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Definitions
4, In this local law—

“authorised person” means a person appointed by the local government to be an authorised

person under this local law.
“category A lots” means freehold lots of 0.3 hectares or less.
“category B lots” means freehold lots of more than 0.3 hectares but less than 2 hectares.
“category C lots” means freehold lots of 2 hectares or more, other than category D lots.

“category D lots” means freehold lots of 2 hectares or more over which a current, agreed

property vegetation management plan exists.
“compliance notice” see section 22.
. “critical habitat” has the meaning used in the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
“development” has the meaning used in the Integrated Planning Act 1997.
“development approval” has the meaning used in the Integrated Planning Act 1997.
“executive officer” of a corporation, means a person who by law is considered to manage the

corporation whether or not that person is a director and regardless of what their position

is called.

“exempt activities” are activities defined in section 9 of this local law.

“exotic origin” means a species occurring in an area outside its historically known natural
range.

“exotic weeds” means a species of plant occurring in an areas outside its historical natural

range and which has negative impacts for the environment or people.

“fire management activities” means the controlled use of fire for pasture management, to
manage the risk of wild fire and to assist with the maintenance of ecological processes in

vegetation communities that are ecologically adapted to fire.

“foreshores” means the land in the shire lying between the high water mark and low water
mark at ordinary spring tides and controlled by the local government pursuant to the Local

Government Act 1993.