Vegetation Management (Clearing Codes and Regional Ecosystems) Amendment Regulation 2019

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Vegetation Management (Clearing Codes and Regional Ecosystems) Amendment Regulation 2019.

2Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Vegetation Management Regulation 2012.

3Amendment of s 3 (Approval of accepted development vegetation clearing codes—Act, s 19P)

(1)Section 3(a) to (f) and (h) to (j)—
omit.

(2)Section 3(g), after ‘Managing’—
insert—

a

(3)Section 3(g)—
renumber as section 3(a).

(4)Section 3—
insert—

(b)the code called ‘Clearing for an extractive industry’ made by the Minister on 5 June 2019;

(c)the code called ‘Clearing for infrastructure’ made by the Minister on 5 June 2019;

(d)the code called ‘Clearing to improve agricultural efficiency’ made by the Minister on 5 June 2019;

(e)the code called ‘Managing encroachment’ made by the Minister on 5 June 2019;

(f)the code called ‘Managing fodder harvesting’ made by the Minister on 5 June 2019;

(g)the code called ‘Managing regulated regrowth vegetation’ made by the Minister on 5 June 2019;

(h)the code called ‘Managing weeds’ made by the Minister on 5 June 2019;

(i)the code called ‘Necessary environmental clearing’ made by the Minister on 5 June 2019.

4Amendment of sch 1 (Endangered regional ecosystems)

(1)Schedule 1, part 1—
insert—

Dichanthium sericeum grassland on old sedimentary rocks with varying degrees of metamorphism and folding

11.11.17

(2)Schedule 1—
insert—

Part 3A Gulf Plains Bioregion

Column 1 Regional ecosystem	Column 2 Regional ecosystem number
Eucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on infrequently flooded Quaternary alluvial plains	2.3.64

(3)Schedule 1, parts 3A to 7—
renumber as schedule 1, parts 4 to 8.

5Amendment of sch 2 (Of concern regional ecosystems)

(1)Schedule 2, part 1, entry for regional ecosystem number 11.11.17—
omit.

(2)Schedule 2, part 2, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 3.2.4, 3.2.8, 3.2.13, 3.2.15, 3.2.16, 3.2.20, 3.2.22, 3.2.23, 3.2.24, 3.2.27, 3.2.30, 3.2.31, 3.2.32, 3.3.11, 3.3.12, 3.3.15, 3.3.34, 3.3.39, 3.3.44, 3.3.45, 3.3.46, 3.3.51, 3.5.15, 3.7.2, 3.8.4, 3.9.8 and 3.10.5—
omit.

(3)Schedule 2, part 2—
insert—

Melaleuca spp. open forest in dune swales and swampy areas	3.2.4
Corymbia novoguinensis and/or C. clarksoniana woodland in coastal areas	3.2.7
Melaleuca viridiflora, Corymbia novoguinensis low woodland on beach ridges	3.2.15
Mixed dwarf open heath on dunes and headlands	3.2.22
Sedgelands fringing perennial lakes in coastal dunefields	3.2.27
Pemphis acidula low closed forest on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand cays	3.2.30
Melaleuca leucadendra ± Corymbia tessellaris woodland on alluvium derived from metamorphic rocks	3.3.11
Eucalyptus brassiana ± Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains	3.3.15
Corymbia nesophila ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys ± Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland on alluvial plains and floodplains	3.3.27
Corypha utan woodland on alluvial plains	3.3.34
Semi-deciduous microphyll vine forest ± Melaleuca spp. associated with closed depressions	3.3.39
Melaleuca acacioides ± Hakea pedunculata tall shrubland on coastal plains	3.3.51
Melaleuca foliolosa ± M. citrolens tall shrubland on eroding drainage areas	3.3.52
Melaleuca viridiflora and Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa low woodland on residual sands	3.5.15
Acacia shirleyi woodland on lateritic knolls	3.7.2
Heteropogon contortus or Themeda triandra closed tussock grasslands on basalt cones and rises	3.8.4
Heteropogon triticeus and/or Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on clay plains	3.9.8
Deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket or forest on sandstone hills and slopes	3.10.5
Corymbia nesophila ± Eucalyptus crebra or E. tetrodonta woodland to open forest on sandstone plateaus and slopes	3.10.21

(4)Schedule 2, part 7, entry for regional ecosystem number 2.3.64—
omit.

(5)Schedule 2, part 7—
insert—

Eucalyptus microneura ± E. leptophleba and Corymbia confertiflora woodland on active Quaternary alluvial plains of watercourses from the Einasleigh Uplands bioregion

2.3.71

(6)Schedule 2, part 10, entry for regional ecosystem number 13.11.5—
omit.

(7)Schedule 2, part 11, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 1.9.10, 1.10.2 and 1.11.14—
omit.

(8)Schedule 2, part 11—
insert—

Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on shale hills	1.9.7
Sinkholes with low woodland of Celtis strychnoides and Ficus spp.	1.9.10
Acacia cambagei low open woodland on clay soils derived from metamorphic rocks	1.11.14

6Amendment of sch 3 (Least concern regional ecosystems)

(1)Schedule 3, part 2, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 3.2.7, 3.2.11, 3.2.12, 3.2.18, 3.2.25, 3.3.1, 3.3.9, 3.3.10, 3.3.18, 3.3.19, 3.3.20, 3.3.21, 3.3.23, 3.3.24, 3.3.27, 3.3.29, 3.3.30, 3.3.32, 3.3.33, 3.3.35, 3.3.37, 3.3.41, 3.3.49, 3.3.50, 3.3.52, 3.3.53, 3.3.55, 3.3.56, 3.3.58, 3.3.61, 3.3.63, 3.3.64, 3.3.65, 3.10.6, 3.10.19, 3.10.21, 3.11.9, 3.11.12 and 3.11.15—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3, part 2—
insert—

Acacia crassicarpa, Syzygium banksii low closed forest ± emergent Araucaria cunninghamii var. cunninghamii on coastal dunefields and beach ridges	3.2.12
Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on beach ridges on the east coast	3.2.13
Thryptomene oligandra open heath ± Asteromyrtus lysicephala on flat sand plains	3.2.18
Mixed closed tussock grasslands or forblands or shrublands on exposed foredunes and islands	3.2.24
Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on loamy alluvia	3.3.1
Lophostemon suaveolens woodlands on creeklines and swamps	3.3.9
Melaleuca fluviatilis and/or Melaleuca argentea woodland or M. saligna or M. dealbata woodland fringing watercourses	3.3.10
Corymbia clarksoniana or C. novoguinensis woodland on alluvial plains	3.3.20
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Erythrophelum chlorostachys woodland on riverine levees and floodplains	3.3.24
Eucalyptus acroleuca woodland on floodplains	3.3.35
Eucalyptus microtheca ± Corymbia papuana open woodland on floodplains	3.3.37
Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana low open woodland on floodplains and alluvial plains	3.3.49
Melaleuca spp. woodland on swamps on floodplains and non-floodplain landforms	3.3.50
Neofabricia myrtifolia ± Melaleuca viridiflora low woodland on streams and alluvial plains	3.3.53
Aristida spp. and/or Eriachne spp. tussock grassland in drainage depressions	3.3.56
Oryza spp. closed tussock grassland ± Eleocharis spp. ± Echinochloa spp. in seasonally inundated depressions on coastal plains	3.3.58
Fimbristylis spp. sedgeland on alluvial plains	3.3.61
Eleocharis spp. open sedgeland on seasonally flooded marine plains	3.3.63
Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum and/or Leptocarpus spp. and/or Dapsilanthus spathaceus open sedgeland in drainage swamps	3.3.64
Tussock grasslands in ephemeral lakes and lagoons on alluvial plains	3.3.65
Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Corymbia stockeri subsp. stockeri woodland on sandstone plateaus	3.10.6
Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Neofabricia myrtifolia dwarf open heath or Schizachyrium pachyarthron closed tussock grassland on sandstone plateaus and headlands	3.10.19
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± E. platyphylla woodland on rolling metamorphic hills	3.11.12
Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia dallachiana open woodland on metamorphic hills	3.11.15

(3)Schedule 3, part 4, entry for regional ecosystem number 5.5.2—
omit, insert—

Acacia aneura low open woodland ± Acacia sibirica ± Eremophila latrobei on Quaternary deposits

5.5.2

(4)Schedule 3, part 5, entry for regional ecosystem number 10.3.22—
omit, insert—

Clay pans, Fimbristylis buchananensis open sedgeland and spare-tussock grasslands on shallow alluvial plains (Lake Buchanan)

10.3.22

(5)Schedule 3, part 7, entry for regional ecosystem number 2.3.71—
omit.

(6)Schedule 3, part 8, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 4.3.23 and 4.9.6—
omit, insert—

Acacia tephrina, Lysiphyllum spp., Acacia cambagei and Ventilago viminalis in mixed low open woodlands on alluvial plains in the north-east	4.3.23
Astrebla spp. in mixed tussock grasslands wooded with mixed tree species on Cretaceous mudstones (Wallumbilla Formation)	4.9.6

(7)Schedule 3, part 10—
insert—

Eucalyptus sideroxylon, E. fibrosa subsp. nubila open forest on metamorphics

13.11.5

(8)Schedule 3, part 11, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 1.5.7, 1.5.11 and 1.9.7—
omit.

(9)Schedule 3, part 11—
insert—

Acacia aneura low woodland on sandy red earth plains	1.5.7
Melaleuca citrolens and/or Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on sandy plains	1.5.11
Eucalyptus miniata woodland on sandstone plateaus	1.10.2

7Amendment of sch 4 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, schedule)

(1)Schedule 4, part 2, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 3.3.56, 3.8.4 and 3.9.8—
omit, insert—

Aristida spp. and/or Eriachne spp. tussock grassland in drainage depressions	3.3.56
Heteropogon contortus or Themeda triandra closed tussock grasslands on basalt cones and rises	3.8.4
Heteropogon triticeus and/or Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on clay plains	3.9.8

(2)Schedule 4, part 7, entry for regional ecosystem number 2.4.2—
omit.

(3)Schedule 4, part 11, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 1.3.10, 1.5.12, 1.5.15, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.9.12, 1.9.14, 1.11.11, 1.11.12, 1.11.13, 1.12.5 and 1.12.6—
relocate to schedule 4, part 10.

8Amendment of sch 5 (Grassland regional ecosystems—Act, section 8)

(1)Schedule 5, part 2, entries for regional ecosystem numbers 3.8.4 and 3.9.8—
omit, insert—

Heteropogon contortus or Themeda triandra closed tussock grasslands on basalt cones and rises	3.8.4
Heteropogon triticeus and/or Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on clay plains	3.9.8

(2)Schedule 5, part 6—
insert—

Astrebla spp., Iseilema spp. ± Aristida latifolia, Eulalia aurea tussock grassland on Tertiary clay deposits

2.4.2