Queensland Consolidated Acts

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 20AH

20AH Deciding to show particular areas as category B areas

In certifying the regulated vegetation management map, the chief executive may decide to show an area on the map as a category B area if—

(a) a development approval for the area has been given for—

(i) fodder harvesting; or

(ii) managing thickened vegetation; or

(iii) clearing of encroachment; or

(iv) control of non-native plants or declared pests; or

(v) necessary environmental clearing; or

(b) the area is a declared area, offset area or exchange area; or

(c) the area has been subject to clearing of vegetation under an accepted development vegetation clearing code on a category B area for 1 or more of the following—

(i) conducting a native forest practice;

(ii) fodder harvesting;

(iii) clearing of encroachment;

(iv) controlling non-native plants or declared pests;

(v) necessary environmental clearing; or

(d) the area contains forest products under the Forestry Act 1959 and—

(i) has been defined by agreement with the FA chief executive as an area in which the State has an interest in commercial timber; or

(ii) is an area in which the State has carried out harvesting of commercial timber; or

(iii) has been cleared under section 70A ; or

(e) the chief executive has made a PMAV for the area under section 20B (1) (e) , (g) or (h) ; or

(f) the area has been unlawfully cleared; or

(g) the area has been cleared of native vegetation and in relation to the clearing a person has been found guilty by a court, whether or not a conviction has been recorded, of a clearing offence; or

(h) the area is a regional ecosystem that—

(i) has a predominant canopy not dominated by woody vegetation; and

(ii) has not been cultivated for 15 years; and

(iii) contains native species normally found in the regional ecosystem; and

(iv) is not dominated by non-native perennial species; or

(i) the area has been subject to clearing of vegetation under an area management plan on a category B area for 1 or more of the following—

(i) fodder harvesting;

(ii) managing thickened vegetation;

(iii) clearing of encroachment;

(iv) controlling non-native plants or declared pests;

(v) necessary environmental clearing; or

(j) the area has been subject to a native forest practice on a category B area.