233What is a native vegetation area?—pt 9.4

233 What is a native vegetation area?—pt 9.4 native vegetation area, means an area where— (a) either— (i) 10% or more of the area is covered with vegetation (whether dead or alive); and (ii) no more than 60% of the ground layer vegetation cover is exotic annual (at any time of year); and (iii) more than 50% of the perennial ground layer vegetation cover is native vegetation; or (b) trees or shrubs indigenous to the area have a canopy cover of 10% or more in any stratum over the area.