Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

TREE PROTECTION ACT 2005 - SECT 35

    (1)     If the conservator proposes, or receives an application for approval of, a tree management plan, the conservator must decide whether to approve the plan.

    (2)     For a tree management plan for which approval is applied for, the conservator must make the decision within 30 days after the day the conservator receives the application.

    (3)     In working out the 30-day period, any period when a requirement under section 33 (1) was not complied with is disregarded.

    (4)     In making the decision, the conservator must have regard to—

        (a)     the guidelines approved under section 31; and

        (b)     the advice (if any) of the advisory panel; and

        (c)     anything else the conservator considers relevant.

    (5)     If the conservator approves a tree management plan for a registered tree, the conservator must include details of the plan in the tree register.