Vegetation Management Act 1999

The Minister may prepare a declaration that a stated area is—

an area of high nature conservation value; or

an area vulnerable to land degradation.

Also, a person may request the Minister to prepare a declaration mentioned in subsection (1).

The proposed declaration must include—

proposed assessment benchmarks for the assessment of development that is the clearing of vegetation in the stated area; and

proposed matters that a referral agency must or may assess a development application against, or having regard to.

The Minister must consult with the following entities in preparing the declaration—

an advisory committee established to advise the Minister about vegetation management;

each local government whose area is affected by the declaration.

The Minister must give each owner of land that is in the stated area a written notice inviting the owner to make a submission about the proposed declaration.

The Minister must also give notice of the proposed declaration.

The notice must—

be published—

on the department’s website; and

in any other way the Minister considers appropriate, including, for example, in an electronic version of a newspaper; and

state the places where copies of the proposed declaration may be inspected; and

invite submissions on the proposed declaration; and

state a day by which submissions may be made on the proposed declaration.