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Pastoral Land Act 1992
3AMeaning of estimated carrying capacity and animal equivalent
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3A Meaning of estimated carrying capacity and animal equivalent
(1) Estimated carrying capacity is the number of animal equivalents
that an area of pastoral land can sustainably support, based on the
unimproved native pasture of the land.
(2) One animal equivalent is equal to one 450 kg non-breeding beast.
(3) In this section:
unimproved native pasture, in relation to pastoral land, means
plants native to the District in which the pastoral land is situated.
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