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Vegetation Management Act 1999
sec.22BRequirements for vegetation clearing application for managing thickened vegetation
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### sec.22B Requirements for vegetation clearing application for managing thickened vegetation
This section applies if a vegetation clearing application is for managing thickened vegetation.
The application must demonstrate how the proposed clearing will restore the regional ecosystem subject to the clearing to the floristic composition and densities typical of the regional ecosystem in the bioregion and include the following—
the location and extent of the proposed clearing;
the selective clearing methods proposed to be used;
evidence that the clearing will be limited to the prescribed regional ecosystems and restrictions;
evidence that the regional ecosystem has thickened in comparison to the same regional ecosystem in the bioregion.
In this section—
prescribed regional ecosystems and restrictions means regional ecosystems and restrictions prescribed by regulation under the Planning Act , section 55 (2) to be a regional ecosystem or restriction for managing thickened vegetation.
s 22B prev s 22B ins 2004 No. 1 s 15
amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2
om 2016 No. 27 s 638
pres s 22B ins 2018 No. 7 s 17
(sec.22B-ssec.1) This section applies if a vegetation clearing application is for managing thickened vegetation.
(sec.22B-ssec.2) The application must demonstrate how the proposed clearing will restore the regional ecosystem subject to the clearing to the floristic composition and densities typical of the regional ecosystem in the bioregion and include the following— the location and extent of the proposed clearing; the selective clearing methods proposed to be used; evidence that the clearing will be limited to the prescribed regional ecosystems and restrictions; evidence that the regional ecosystem has thickened in comparison to the same regional ecosystem in the bioregion.
(sec.22B-ssec.3) In this section— prescribed regional ecosystems and restrictions means regional ecosystems and restrictions prescribed by regulation under the Planning Act , section 55 (2) to be a regional ecosystem or restriction for managing thickened vegetation.
- (a) the location and extent of the proposed clearing;
- (b) the selective clearing methods proposed to be used;
- (c) evidence that the clearing will be limited to the prescribed regional ecosystems and restrictions;
- (d) evidence that the regional ecosystem has thickened in comparison to the same regional ecosystem in the bioregion.