"interfere" with a tree includes cut down, fell, remove, kill, destroy,
poison, ringbark, uproot or burn a tree or any part of a tree (including its
roots).
"owner of land" includes the occupier of the land.
"the Court" means the Land and Environment Court.
"tree" includes any woody perennial plant, any plant resembling a tree in form
and size, and any other plant prescribed by the regulations.
"window" includes a glass sliding door, a door with a window, a skylight and
any other similar thing.
(1A) For the purposes of this Act:
(a) a reference to land within a zone designated "rural-residential" includes
a reference to land within a "large lot residential" land use zone, and
(b) a
reference to land within a particular designated zone includes a reference to
land within any zone prescribed by the regulations as a zone equivalent to
that particular designated zone but does not include a reference to land
within any zone prescribed by the regulations as a zone that is not equivalent
to that particular designated zone.
(2) Notes included in this Act do not
form part of this Act.
