244When does damage to land cause serious harm or

244 When does damage to land cause serious harm or material harm to a reserve?—pt 9.5 cause serious or material harm, means substantially contribute directly or indirectly to the harm. material harm—damage to land in a reserve causes material harm to the reserve if the cost of action needed to rehabilitate the area damaged is within the range of $5 000 to $50 000.

serious harm—damage to land in a reserve causes serious harm to the reserve if— (a) it causes the loss of, or the loss of part of— (i) a critically endangered ecological community in the (ii) an endangered ecological community in the reserve; or (iii) a vulnerable ecological community in the reserve; or Note Critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable ecological communities are threatened ecological communities—see s 69. (b) it causes a substantial loss of habitat of native plants or native animals in the reserve; or (c) the total area damaged in the reserve is more than 2ha; or (d) the cost of action needed to rehabilitate the land damaged in the reserve is more than $50 000.