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124DApplication of Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and Part 5A of Local Land Services Act 2013
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#### 124D Application of Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and Part 5A of Local Land Services Act 2013
124D Application of [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-063) and Part 5A of [Local Land Services Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-051)
> > (1) Division 1 (Offences) of Part 2 of the [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-063) and section 60N (Unauthorised clearing of native vegetation in regulated rural areas—offence) of the [Local Land Services Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-051) do not apply to any emergency fire fighting act or bush fire hazard reduction work (including emergency bush fire hazard reduction work) that is done or carried out by a fire fighting authority under this Act.
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> > (1A) Division 2 (Stop work orders) of Part 11 of the [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-063) does not apply to, or in respect of, the doing of any emergency fire fighting act.
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> > (2) In this section, fire fighting authority includes the staff of a fire fighting authority and volunteer rural fire fighters acting in that capacity.
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> **s 124D:** Ins 2016 No 63, Sch 11.9 \[1\]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 2 \[21\].