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Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006
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> > (1) In this Act—
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> > council has the same meaning as it has in the [Local Government Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-030).
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> > Crown land has the same meaning as it has in the [Crown Land Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-058).
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> > interfere with a tree includes cut down, fell, remove, kill, destroy, poison, ringbark, uproot or burn a tree or any part of a tree (including its roots).
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> > owner of land includes the occupier of the land.
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> > the Court means the Land and Environment Court.
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> > tree includes any woody perennial plant, any plant resembling a tree in form and size, and any other plant prescribed by the regulations.
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> > window includes a glass sliding door, a door with a window, a skylight and any other similar thing.
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> > (1A) For the purposes of this Act—
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> > > (a) a reference to land within a zone designated “rural-residential” includes a reference to land within a “large lot residential” land use zone, and
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> > > (b) a reference to land within a particular designated zone includes a reference to land within any zone prescribed by the regulations as a zone equivalent to that particular designated zone but does not include a reference to land within any zone prescribed by the regulations as a zone that is not equivalent to that particular designated zone.
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> > (2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.
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> **s 3:** Am 2010 No 27, Sch 1 \[1\] \[2\]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.99.