Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Amendment Regulations 2005 (WA)

21 January 2005 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 259

ENVIRONMENT

EV301*

Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native

Vegetation) Amendment Regulations 2005

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in

Executive Council.

1.

Citation Native Vegetation) Amendment Regulations 2005.

2.

The regulations amended Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004*.

[* Published in Gazette 30 June 2004, p. 2587-623.]

3.

Regulation 5 amended follows:

(a) by deleting item 2 and inserting the following item instead —

“

2	Clearing resulting from accidents or to reduce danger Clearing —
(a) for the purposes of preventing The owner of the land

imminent danger to human life or	on which the clearing
health or irreversible damage to a	is to take place.
significant portion of the environment; or

(b)	as a result of an accident caused	A person responsible
otherwise than by the negligence of	for the safety or
the person clearing or the person	welfare of the persons
who authorised the clearing.	who are likely to be in danger or for the portion of the

environment.

”;

(b)

in item 23, paragraph (b) of the description of clearing, “ 18 months ”.

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor,

ROD SPENCER, Clerk of the Executive Council.