-exempt land—the Act, s 60K(3)(f)

53 Re-categorisation of land as category 1-exempt land—the Act, s 60K(3)(f)

(1) Land is authorised to be re-categorised from category 2-regulated land to category 1-exempt land if—

(a) the land was unlawfully cleared between 1 January 1990 and the commencement of the Act, Part 5A, and

(b) the land was subsequently lawfully cleared after the native vegetation had regrown but before the commencement of the Act, Part 5A, and

(c) the landholder has requested re-categorisation of the land.

(2) Land is authorised to be re-categorised from category 2-regulated land to category 1-exempt land if—

(a) the land was, but is no longer, the subject of a relevant private native forestry plan, and

(b) the land had been cleared of native vegetation when the plan was made, and

(c) the landholder has requested re-categorisation of the land, and

(d) nothing in the Act, this regulation or another law requires the land to continue to be categorised as category-2 regulated land.