Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00047:clause:2_1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00047
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 1 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 109969–112483

—see paragraph 21(1)(f) and subsection 21(3).
qualified independent person: a person who makes a statement for this Schedule is a qualified independent person if, at the time the statement is made, they:
 (a) hold qualifications, determined by the Regulator to be necessary to hold, to provide an opinion for paragraph 6(a)(iii) or 6(b)(ii) of this Schedule; and
 (b) have no financial interest in the project.
Note: A person does not have a financial interest in the project merely because they are being paid to review the forest management plan.
short rotation: a rotation in a plantation forest on a particular area of land is a short rotation at a particular date if:
 (a) the following apply:
 (i) the rotation used an SR species for the land; and
 (ii) neither of the following exceeds the maximum clearfell age for the species given in Part 1 of Schedule 6:
 (A) for a rotation that is underway at that date—the age of the rotation at that date;
 (B) for a rotation that has been completed before that date—length of the rotation; or
 (b) the following apply:
 (i) the rotation used a UR species for the land;
 (ii) neither of the following exceeds the maximum clearfell age for any species given in Part 1 of Schedule 6:
 (A) for a rotation that is underway at that date—the age of the rotation at that date;
 (B) for a rotation that has been completed before that date—length of the rotation.
SR species (for "short rotation species"), for land in national plantation inventory region, means a species listed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 for that region.
thinned:
 (a) an area of land in a rotation of a plantation forest that was started by planting or seeding is thinned if:
 (i) a number of trees (whether or not inner trees) have been felled or removed from across the area since the completion of the planting or seeding; and
 (ii) that number is more than 15% of the number of trees in the area at the time of that completion; and
 (b) an area of land in a rotation of a plantation forest that was started by coppicing is thinned if:
 (i) for a number of coppiced trees across the area (whether or not inner trees), either:
 (A) all stems were removed at a time less than 4 years after the start of the rotation; or
 (B) stems have been removed at a time 4 years or more after the start of the rotation; and
 (ii) that number is more than 15% of the original number of coppiced trees in the area.
Note: This is a restrictive definition for the purposes of eligibility for conversion only. The management