New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WESTERN LANDS ACT 1901 - SECT 18DB

18DB Condition relating to clearing native vegetation and protected land

(1) This section applies to any lease granted or issued for any purpose under this Act (whether before or after the commencement of this section) unless the land leased has an area of 0.5 hectares or less.

(2) In this section, "clearing" and "native vegetation" have the same meanings as they have in the Native Vegetation Act 2003 , and "State protected land" has the same meaning as it has in clause 4 of Schedule 3 to that Act.

(3) It is a condition of any lease to which this Act applies that any native vegetation on the land the subject of the lease, and any part of that land that is State protected land, must not be cleared except in accordance with the Native Vegetation Act 2003 (including the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 as applied by that Act and the regulations under that Act).

(4) However, such a condition does not apply in relation to any clearing that is carried out for the purpose of obtaining timber for use on the leased land for building, fencing or firewood.