New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

NATIVE VEGETATION REGULATION 2005 - REG 39

39 Exempt farm forestry under Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999

(1) On and from the repeal of the former Act by the new Act, section 6 (1) (b) of the Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999 is to be read as if:

(a) a reference to clearing of native vegetation or of protected land (within the meaning of the former Act) were a reference to clearing of native vegetation within the meaning of the new Act, and

(b) a reference to clearing that is exempt from the requirement under Part 2 of the former Act for development consent were a reference to clearing that is exempt from the requirement under section 12 of the new Act that the clearing be in accordance with a development consent or a property vegetation plan.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply in respect of clearing that commenced before the repeal of the former Act. Section 6 (1) (b) of the Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999 continues to apply to and in respect of that clearing as if the former Act had not been repealed and any relevant regional vegetation management plan under that Act were still in force.