sec.85Purpose of part

sec.85 Purpose of part

This part provides for a protected plant clearing permit for taking, by clearing, protected plants, in particular threatened plants or near threatened plants, to ensure— areas where threatened plants or near threatened plants and their supporting habitat are present, or likely to be present, are identified and assessed for risk before clearing; and any impacts on threatened plants or near threatened plants are managed. In this section— supporting habitat , for a protected plant, means the components, including other plants, of the habitat of the protected plant necessary for the plant’s survival at any stage of its life cycle and located within 100m of the plant. (sec.85-ssec.1) This part provides for a protected plant clearing permit for taking, by clearing, protected plants, in particular threatened plants or near threatened plants, to ensure— areas where threatened plants or near threatened plants and their supporting habitat are present, or likely to be present, are identified and assessed for risk before clearing; and any impacts on threatened plants or near threatened plants are managed. (sec.85-ssec.2) In this section— supporting habitat , for a protected plant, means the components, including other plants, of the habitat of the protected plant necessary for the plant’s survival at any stage of its life cycle and located within 100m of the plant.

• (a) areas where threatened plants or near threatened plants and their supporting habitat are present, or likely to be present, are identified and assessed for risk before clearing; and
• (b) any impacts on threatened plants or near threatened plants are managed.