Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1980 - SECT 73

In this division:

"cause "serious or material harm, means substantially contribute directly or indirectly to the harm.

"native vegetation", in relation to an area, means any of the following kinds of vegetation indigenous to the area:

        (a)     trees;

        (b)     understorey plants;

        (c)     groundcover consisting of any kind of grass or herbaceous vegetation;

        (d)     plants occurring in a wetland or stream.

"Ramsar wetland" means a declared Ramsar wetland under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth), section 17.