Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2004 (Qld)

Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2004

AMENDMENTS AGREED TO IN COMMITTEE

1 Clause 14— At page 16, lines 29 and 30— omit, insert— ' *(2) The application must— (a) be in the approved form; and (b) state the information prescribed under a regulation; and

(c) be accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation.'.

2 Clause 27— At page 28, line 26, 'This section' — omit, insert— 'Subsection (2)'.

3 Clause 27— At page 29, after line 9— insert—

' *(4) The Minister may approve a regional vegetation management code for Cape York Peninsular based on the local guideline for Cape York Peninsular previously approved by the Minister under the Land Act 1994, section 272.'.

4 Clause 28— At page 32, lines 30 to 33—

omit, insert—

Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

'"category X area" means an area— (a) in which clearing has occurred; and

(b) that is not a category 1 area, category 2 area, category 3 area or category 4 area on a property map of assessable vegetation made under section 20B; and

(c) that at the time of the making, under section 20B or 20C, or the replacement, under section 20D, of the property map of assessable vegetation applying to the area—

(i) does not contain remnant vegetation; or

(ii) is not cleared due to burning, flooding or natural causes and the vegetation in the area forms a predominant canopy that—

(A) has cover that averages less than 50% of the undisturbed predominant canopy; or

(B) has height that averages less than 70% of the vegetation's undisturbed height; or

(C) is not composed of species characteristic of the vegetation's undisturbed predominant canopy.'.

5 Clause 28— At page 35, line 22, 'at'— omit, insert—

'surrounding'.

6 Clause 32— At page 37, line 24, 'native'—