Commercial cropping and horticulture in Great Barrier Reef catchment
13A Commercial cropping and horticulture in Great Barrier Reef catchment
Commercial cropping and horticulture (the relevant activity) consists of the cultivation of 1 or more crops or horticulture carried out—
on at least 5ha of uncropped land—
in a particular river basin; and
whether or not the land is contiguous; and
on a commercial basis.
The relevant activity includes preparatory work for the crop cultivation or horticulture.
For subsection (1)(a), land is uncropped land unless—
the land was used to carry out the cultivation of crops, or horticulture, during at least 3 different calendar years, whether or not the calendar years are consecutive, that started and ended within 10 years before the relevant activity starts on the land; and
the cultivation of crops, or horticulture, mentioned in paragraph (a) was not carried out under an environmental authority for a prescribed ERA under this section.
Also, the relevant activity does not include—
crop cultivation or horticulture using a closed system that prevents fine sediment, or dissolved inorganic nitrogen, from being released on to land, or into water, in the Great Barrier Reef catchment; orExample—
hydroponics where water is recycled on site
the cultivation of trees in the following areas—
a State forest, timber reserve or forest consent area within the meaning of the Forestry Act 1959; or
a forest entitlement area within the meaning of the Land Act 1994; or
a forest practice within the meaning of the Vegetation Management Act 1999; or
preparatory work for an activity mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
In the following table, the aggregate environmental score for the relevant activity is the score stated opposite the threshold within which the activity is carried out.
| Threshold | Aggregate environmental score | 3 |
| carrying out the relevant activity | no score |
In this section—
building work see the Planning Act 2016, schedule 2.
drainage work see the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018, schedule 1.
plumbing work see the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018, schedule 1.
preparatory work, for an activity, means work, other than building work, plumbing work or drainage work, carried out to prepare land for the activity, including, for example—
excavating or filling the land; or
clearing or destroying vegetation on the land; or
ploughing the land, or otherwise preparing soil on the land for planting; or
other work in, on, over or under the land that materially affects the land or its use.
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