Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020

The chief executive must, after considering an application for a plant authority, decide to—

grant the authority, with or without conditions decided by the chief executive; or

refuse the application.

The chief executive must decide the application—

if, under section 105, the chief executive asks for further information or a document—within 40 business days after receiving the information or document; or

otherwise—within 40 business days after receiving the application.

Subsection (4) applies if the chief executive considers a clearing activity to be carried out under a protected plant clearing permit will have a significant residual impact on critically endangered plants, endangered plants or vulnerable plants.

Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive may impose a condition on the protected plant clearing permit requiring the holder of the permit to provide an environmental offset for the clearing activity.

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