New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

NATIVE VEGETATION REGULATION 2005 - REG 12

12 Information about PVPs and development consents

(1) The Minister is to make publicly available on the Internet:

(a) the Global Positioning System ( "GPS") coordinates of the location of land that is the subject of a development consent or PVP that provides for broadscale clearing of native vegetation on the land or that is the subject of a PVP that specifies a date for the purposes of the definition of "regrowth" in section 9 (2) of the Act, and

(b) a statement of the area (expressed in hectares) of land:

(i) in the case of a private native forestry PVP-to which the PVP applies, or

(ii) in any other case-that is authorised to be cleared by the development consent or PVP concerned, and

(c) a statement of the area (expressed in hectares) of land that is land to which offsets apply under the PVP concerned and the GPS coordinates of the location of that land.

(2) The following information is to be available for inspection without charge at the principal office of the catchment management authority in the area of operations in which the relevant land is situated:

(a) detailed information as to the clearing authorised by a development consent or PVP that provides for broadscale clearing of native vegetation on the land, including details of the location (by providing GPS coordinates only) of the land authorised to be cleared,

(b) detailed information as to the offsets provided for by a PVP that provides for broadscale clearing of native vegetation on the land, including details of the location (by providing GPS coordinates only) of the land to which any offsets apply,

(c) the date specified in a PVP for the purposes of the definition of "regrowth" in section 9 (2) of the Act.

(3) A catchment management authority may charge a reasonable fee for providing a copy of any information that is available for inspection under subclause (2).

(4) The Minister is to make the following information concerning a PVP available to a person who satisfies the Minister that the person is a bona fide prospective purchaser of the land to which the PVP applies:

(a) details of the provisions made by the PVP in respect of proposals to enable the landholder to obtain financial incentives for the management of natural resources,

(b) details of the provision made by the PVP for the provision and expenditure of those financial incentives.

(5) Information required to be made available under this clause must be available within 10 days after the development consent or PVP concerned is granted or approved.

(6) Subclauses (1) (c), (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to a private native forestry PVP.