Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00047:clause:6_21:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00047
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 21 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 34485–37234

21  Management actions and when they occur
Management actions
 (1) For this determination, the following are the management actions:
 (a) planting;
 (b) seeding;
 (c) coppicing;
 (d) fertilisation;
 (e) weed control;
 (f) pruning;
 (g) thinning without harvest;
 (h) thinning with harvest;
 (i) controlled burn;
 (j) salvage harvesting;
 (k) clearfelling without harvest;
 (l) clearfelling with harvest;
 (m) chopper rolling;
 (n) windrow and burn.
Note: The definitions of 'pruned' and 'thinned' in clause 1 of Schedule 2 do not apply in relation to the actions referred to in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h). The meanings of these terms, when used to refer to management actions, are set out in the FullCAM guidelines—see subsection (3).
 In relation to paragraph (i), a fire that begins as a controlled burn (and so is not intended to kill trees), but has the effect of killing one or more trees, is not a controlled burn, and is not treated as a management action—see subsection (4). If the fire affects more than 5% of the area covered by the CEA, it is treated as a disturbance event—see paragraph 22(1)(a).
 There will normally be a harvest after a clearfelling; however, paragraph (k) allows for the case where a rotation is ended so early in the rotation as to make harvesting uneconomic.
Note: For restrictions on actions that can be undertaken in ex-plantation CEAs, see section 31.
 (2) For this determination, the application of a management action in a CEA or other area may be treated as a single management action only if the period of application is no longer than:
 (a) for planting, seeding or coppicing—the period required to establish a rotation or permanent planting; and
 (b) for any other management action—12 months.
 (3) Subject to this determination, terms used in subsection (1) have the meaning given in the FullCAM guidelines.
 (4) For subsection (1):
 (a) thinning and clearfelling occur with harvest if there is any significant recovery of forest product; and
 (b) clearfelling means the cutting down of all trees in the relevant area; and
 (c) controlled burn does not include a fire that kills one or more trees; and
 (d) salvage harvesting means harvesting that:
 (i) is undertaken:
 (A) after a disturbance event; and
 (B) across the entire area that was affected by the disturbance event; and
 (ii) results in forest product recovery.
 (5) Salvage harvesting may be undertaken in a CEA only following a fire or natural disturbance that affects the whole of the CEA.
Note: For a fire or natural disturbance that affects only part of a CEA, it would be necessary first to re‑stratify the CEA in accordance with section 18 before salvage harvesting could be carried out.
 Salvage harvesting is not available in relation