Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00046:reg:5:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00046
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 7/8)
Character Range: 19195–22216

manner shown in maps forming part of the hydrological assessment.
relevant landholder means any person, other than the project proponent, who, whether by reason of ownership or otherwise, has operational control of land.
saline water bodies means saline or hypersaline ponds or waterbodies that have been created by people, including for aquaculture activities.
saltmarsh means an ecosystem that:
 (a) is comprised of salt tolerant plants that are herbaceous as well as some woody shrubs; and
 (b) occurs on floodplains and in estuaries and can be flushed with water from a combination of water sources including rainfall, rivers, groundwater and seawater; and
 (c) meets the requirements of the BlueCAM guidelines.
seagrass means an ecosystem that:
 (a) is comprised of grass-like plants that grows in shallow (including intertidal zones) to deep coastal waters; and
 (b)  meets the requirements of the BlueCAM guidelines.
section 22 application, in relation to an eligible offsets project, means the application under section 22 of the Act for the declaration of the project as an eligible offsets project.
section 27 declaration, in relation to an eligible offsets project, means the declaration under section 27 of the Act that the project is an eligible offsets project.
section 29 application means an application under regulations or legislative rules made for the purposes of section 29 of the Act to vary a section 27 declaration.
sparsely vegetated saltmarsh (saltflats) means an ecosystem that:
 (a) is a sparsely vegetated saline or hypersaline (more saline than seawater) ecosystem; and
 (b) meets the requirements of the BlueCAM guidelines.
Supplement means the document entitled 'Supplement to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Tidal Restoration of Blue Carbon Ecosystems) Methodology Determination 2022', as in force from time to time and available from the Regulator's website.
Note: In January 2022, the Supplement could be viewed on the Regulator's website (http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au).
supratidal forest means an ecosystem that:
 (a) is comprised of woody vegetation that occupies land adjacent to the intertidal zone and comprised of plants in the genera Casuarina, Melaleuca and other associated species; and
 (b) meets the requirements of the BlueCAM guidelines.
thinning means the selective killing of vegetation for ecological purposes, including to maintain species diversity or ground cover, that does not:
 (a) amount to clearing; or
 (b) result in a reduction of estimated abatement below that already credited under this   determination.
tidal introduction means the introduction of, or increase or changes in, tidal flows over land, but does not include permanent exclusion of tidal flows over land.
tidal restoration project—see subsection 7(3).
tidal restriction mechanism means an object, device or structure on any land that:
 (a) has been installed or constructed before the commencement of the baseline period for the land; and
 (b) impedes, reduces, restricts