Appendix A - SDAP - State Code 16 - Native vegetation clearing response

 Performance outcomes                                 Acceptable outcomes                                   Response
 1. bank stability by protecting against bank         AO5.2 Clearing within 100 metres of the defining
      erosion;                                        bank of any natural wetland:
 2. water quality by filtering sediments, nutrients   1. does not occur within 10 metres of the
      and other pollutants;                                defining bank of any natural wetland; and
 3. aquatic habitat;                                  2. does not exceed widths in reference table 1 in
 4. terrestrial habitat.                                   this code.
 PO6 Where clearing of vegetation in a regional       No acceptable outcome is prescribed.
 ecosystem associated with a natural wetland does
 not maintain the composition, structure and function
 of the regional ecosystem, and cannot be avoided
 and has been mitigated, an offset is provided for
 any acceptable significant residual impact.
 Clearing associated with watercourses and drainage features
 PO7 Clearing of vegetation within a watercourse      AO7.1 Clearing does not occur in any of the
 and/or drainage feature and/or within the relevant   following areas:
 distance (listed in reference table 2) of a          1. inside the defining bank of a watercourse or
 watercourse and/or drainage feature, maintains            drainage feature; and
 the composition, structure and function of the       2. within the relevant distance of the defining
 regional ecosystem associated with the                    bank of any watercourse or drainage feature
 watercourse and/or drainage feature to protect all        in reference table 2 of this code.
 of the following:
 1. bank stability by protecting against bank         OR
      erosion;
 2. water quality by filtering sediments, nutrients   AO7.2 Clearing within any watercourse or
      and other pollutants;                           drainage feature, or within the relevant distance
 3. aquatic habitat;                                  of the defining bank of any watercourse or
 4. terrestrial habitat.                              drainage feature in reference table 2 of this code:
                                                      1. does not exceed the widths in reference table
                                                           1 of this code; and
                                                      2. does not occur within 10 metres of the
                                                           defining bank, unless clearing is required
                                                           into or across the watercourse or drainage
                                                           feature.
 PO8 Where clearing of vegetation in a regional       No acceptable outcome is prescribed.
 ecosystem associated with a watercourse and/or
 drainage feature does not maintain the
 composition, structure and function of the regional
 ecosystem, and cannot be avoided and has been


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