09/152 - Referral Agency Response - DNRW [As Published] · 132009.152

NRW – Referral Agency Response 2009/001501




Schedule A – Glossary

Clearing, for vegetation:
  means remove, cut down, ringbark, push over, poison or destroy in any way
     including by burning, flooding or draining; but
  does not include destroying standing vegetation by stock, or lopping a tree.

Regional Ecosystem means a vegetation community in a bioregion that is consistently
associated with a particular combination of geology, landform and soil.

Regional ecosystem map—
regional ecosystem map means a map—
  (a) certified by the chief executive as the regional ecosystem map for a particular
      area; and
  (b) maintained by the department for the purpose of showing, for the area—
      (i) remnant endangered regional ecosystems; and
      (ii) remnant of concern regional ecosystems; and
      (iii) remnant not of concern regional ecosystems; and
      (iv) numbers that reference regional ecosystems.
  A regional ecosystem map includes any amendment to the map included in a
  schedule to the map and certified by the chief executive as an amendment to the
  map at the day the amendment is certified.
  Regional ecosystem maps can be viewed at NRW offices or by accessing the
  following internet address:
  http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/biodiversity/regional_ecosystems/in
  troduction_and_status/Regional_Ecosystem_Maps/#lot

Remnant vegetation means the vegetation mapped as being within a regional
ecosystem shown on the regional ecosystem map.

Vegetation is any native plant other than grasses and non-woody herbage.



Schedule B – Natural Resources & Water Advice

Aboriginal cultural heritage advice
Under Section 23 of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld), a person who
carries out an activity must take all reasonable and practicable measures to ensure the
activity does not harm Aboriginal cultural heritage (the “cultural heritage duty of
care”). Maximum penalties for breaching the duty of care are $750,000 for a
corporation and $75,000 for an individual.

You will comply with the cultural heritage duty of care if you are acting in accordance
with gazetted cultural heritage duty of care guidelines. An assessment of your
proposed activity against the duty of care guidelines will help determine whether or to
what extent Aboriginal cultural heritage may be harmed by your activity. It will also



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