Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126:reg:43
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 43
Character Range: 55757–56688

43  Clearing woody vegetation
 (1) A soil carbon project is not an eligible offsets project if it involves the clearing of woody vegetation from a project area, other than:
 (a) clearing from a project area in accordance with a right or approval from the relevant government body (such as a valid clearing permit) that was already in force before the relevant date for that project area; or
 (b) to manage growth of invasive woody weeds that have grown in a project area since the relevant date for that project area, provided the clearing is undertaken in accordance with any applicable regional natural resource management plan and Commonwealth, State, Territory or local government environmental and planning laws.
 (2) For subsection (1), the relevant date for a project area is the date on which the project area was first identified in the declaration under section 27 of the Act as a project area or a varied project area.