New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 2003 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"authorised officer" means a person appointed under section 34.
"broadscale clearing" -see section 8.
"catchment management authority" means a catchment management authority established under the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003 .
"clearing" native vegetation-see section 7.
"development consent" means development consent under Part 4 of the EPA Act.
"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Department of Environment and Climate Change.
"environmental planning instrument" has the same meaning as in the EPA Act.
"EPA Act" means the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 .
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty.
"government agency" means any public or local authority, and includes:

(a) a government department, State owned corporation and council of a local government area, and

(b) the head of a government agency.

"groundcover" means any type of herbaceous vegetation.
"landholder" means a person who owns land or who, whether by reason of ownership or otherwise, is in lawful occupation or possession, or has lawful management or control, of land.
"native vegetation" -see section 6.
"property vegetation plan" means a property vegetation plan that has been approved under Part 4.
"protected regrowth" -see section 10.
"regrowth" -see section 9.
"remnant native vegetation" -see section 9.
"routine agricultural management activities" -see section 11.
"wetland" includes any shallow body of water (such as a marsh, billabong, swamp or sedgeland) that is:

(a) inundated cyclically, intermittently or permanently with water, and

(b) vegetated with wetland plant communities.

(2) Notes in the text of this Act do not form part of this Act.