Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations In accordance with
section 12C(1)(d), a clearing licence is not required —
(a)
where the land in question has an area of less than 0.2 hectare;
(b) for
the removal of suckers or regrowth less than 3 years old where the land
in question was cleared of indigenous trees and vegetation as verified by
Western Australian Land Information Authority photography —
(i)
in the case of the Wellington Dam Catchment Area and the
Harris River Catchment Area, by the date of the proclamation of the
Country Areas Water Supply Act Amendment Act 1976 (i.e.
15 November 1976); or
(ii)
in the case of the Mundaring Weir Catchment Area, Denmark
River Catchment Area, Kent River Water Reserve and Warren River Water Reserve
by the date of the proclamation of the Country Areas Water Supply Act
Amendment Act 1978 (i.e. 15 December 1978),
or has subsequently
been cleared as a result of a licence being issued;
(c) for
the removal of individual trees suitable for cutting for fencing and farm
materials if used for maintaining existing improvements on the holding,
where —
(i)
those trees are cut from bush areas in random manner with
not more than 2 trees removed per hectare; and
(ii)
no action is taken that would be deleterious to the
regrowth of stumps;
(d) for
the removal of regrowth and suckers not more than 10 metres beyond either side
of existing fencelines;
(e) for
the removal or destruction of poison plants included in the toxic species of
the genera Gastrolobium and Oxylobium;
(f) for
the clearing of an area of land under a clearing permit granted under the
Environmental Protection Act 1986 if compensation has not been provided
under Part IIA of the Act in respect of the area.
[Regulation 13 amended in Gazette
29 Dec 1995 p. 6295; 30 Jun 2004 p. 2584;
22 Dec 2006 p. 5802.]