Wet Tropics (Rainforest Area) Amendment Management Plan 2022

1Short title

This management plan may be cited as the Wet Tropics (Rainforest Area) Amendment Management Plan 2022.

2Management plan amended

This management plan amends the Wet Tropics Management Plan 1998.

3Insertion of new s 3A

After section 3—
insert—

3AMeaning of rainforest area

(1)A rainforest area is an area of land shown on the regional ecosystem map and designated by a regional ecosystem number mentioned in schedule 2B.

(2)However, to the extent that the area of land is shown on a property map of assessable vegetation and is designated by a regional ecosystem number that is not mentioned in schedule 2B, the area is not a rainforest area.

(3)In this section—

property map of assessable vegetation see the Vegetation Management Act 1999, section 20AK.

regional ecosystem map means the map, kept by the Queensland Herbarium, that shows the locations of the regional ecosystems described in the regional ecosystem description database.

Note—

The regional ecosystem map is available on the Queensland Government website.

4Amendment of sch 2B (Regional ecosystem numbers for rainforest areas)

Schedule 2B, authorising section—
omit, insert—

section 3A(1)

5Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)

(1)Schedule 3, definition property map of assessable vegetation, rainforest area and regional ecosystem number—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3—
insert—

rainforest area see section 3A.

regional ecosystem description database means the database of regional ecosystems kept by the Queensland Herbarium including the designated number for, and description of, each regional ecosystem.

Note—

The regional ecosystem description database is available on the Queensland Government website.

regional ecosystem number means the number given to a regional ecosystem under the regional ecosystem description database.