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Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999
48Plantation operations not subject to certain provisions of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016
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#### 48 Plantation operations not subject to certain provisions of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016
48 Plantation operations not subject to certain provisions of [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1974-080) and [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-063)
> > (1) A person carrying out plantation operations on an authorised plantation is exempt from the [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-063), sections 2.1–2.4.
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> > (2) Subsection (1) exempts the person only—
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> > > (a) if the operations are carried out in accordance with the conditions of authorisation and the provisions of the Code applying to the plantation, and
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> > > (b) in relation to things that are reasonably connected with the carrying out of the operations.
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> > (3) The following orders must not be made to prevent or interfere with the carrying out of plantation operations on an authorised plantation—
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> > > (a) a stop work order or interim protection order within the meaning of the [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-063), Part 11,
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> > > (b) a stop work order under the [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1974-080), Part 6A, Division 1,
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> > > (c) an interim protection order within the meaning of the [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1974-080).
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> > (4) (Repealed)
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> Note—
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> See section 55 for continuation of power to make orders to protect relics or Aboriginal places within the meaning of the [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1974-080).
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> **s 48:** Am 2023 No 7, Sch 1.16\[9\]–\[11\].