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VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 19G
Particular criteria for declaration
19G Particular criteria for declaration
(1) The chief executive may declare an area to be an area of high nature
conservation value only if the chief executive considers— (a) implementation
of the management plan for the area will help to conserve its high nature
conservation value; and
(b) the area is 1 or more of the following— (i) a
wildlife refugium;
(ii) a centre of endemism;
(iii) an area containing a
vegetation clump or corridor that contributes to the maintenance of
biodiversity;
(iv) an area that makes a significant contribution to the
conservation of biodiversity;
(v) an area that contributes to the
conservation value of a wetland, lake or spring stated in the notice mentioned
in section 19F (1) for the declaration;
(vi) another area that contributes to
the conservation of the environment.
(2) The chief executive may declare an
area to be an area vulnerable to land degradation only if the chief executive
considers— (a) implementation of the management plan for the area will help
to prevent or minimise land degradation in the area; and
(b) the area is
subject to 1 or more of the following— (i) soil erosion;
(ii) rising water
tables;
(iii) the expression of salinity, whether inside or outside the area;
(iv) mass movement by gravity of soil or rock;
(v) stream bank instability;
(vi) a process that results in declining water quality.
(3) An area declared
under this subdivision may include an area of regrowth vegetation.
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