NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 1991 - SECT 31C

NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 1991 - SECT 31C

31C—Interim order

        (1)         If, on an application under this Division or before the determination of the proceedings commenced by an application under this Division, the ERD Court is satisfied that, in order to protect native vegetation from clearance or to preserve the rights or interests of parties to the proceedings, or for any other reason, it is desirable to make an interim order under this section, the Court may make such an order.

        (2)         An interim order—

            (a)         may be made on an application in the absence of the respondent; and

            (b)         may be made whether or not the application has been referred to a conference under section 31A(5); and

            (c)         will be made subject to such conditions as the Court thinks fit; and

            (d)         will not (as such) operate after the proceedings in which it is made are finally determined.