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(Gj) on category A, B and C lots— pruning native vegetation for the purpose of tree
- maintenance or hazard management, where the pruning results in no more than
20% loss of the live canopy volume of a tree within a 12 month period and to

remove any doubt, lopping or topping is not pruning*?; and

(k) on category A, B and C lots— interference with vegetation that is regrowth as

defined by this local law other than—

G@) in areas defined as having significant land slip hazard potential by the Noosa
Shire Council Planning Scheme; and

(ii) rare and threatened flora as defined by the Nature Conservation Regulation
1994 or the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999; and

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(iii) heathland and riparian vegetation communities’*; and
(iv) vegetation located in a critical habitat’; and

(v) vegetation that has been cleared in contravention of this local law

subsequent to its enactment; and

(interference with vegetation on those parts of lots designated as Agricultural Land
Conservation Area (ALCA) as defined in the Noosa Shire Planning Scheme; and
(m) fire management activities; and

(n) _ forest practices as defined in the Integrated Planning Act 1997.

(2) A subordinate local law may prescribe other exempt activities.

Division 2 - Permits

Types of permits
10. The local government may issue a permit upon such conditions as it considers appropriate

in the pursuance of this local law.

+? See section 4 of this local law regarding property maintenance activities.
*3 See section 4 of this local law.
4 See section 4 of this local law.