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South Australia
Native Vegetation (Road Verges) Amendment
Bill 2015
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Native
Vegetation Act 1991
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Native Vegetation
Act 1991
3Amendment of section 27—Clearance of
native vegetation
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Native Vegetation (Road Verges) Amendment
Act 2015.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Native Vegetation
Act 1991
3—Amendment
of section 27—Clearance of native vegetation
(1) Section 27(1)—after paragraph (c) insert:
(d) native vegetation may be cleared without any other restriction under
this Act if the clearance occurs on a road verge and is reasonably
required—
(i) for road safety purposes; or
(ii) to reduce the fuel load on the road verge.
(2) Section 27(7)—after the definition of relevant Chief
Officer insert:
road verge means the area of land adjacent to a public road
bounded by—
(a) the edge of the carriageway of the road; and
(b) —
(i) if the boundary of the property adjacent to the road is not more than
20 metres away from the carriageway of the road—that boundary;
or
(ii) in any other case—a line running parallel to the edge of the
carriageway of the road at a distance of 20 metres.