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

 Performance outcomes                               Acceptable outcomes                                  Response
                                                    AO103.3 Clearing to provide necessary access
                                                    to undertake necessary environmental clearing
                                                    only occurs where:
                                                    1. clearing does not exceed 10 metres in width;
                                                        and
                                                    2. clearing retains all mature trees and habitat
                                                        trees; and
                                                    3. the access track:
                                                        a. runs parallel to a watercourse or
                                                            drainage feature and clearing is not
                                                            within 10 metres of the defining bank of a
                                                            watercourse or drainage feature; or
                                                        b. is required to provide access across the
                                                            watercourse or drainage feature.
 PO104 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
 mitigated, the cleared area:
 1. is rehabilitated; or
 2. where the cleared area cannot reasonably be
     rehabilitated, an offset is provided for any
     acceptable significant residual impact.
 Connectivity (land restoration and natural disaster preparation)
 PO105 Regional ecosystems on the subject land       AO105.1 Clearing occurs in accordance with
 and any adjacent land retain sufficient vegetation  reference table 3 of this code.
 to:
 1. maintain ecological processes; and
 2. ensure the regional ecosystem remains in the
     landscape despite threatening processes.
 PO106 Where:                                        No acceptable outcome is prescribed.
  1. clearing of vegetation in a regional
      ecosystem does not maintain ecological
      processes; and
  2. the regional ecosystem does not remain in the
      landscape despite threatening processes; and
  3. the clearing cannot be avoided; and
  4. the clearing has been mitigated;

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