1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Vegetation Management (Clearing Codes and Regional Ecosystems) Amendment Regulation 2019.2Regulation amendedThis 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 folding11.11.17(2)Schedule 1—insert—Part 3AGulf Plains BioregionColumn 1Regional ecosystemColumn 2Regional ecosystem numberEucalyptus melanophloia open woodland on infrequently flooded Quaternary alluvial plains2.3.64(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 areas3.2.4Corymbia novoguinensis and/or C. clarksoniana woodland in coastal areas3.2.7Melaleuca viridiflora, Corymbia novoguinensis low woodland on beach ridges3.2.15Mixed dwarf open heath on dunes and headlands3.2.22Sedgelands fringing perennial lakes in coastal dunefields3.2.27Pemphis acidula low closed forest on coral atolls, shingle cays and sand cays3.2.30Melaleuca leucadendra ± Corymbia tessellaris woodland on alluvium derived from metamorphic rocks3.3.11Eucalyptus brassiana ± Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana woodland on alluvial plains3.3.15Corymbia nesophila ± Erythrophleum chlorostachys ± Eucalyptus tetrodonta woodland on alluvial plains and floodplains3.3.27Corypha utan woodland on alluvial plains3.3.34Semi-deciduous microphyll vine forest ± Melaleuca spp. associated with closed depressions3.3.39Melaleuca acacioides ± Hakea pedunculata tall shrubland on coastal plains3.3.51Melaleuca foliolosa ± M. citrolens tall shrubland on eroding drainage areas3.3.52Melaleuca viridiflora and Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa low woodland on residual sands3.5.15Acacia shirleyi woodland on lateritic knolls3.7.2Heteropogon contortus or Themeda triandra closed tussock grasslands on basalt cones and rises3.8.4Heteropogon triticeus and/or Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on clay plains3.9.8Deciduous notophyll and/or microphyll vine thicket or forest on sandstone hills and slopes3.10.5Corymbia nesophila ± Eucalyptus crebra or E. tetrodonta woodland to open forest on sandstone plateaus and slopes3.10.21(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 bioregion2.3.71(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 hills1.9.7Sinkholes with low woodland of Celtis strychnoides and Ficus spp.1.9.10Acacia cambagei low open woodland on clay soils derived from metamorphic rocks1.11.146Amendment 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 ridges3.2.12Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on beach ridges on the east coast3.2.13Thryptomene oligandra open heath ± Asteromyrtus lysicephala on flat sand plains3.2.18Mixed closed tussock grasslands or forblands or shrublands on exposed foredunes and islands3.2.24Semi-deciduous notophyll vine forest on loamy alluvia3.3.1Lophostemon suaveolens woodlands on creeklines and swamps3.3.9Melaleuca fluviatilis and/or Melaleuca argentea woodland or M. saligna or M. dealbata woodland fringing watercourses3.3.10Corymbia clarksoniana or C. novoguinensis woodland on alluvial plains3.3.20Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Erythrophelum chlorostachys woodland on riverine levees and floodplains3.3.24Eucalyptus acroleuca woodland on floodplains3.3.35Eucalyptus microtheca ± Corymbia papuana open woodland on floodplains3.3.37Melaleuca viridiflora ± Corymbia clarksoniana low open woodland on floodplains and alluvial plains3.3.49Melaleuca spp. woodland on swamps on floodplains and non-floodplain landforms3.3.50Neofabricia myrtifolia ± Melaleuca viridiflora low woodland on streams and alluvial plains3.3.53Aristida spp. and/or Eriachne spp. tussock grassland in drainage depressions3.3.56Oryza spp. closed tussock grassland ± Eleocharis spp. ± Echinochloa spp. in seasonally inundated depressions on coastal plains3.3.58Fimbristylis spp. sedgeland on alluvial plains3.3.61Eleocharis spp. open sedgeland on seasonally flooded marine plains3.3.63Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum and/or Leptocarpus spp. and/or Dapsilanthus spathaceus open sedgeland in drainage swamps3.3.64Tussock grasslands in ephemeral lakes and lagoons on alluvial plains3.3.65Eucalyptus tetrodonta ± Corymbia stockeri subsp. stockeri woodland on sandstone plateaus3.10.6Asteromyrtus lysicephala and Neofabricia myrtifolia dwarf open heath or Schizachyrium pachyarthron closed tussock grassland on sandstone plateaus and headlands3.10.19Eucalyptus leptophleba ± E. platyphylla woodland on rolling metamorphic hills3.11.12Eucalyptus leptophleba ± Corymbia dallachiana open woodland on metamorphic hills3.11.15(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 deposits5.5.2(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-east4.3.23Astrebla 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 metamorphics13.11.5(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 plains1.5.7Melaleuca citrolens and/or Eucalyptus pruinosa low open woodland on sandy plains1.5.11Eucalyptus miniata woodland on sandstone plateaus1.10.27Amendment 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 depressions3.3.56Heteropogon contortus or Themeda triandra closed tussock grasslands on basalt cones and rises3.8.4Heteropogon triticeus and/or Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on clay plains3.9.8(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 rises3.8.4Heteropogon triticeus and/or Sarga plumosum closed tussock grassland on clay plains3.9.8(2)Schedule 5, part 6—insert—Astrebla spp., Iseilema spp. ± Aristida latifolia, Eulalia aurea tussock grassland on Tertiary clay deposits2.4.2