51Record-keeping requirements

51 Record-keeping requirements

Note: Part 17 of the Act requires records to be kept in accordance with the Rules. This section specifies particular additional record-keeping requirements for a replanting project (see paragraph 45(3)(e) of the Act).

(1) The project proponent must keep records that include the following: (a) evidence that the project area and the activity areas meet the conditions and requirements for registration under this instrument; (b) records that demonstrate that the monitoring activities have been undertaken in accordance with the monitoring requirements in Division 2.9; (c) records relating to the installation of fences or other devices to exclude livestock, and any related maintenance work; (d) records relating to the installation of any other infrastructure for the purposes of the project; (e) records relating to any livestock incursions into the project area; (f) records relating to any weed management activities undertaken in 1 or more activity areas, including the methods used, the species targeted, the timing of the activities, the type and quantity of chemicals used (if any) and the number of labour hours involved for each method used; (g) records relating to any pest management activities undertaken in one or more activity areas, including the methods used, the species targeted, the timing of the activities, the number of labour hours involved for each method used and, where animals are shot or trapped, the number and species of the animals killed; (h) records relating to the environmental plantings (other than remedial plantings) undertaken for the purposes of the project, including the species planted, the quantity of the seedlings or seeds planted, the timing and location of the plantings and, where applicable, the extent of plant mortality; (i) records relating to any remedial plantings undertaken for the purposes of the project, including the species planted, the quantity of the seedlings or seeds plants, the timing and location of the plantings and, where applicable, the extent of plant mortality; (j) information regarding any fires occurring in an activity area, including the date the fire occurred, the location of the fire, the proportion of the activity area affected by the fire, the proportion of the project area affected by the fire and the percentage of trees and shrubs killed by the fire; (k) any photographs taken in accordance with monitoring requirements under this instrument; (l) a description of any management actions undertaken in an activity area, or disturbance events that affected an activity area, including (if relevant) any actions undertaken to ensure there was no significant reversal of the project outcome; (m) records relating to the matters in sections 28, 29 and 45 (Indigenous engagement), consistent with any requirements of the persons with whom engagement took place. (2) The project proponent must maintain any records to be kept under the Act for a period of 7 years after the record is made.