sec.49Particular maintenance activities

sec.49 Particular maintenance activities

An exemption applies to a person who takes a protected plant in an area if the person takes the plant by clearing for any of the following maintenance activities for an existing land use of the area— routine maintenance of existing infrastructure; maintenance in the course of a plantation management activity on land that was previously lawfully cleared; maintenance in the course of a cropping activity on land that was previously lawfully cleared. In this section— cropping activity means an activity undertaken for the management of a cropping area, including site preparation, weed control, harvesting and harvest debris clearing. existing infrastructure means infrastructure that exists before a plant is taken under this section. existing land use , of an area, means a use of the land in the area that— is a lawful use of the land under another law; and is in existence before a plant is taken in the area under this section. plantation management activity means an activity undertaken for the management of a tree plantation, including site preparation, weed control, harvesting and harvest debris clearing. routine maintenance , of existing infrastructure, means maintenance— necessary to maintain infrastructure established under the Electricity Act 1994 for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity, undertaken for an electricity entity under that Act; or necessary to maintain transport infrastructure under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 ; or necessary to maintain other infrastructure (other than contour banks) including a building, or other structure, built or used for any purpose. core airport infrastructure, fences, helipads, oil, gas or water pipelines, roads, stockyards, vehicular tracks, watering facilities, constructed drains slashing, mowing, pruning or trimming of plants (sec.49-ssec.1) An exemption applies to a person who takes a protected plant in an area if the person takes the plant by clearing for any of the following maintenance activities for an existing land use of the area— routine maintenance of existing infrastructure; maintenance in the course of a plantation management activity on land that was previously lawfully cleared; maintenance in the course of a cropping activity on land that was previously lawfully cleared. (sec.49-ssec.2) In this section— cropping activity means an activity undertaken for the management of a cropping area, including site preparation, weed control, harvesting and harvest debris clearing. existing infrastructure means infrastructure that exists before a plant is taken under this section. existing land use , of an area, means a use of the land in the area that— is a lawful use of the land under another law; and is in existence before a plant is taken in the area under this section. plantation management activity means an activity undertaken for the management of a tree plantation, including site preparation, weed control, harvesting and harvest debris clearing. routine maintenance , of existing infrastructure, means maintenance— necessary to maintain infrastructure established under the Electricity Act 1994 for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity, undertaken for an electricity entity under that Act; or necessary to maintain transport infrastructure under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 ; or necessary to maintain other infrastructure (other than contour banks) including a building, or other structure, built or used for any purpose. core airport infrastructure, fences, helipads, oil, gas or water pipelines, roads, stockyards, vehicular tracks, watering facilities, constructed drains slashing, mowing, pruning or trimming of plants