High risk areas
48 High risk areas
An exemption applies to a person who takes a protected plant in an area within a high risk area by clearing (the clearing area) if—
the person prepares a flora survey report for the clearing impact area; and
either—
the flora survey report identifies that a threatened plant or near threatened plant is not present in the clearing impact area; or
the flora survey report identifies that a threatened plant or near threatened plant is present in the clearing impact area but the plant is not cleared and there is no clearing within 100m of the plant; and
the person takes the plant in the clearing area within 3 years after the day the flora survey to which the flora survey report relates is completed.
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