85Tree management plans—decision

85 Tree management plans—decision (1) If a decision-maker proposes, or receives an application for, a tree management plan, the decision-maker must decide whether to approve the plan. (2) For an application for a tree management plan, the decision-maker must make the decision within 40 working days after the day the decision-maker receives the application. (3) In working out the 40-working day period, any period when a requirement under section 79 (1) was not complied with is disregarded.

(4) In making the decision, the decision-maker must take into account the (a) the guidelines determined under section 88; (b) the advice (if any) of the advisory panel; (c) the advice (if any) of an entity to which the proposal or application was given under section 82; (d) anything else the decision-maker considers relevant. (5) A tree management plan may be approved subject to a condition. Example—condition a tree management plan must include landscape treatments, such as understory planting, mulching and irrigation, to protect and nurture a tree (6) If the conservator approves a tree management plan for a registered tree, the conservator must include details of the plan in the tree register.