Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Vegetation Management (Thickened Vegetation) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018.Part 2Amendment of Environmental Offsets Regulation 20142Regulation amendedThis part amends the Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014.3Amendment of s 5 (Prescribed environmental matters—Act, s 10)Section 5(3)(a), ‘(4)’—omit, insert—(5)4Amendment of s 6 (Environmental offsets policy—Act, s 12)Section 6, ‘1.4’—omit, insert—1.55Amendment of sch 2 (Prescribed environmental matters—matters of State environmental significance)(1)Schedule 2, section 2—insert—(3A)A prescribed regional ecosystem is a matter of State environmental significance, for a prescribed activity mentioned in schedule 1, item 7(e), if the ecosystem is an area of essential habitat on the essential habitat map for an animal that is near threatened wildlife or a plant that is near threatened wildlife.(2)Schedule 2, section 2(3A) and (4)—renumber as schedule 2, section 2(4) and (5).(3)Schedule 2, section 2(6)—insert—animal that is near threatened wildlife means an animal that is near threatened wildlife under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.Note—See the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006, schedule 5, part 1 for animals that are near threatened wildlife.plant that is near threatened wildlife means a plant that is near threatened wildlife under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.Note—See the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006, schedule 5, part 2 for plants that are near threatened wildlife.Part 3Amendment of Planning Regulation 20176Regulation amendedThis part amends the Planning Regulation 2017.7Amendment of s 33 (Required fee for development applications—Act, s 51)Section 33(1)(b), example, ‘(b)(ii)’—omit, insert—(b)(iii)8Amendment of s 34 (Required fee for referral agency’s assessment—Act, s 54)Section 34(1)(b), example, ‘(b)(ii)’—omit, insert—(b)(iii)9Amendment of s 35 (Fee for operational work for clearing native vegetation)Section 35(2), example, ‘(a)(i), (b)(ii) and (c)(iii)’—omit, insert—(a)(ii), (b)(iii) and (c)10Amendment of s 38 (Required fee for registered non-profit organisations and government-funded community development)Section 38(2), examples, paragraphs 1 and 2, ‘5(d)’—omit, insert—5(c)11Amendment of sch 10 (Development assessment)(1)Schedule 10, part 3, division 3, table 1, item 5(a)—omit.(2)Schedule 10, part 3, division 3, table 1, item 5(c), ‘, high value agriculture clearing, irrigated high value agriculture clearing’—omit.(3)Schedule 10, part 3, division 3, table 1, item 5(b) to (d)—renumber as schedule 10, part 3, division 3, table 1, item 5(a) to (c).12Amendment of sch 24 (Dictionary)Schedule 24, definitions high value agriculture clearing and irrigated high value agriculture clearing—omit.Part 4Amendment of Vegetation Management Regulation 201213Regulation amendedThis part amends the Vegetation Management Regulation 2012.14Amendment of s 3 (Approval of accepted development vegetation clearing codes—Act, s 19P)(1)Section 3(f), ‘7 March’—omit, insert—14 May(2)Section 3(h)—omit.(3)Section 3(i) to (k)—renumber as section 3(h) to (j).15Amendment of sch 7 (Fees)(1)Schedule 7, items 2 to 6—omit.(2)Schedule 7, item 7—renumber as schedule 7, item 2.Part 5Amendment of Water Regulation 201616Regulation amendedThis part amends the Water Regulation 2016.17Amendment of s 96 (Excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring—Act, s 814)(1)Section 96, heading, ‘Excavating’—omit, insert—Destroying vegetation, excavating(2)Section 96(1), from ‘excavating’ to ‘excavation’—omit, insert—destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring is permitted if the destruction, excavation or placing of fill