Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00047:clause:6_14:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00047
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 14 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 27050–29812

14  Requirements for CEAs
Basic requirements
 (1) A CEA must consist only of land:
 (a) that is within an area allocated to a project activity in accordance with section 10; and
 (b) on which that project activity will be undertaken; and
 (c) that has the same responsible landholders.
 (2) A CEA on which the permanent planting project activity will be undertaken must either:
 (a) contain no remnant plantation forest; or
 (b) contain only remnant plantation forest.
Classification of CEAs
 (3) A CEA is classified according to the project activity to be undertaken as follows:
 (a) a new plantation CEA, for the new plantation project activity;
 (b) a conversion CEA, for the conversion project activity;
 (c) a continuing plantation CEA, for the continuing plantation project activity;
 (d) an ex-plantation CEA, for the permanent planting project activity A or B.
 (4) An ex-plantation CEA is classified as:
 (a) a permanent planting CEA if it contains no remnant plantation forest; and
 (b) a remnant plantation CEA if it contains only remnant plantation forest.
 (5) A permanent planting CEA is classified as:
 (a) a permanent planting (environmental) CEA if:
 (i) all species planted are native to the local area; and
 (ii) the CEA contains a mix of trees, shrubs and understorey species that reflect the structure and composition of the local native vegetation community; or
 (b) a permanent planting (ex-commercial) CEA otherwise.
Note: A monoculture may satisfy subparagraph (a)(ii) where it can naturally occur within the local vegetation community.
 (6) A remnant plantation CEA is classified as:
 (a) a remnant plantation A CEA for the permanent planting project activity A; or
 (b) a remnant plantation B CEA for the permanent planting project activity B.
Note: The project activity in a remnant plantation B CEA will consist of maintaining the plantation up to a clearfell. After that it will become a permanent planting (environmental) CEA—see section 17.
Additional requirements
 (7) A CEA must have an area of at least 0.2 hectares.
 (8) The whole of a new plantation CEA, a conversion CEA or a continuing plantation CEA must consist of a plantation forest that has a single forest start date, and has been under the same management regime at all times, with the same starting date for each rotation, since that date.
 (9) An ex-plantation CEA must:
 (a) have uniform site characteristics in relation to the following:
 (i) soil type;
 (ii) aspect;
 (iii) slope; and
 (b) be planted with the same plant species, or the same mix of plant species, across the CEA.
 (10) The whole of a remnant plantation CEA must consist of remnant plantation forest that has a single forest start date, and has been under the same management regime at all times