Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Amendment Regulations 2019 (WA)

3 May 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1307

ENVIRONMENT

EV301

Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native

Vegetation) Amendment Regulations 2019

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Environmental Protection (Clearing of

Native Vegetation) Amendment Regulations 2019.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2019.

3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Environmental Protection

Agriculture, Perth;

(Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004.

4.           Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3 delete the definition of intensive land-use zone

and insert:

intensive land-use zone means the intensive land-use

zone as defined in Shepherd, D.P., Beeston, G.R. and
Hopkins, A.J.M. "Native Vegetation in Western
Australia. Resource Management Technical Report
249" (2001) published by the Department of

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5.           Regulation 7 amended

(1)	Delete regulation 7(1) and insert:
(1) In this regulation - application area, in relation to an application for an area permit or a purpose permit, means the area that is proposed to be cleared in the application.

(1A) For the purposes of section 51 E( 1 )(c) of the Act, the

fee for an application for an area permit is determined

as set out in the Table, with -

(a)	column A showing the fee for an application where any part of the application area falls within the intensive land-use zone; and
(b)	colunm B showing the fee for any other application.

Table

Item Application area Column A Column B

Fee Fee

1.	Not more than 1 ha	$400	$400
2.	More than 1 ha but not more
than 5 ha	$600	$600
3.	More than 5 ha but not more
than 10 ha	$1 500	$750
4.	More than 10 ha but not more
than 50 ha	$2000	$1 000
5.	More than 50 ha but not more
than 100 ha	$3000	SI 500

6. More than 100 ha but not

more than 500 ha $4000 $2000

7.         More than 500 ha but not

more than 1000 ha $5 000 $2500
8.	More than 1000 ha $10000 $5000

(1 B) For the purposes of section 51 E( 1 )(c) of the Act, the fee for an application for a purpose permit is the sum of—

(a)	$2 000; and
(b)	the variable component, determined as set out in the Table, with -

(i)      column A showing the variable component for an application where any part of the application area falls within the intensive land-use zone; and

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(ii) column B showing the variable

component for any other application.

Table

Item Application area Column A Column B

Variable Variable

component component

1.	Not more than 1 ha	$400	$400
2.	More than 1 ha but not more
than 5 ha	$600	$600
3.	More than 5 ha but not more

than 10 ha $1 500 $750

4.          More than 10 ha but not

more than 50 ha $2000 $1000

5.          More than 50 ha but not

more than 100 ha $3000 $1500

6.          More than 100 ha but not

more than 500 ha S4 000 $2 000

7.          More than 500 ha but not

more than 1000 ha $5 000 $2 500
8.	More than 1000 ha $10000 $5000

(2) Delete regulation 7(4) and insert:

(4) The CEO may reduce, waive or refund, in whole or

part, a fee referred to in these regulations.

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.