Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126:reg:36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 36
Character Range: 47776–49311

36  Pasture renovation—management action
 (1) For this determination, pasture renovation, as part of sustainable intensification, means a management action in a carbon estimation area that:
 (a) is carried out on land that, for at least 2 years immediately before the start of the action, has been under pasture; and
 (b) involves re-establishing pasture on the land by seeding.
 (2) Before pasture renovation is undertaken as a management action in a carbon estimation area, the project proponent must obtain a pasture renovation strategy that complies with section 37.
 (3) Pasture renovation is taken to commence in a carbon estimation area when pasture is first re-seeded in the area under the pasture renovation strategy referred to in subsection (2) and in accordance with this determination.
 (4) The renovated pasture must achieve at least 70% vegetation ground-cover within 12 months of re-seeding.
Note: Monitoring and record keeping requirements in relation to vegetation groundcover are set out in section 99.
 (5) The renovated pasture may include any combination of annual, perennial, or legume species.
 (6) The renovated pasture must be dominated by vegetation from seed stock that was sown as part of the action.
Note: Evidence to demonstrate that the requirement in subsection (6) is met may include receipts for seed quantities sufficient to sow the carbon estimation area in accordance with a pasture renovation strategy.
 (7) The pasture renovation management action must implement a pasture renovation strategy.