New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 100Q

100Q The 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice

(1) The Commissioner is to prepare a 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice for the carrying out of vegetation clearing work on land situated within a 10/50 vegetation clearing entitlement area pursuant to section 100R. The Code must (without limitation) deal with the following--

(a) the type of vegetation that can and cannot be cleared, including the types of trees,

(b) the circumstances in which vegetation should be pruned and not entirely removed,

(c) use of herbicides,

(d) managing soil erosion and landslip risks,

(e) protection of riparian buffer zones,

(f) protection of Aboriginal and other cultural heritage,

(g) protection of vegetation that the owner of the land on which vegetation clearing work may be carried out is under a legal obligation to preserve by agreement or otherwise.

(2) The Commissioner may amend the 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice from time to time.

(3) The 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice prepared under this section, including any amendment of the Code--

(a) must be published in the Gazette, and

(b) takes effect on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

(4) The 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice is to be made publicly available, as soon as practicable after publication in the Gazette--

(a) by publishing it on the NSW Rural Fire Service website, and

(b) by providing it as a hardcopy, on request and without charge, to any owner of land situated within a 10/50 vegetation clearing entitlement area.