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NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 1991 - SECT 3A

NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 1991 - SECT 3A

3A—Substantially intact vegetation

        (1)         A stratum of native vegetation will be taken for the purposes of this Act to be substantially intact if, in the opinion of the Council

            (a)         the stratum has not been seriously degraded by human activity during the immediately preceding period of 20 years; or

            (b)         the only serious degradation of the stratum by human activity during that period has been caused by fire.

        (2)         In this section—

"stratum" of native vegetation means a layer of a plant community consisting of plants that comprise native vegetation and that have a similar growth habit.