Schedule 1

Fees

In force

Regulation 6

Part 1 Fee for application for certification of forest practices plan

FPP ranking	Prescribed fee
0	52 fee units
1	The higher of the following amounts:
	52 fee units
	6 fee units for each hectare (or part hectare) of land covered by the plan
2	The higher of the following amounts:
	77 fee units
	16 fee units for each hectare (or part hectare) of land covered by the plan
3	The higher of the following amounts:
	129 fee units
	25 fee units for each hectare (or part hectare) of land covered by the plan
4	The higher of the following amounts:
	513 fee units
	30 fee units for each hectare (or part hectare) of land covered by the plan

In Table A –

"FPP ranking" means a forest practices plan's ranking on a scale of complexity ranging from 0 to 4 (with 0 being the least complex and 4 being the most complex), as determined under Table B.

		Type (operational code) of FPP (as assessed by forest Practices officer)
		LIGHT SELECTIVE LOGGING OR LOW-LEVEL OPERATION	RETENTION SYSTEM	CLEARFELL SYSTEM	CONVERSION TO NON-FOREST	CONVERSION TO PLANTATION OR CLEARANCE & CONVERSION OF TNVC	ROAD, QUARRY
		(eg, collecting timber for firewood)	(eg, thinning operation leaving forest substantially intact)	(eg, felling all trees and allowing land to regenerate)	(eg, felling all trees and converting land to agricultural use)	(eg, converting native forest to pine plantation, or converting threatened native grassland to cropping)	(eg, constructing vehicular access to facilitate timber harvesting)
Type of land covered by FPP	C	0	0	0	0	4 for an FPP involving the clearance & conversion of a TNVC	3
						2 for another kind of FPP
	P	1	1	2	2	2	3
	NF	1	2	3	4	4	3

In Table B –

"C" signifies treeless land or land containing scattered or degraded forest that the Authority has determined comprises –

trees that –

are mostly dead or show signs of severe dieback; and

show no signs of healthy regeneration; or

trees that –

are mostly in poor health; and

have an extensively disturbed or modified understorey dominated by introduced species of grass or other vegetation (such as broom, gorse or blackberry); and

have a low potential to regenerate naturally or regain long-term health; or

mature trees that –

have, collectively, a canopy cover of less than 5% of the canopy cover that would be expected in a healthy forest; and

occur only as solitary specimens, or in small stands of fewer than 10 trees, within a largely cleared landscape; or

native vegetation regrowth on previously cleared and converted land;

"FPP" means forest practices plan;

"NF" signifies a forest established by the natural or assisted regeneration of trees from seed or other natural propagules;

"P" signifies a forest established by planting trees;

"TNVC" means threatened native vegetation community.

Part 2 Other fees

	Application under section 5(2)(d) of the Act to have land declared as private timber reserve	350 fee units
	Issue of tree fern tag under section 18A(b) of the Act –
	for tree fern stem greater than 30cm in length	1 fee unit
	for tree fern stem 30cm or less in length	0.5 fee unit

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