138Definitions

#### 138 Definitions 138 Definitions > In this Part— > > Australian native tree means a tree of a species indigenous to Australia. > > electricity generating work means a work, including associated facilities, that supplies, or is capable of supplying, more than 200 kilowatts of electricity. > > forestry operations means— > > > (a) logging operations, namely, the cutting and removal of timber from land for the purpose of timber production, or > > > (b) the harvesting of forest products. > > heads and off-cuts means the parts of a tree that are removed when obtaining a pulp wood log or saw log from the tree, but does not include a part of a saw log, pulp wood log, tree stump or dead tree. > > native forest bio-material means the bio-material comprised in Australian native trees, other than— > > > (a) bio-material obtained from— > > > > > (i) an authorised plantation, within the meaning of the [Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-097), or > > > > > (ii) an existing plantation, within the meaning of that Act, Schedule 3, clause 6, or > > > > > (iii) land on which exempt farm forestry, within the meaning of that Act, is being carried out, or > > > > > (iv) land on which ancillary plantation operations, within the meaning of that Act, section 9, are being carried out, or > > > > > (v) trees cleared in accordance with a land management (native vegetation) code under the [Local Land Services Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-051), Part 5A, Division 5, or > > > > > (vi) pulp wood logs and heads and off-cuts resulting from— > > > > > > > (A) clearing carried out in accordance with a private native forestry plan, or > > > > > > > (B) forestry operations carried out in accordance with an integrated forestry operations approval under the [Forestry Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2012-096), Part 5B, or > > > > > (vii) trees cleared as a result of thinning carried out in accordance with a private native forestry plan or in accordance with an integrated forestry operations approval under the [Forestry Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2012-096), Part 5B, or > > > (b) sawdust or other sawmill waste, or > > > (c) waste arising from wood processing or the manufacture of wooden products, other than waste arising from activities, for example, woodchipping or the manufacture of railway sleepers, carried out at the location from which the Australian native trees are harvested. > > private native forestry plan has the same meaning as in the [Local Land Services Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-051), Part 5B. > > pulp wood logs means logs used to make a reconstituted wood product, for example, paper, but does not include the following— > > > (a) saw logs, > > > (b) a part of a dead tree, > > > (c) logs obtained from the following species of tree— > > > > > (i) Rough-barked Apple (*Angophora floribunda*), > > > > > (ii) Smooth-barked Apple (*Angophora costata*), > > > > > (iii) Scribbly Gum (*Eucalyptus rossii*), > > > > > (iv) Turpentine (*Syncarpia glomulifera*). > > saw logs means logs that are able be used to create timber products that maintain a woody structure. > > thinning means the selective removal of individual trees, or parts of trees, for the purposes of reducing competition between trees, allowing growth of remaining trees, tree regeneration and groundcover growth and improving or maintaining the structure and composition of native vegetation.