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CurrentFirebreaks or fire management lines
Chapter 3Dealing with protected plants under exemptions
Part 3General exemptions for taking and using protected plants
Division 4Taking by clearing and use
50 Firebreaks or fire management lines
(1)
An exemption applies to a person who takes a protected plant in an area if the person takes the plant by clearing for—
(a)
establishing or maintaining a necessary firebreak to protect infrastructure, other than a fence, road or vehicular track, if the maximum width of the firebreak is equal to the wider of the following—
(i)
1.5 times the height of the tallest vegetation next to the infrastructure;
(ii)
20m; or
(b)
establishing a necessary fire management line, if the maximum width of the clearing for the fire management line is 10m.
(2)
In this section—
infrastructure includes a building, or other structure, built or used for any purpose.
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