Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00047:clause:6_5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00047
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 5 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 7523–10419

5  Definitions
  In this determination:
Act means the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011.
baseline scenario simulation—see section 41.
C means carbon.
CEA (for carbon estimation area)—see section 13.
CFI mapping guidelines means the guidelines of that name, as published on the Clean Energy Regulator's website, to be used for mapping project areas and CEAs, as in force from time to time.
Note: In 2021, the CFI mapping guidelines could be viewed on the Clean Energy Regulator's website (http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au).
clearfell means the cutting down of all trees in a CEA or other area.
CO2-e means carbon dioxide equivalent.
continuing plantation CEA—see subsection 14(3).
continuing plantation project activity—see clause 1 of Schedule 3.
controlled burn has a meaning affected by section 21.
conversion CEA—see subsection 14(3).
conversion project activity—see clause 2 of Schedule 2.
coppice means the epicormic shoots growing from stumps of trees that have been harvested.
coppicing means allowing a plantation to regenerate by relying on coppice after clearfelling to end a rotation.
current management regime—see section 26.
default baseline management regime, for the conversion project activity—see clause 8 of Schedule 2.
default management regime—see section 26.
disturbance event—see section 22.
eligibility date, for:
 (a) land in a project area that was allocated to a project activity in an application in accordance with section 10; or
 (b) a CEA on such land;
  means the date of the application.
eligible land:
 (a) for the new plantation project activity—see clause 2 of Schedule 1;
 (b) for the conversion project activity—see clause 3 of Schedule 2;
 (c) for the continuing plantation project activity—see clause 2 of Schedule 3;
 (d) for the permanent planting project activity—see clause 2 of Schedule 4.
environmental planting means a planting that consists of species that:
 (a) are native to the local area of the planting; and
 (b) are sourced from seeds:
 (i) from within the natural distribution of the species; and
 (ii) that are appropriate to the biophysical characteristics of the area of the planting; and
 (c) may be a mix of trees, shrubs, and understorey species where the mix reflects the structure and composition of the local native vegetation community.
ex-plantation CEA—see subsection 14(3).
forest cover: an area has forest cover if the vegetation on the land includes trees that:
 (a) are 2 metres or more in height; and
 (b) provide crown cover of at least 20% of the land.
forest development condition—see subsection 22(2).
forest management plan—see section 23.
forest start date means:
 (a) for a new plantation CEA—the starting date for the first rotation; and
 (b) for a conversion CEA on which a rotation was in progress on the eligibility date—the starting date for that rotation; and
 (c) for a conversion CEA on