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POLICY GUIDELINE – Private Land Conservation Partnerships



The purpose of this covenant is to ensure that the Conservation Area is used to preserve the native
animals and plants thereon in accordance with Section 97A(3)(b)(i) of the Land Title Act 1994.

3.     Covenantor’s Obligations

3.1.                 The Covenantor must, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Council,
undertake the Conservation Works and observe and comply with the following conditions:

(a)                        comply with the Conservation Agreement and EMP;


(b)                   in addition to the Covenantor’s obligations to control Class 1 and 2 pest
declared under the Act, the Covenantor must also, unless specified otherwise in the EMP, make
reasonable endeavours to keep the Conservation Area free of any Class 3 pests declared under
the Act as well as any other environmental weeds listed in the Planning Scheme or any Pest
Management Strategy;

(c)                    not object to the Council declaring all or any part of the Conservation Area
to be a protected area under a Vegetation Protection Local Law;

(d)                  not by action or omission cause or allow any locally native vegetation in the
Conservation Area to be trimmed, pruned, lopped, cut down, moved, removed, harvested,
damaged or destroyed other than as specified in the EMP or in writing by a delegated officer;

(e)                     (unless required by law) not allow any fossicking, prospecting, exploration
or mining, extraction or production of gas, petroleum, minerals, soil, timber or other substances to
take place on the Covenant Area without the written consent of the Council. The Covenantor shall
notify the Council of any proposal to conduct any such activity and shall not approve such proposal
or allow any party to enter upon the Conservation Area for the purpose of such proposal, without
prior written permission of the Council;

(f)                     not carry out Development in the Conservation Area other than as specified
or approved in writing by a delegated officer;

(g)                     ensure that no fill, soil, rock, rubbish, ashes, garbage, waste or other
material foreign to the Conservation Area is deposited in the Conservation Area unless specified in
the EMP;

(h)                  not introduce any fauna, domestic animals or vegetation into the
Conservation Area which are not indigenous to Australia, unless specified in the EMP;

(i)                    not allow vehicles in the Conservation Area except vehicles used for the
purpose of undertaking Conservation Works in a manner agreed to in writing by a delegated officer
or vehicles used for emergency services;

(j)                   not carry out any act on or in respect of the Conservation Area which in the
Council’s reasonable opinion may have a detrimental impact on the Conservation Area.

3.2.                    Notwithstanding the conditions set out in Clause 3.1, if any living or dead
vegetation on the Conservation Area poses a risk to human safety, such vegetation may be cut
down or trimmed so as to remove the risk with the prior written consent of a delegated officer
stating that the Conservation Works specified in the notice are to be undertaken.

4.     Performance of Conservation Works

4.1.   The Covenantor shall:

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