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NATURE CONSERVATION (KOALA) CONSERVATION PLAN 2017 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Dictionary


"clear" , for vegetation, see the Vegetation Management Act 1999 , schedule.

"koala" ...

"Koala Conservation Plan Map" see section 8 .

"koala district" means—

(a) koala district A; or
(b) koala district B; or
(c) koala district C.

"koala district A" means the district described in schedule 1 , section 1 .

"koala district B" means the district described in schedule 1 , section 2 .

"koala district C" means the district described in schedule 1 , section 3 .

"koala habitat" means—
(a) an area of vegetation in which koalas live and that includes a koala habitat tree; or
(b) an area of vegetation that consists primarily of koala habitat trees and which is reasonably suitable for sustaining koalas; or
(c) a partially or completely cleared area used by koalas to cross from an area mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) to another area mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .

"koala habitat area" see section 7B (1) .

"koala habitat tree" means—
(a) a tree of the Corymbia, Melaleuca, Lophostemon or Eucalyptus genera that is edible by koalas; or
(b) a tree of a type typically used by koalas for shelter, including, for example, a tree of the Angophora genus.

"koala priority area" see section 7A (1) .

"prescribed natural habitat" means—
(a) for a koala taken from the wild—
(i) if, when the koala was taken, the koala was or would have been dependent on its mother—koala habitat within a maximum distance of 20 kilometres from where the koala was taken; or
(ii) otherwise—koala habitat within a maximum distance of 10 kilometres from where the koala was taken; or
(b) for another koala—a koala habitat, research into which shows the following—
(i) the release of the koala into the habitat will not adversely affect any species of wildlife in the habitat;
(ii) the genetic makeup of the koala is similar to the genetic makeup of koalas living in the habitat.

"this plan" means this conservation plan.



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