Local Land Services Act 2013

Clearing native vegetation for the construction, operation or maintenance of gravel pits.

The clearing of native vegetation for gravel pits is authorised only if—

the clearing is carried out by or on behalf of a local council, and

the clearing is, in the case of each gravel pit, limited to a single area of land of no more than—

in relation to the construction, operation or maintenance of gravel pits in the Western Zone—5 hectares, and

in relation to the construction, operation or maintenance of gravel pits (other than in the Western Zone)—2 hectares, and

the native vegetation must not comprise (or be likely to comprise)—

a threatened species or threatened ecological community or the habitat of a threatened species under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, or

a protected plant under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, or

habitat of threatened species, populations or ecological communities of fish under the Fisheries Management Act 1994, and

the clearing is carried out in a way that does not harm any animal that is (or is part of) a threatened species or threatened ecological community under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 or that is a protected animal under that Act, and

the clearing is carried out in conjunction with a restoration program or other arrangements that will ensure the restoration of native vegetation on the cleared land of the same or a similar species as the native vegetation cleared and to the same or a similar extent as existed on the cleared land.