(1) A whole protected plant that is least concern wildlife may be taken under contingent salvage during the harvest period only if the following conditions are complied with—
(a) the land from which the plant is taken is being, or will be, cleared—
(i) for conducting an activity under a mining lease under the Mineral Resources Act 1989; or
(ii) for a government infrastructure project; or
(iii) to harvest a timber plantation; or
(iv) under a development approval under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009;
(b) the person taking the whole protected plant has an approved salvage plan for the land.
(2) In this section—
approved salvage plan, for land, means a plan that—
(a) includes each of the following—
(i) a description and map of the land;
(ii) a declaration from the landholder that the land will be cleared;
(iii) a description of the development or activity for which the land will be cleared;
(iv) a copy of any necessary licence, permit or other authority required for the development or activity under an Act;
(v) if the land does not include remnant vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999—enough information to show that the land does not include remnant vegetation under that Act;
(vi) if subparagraph (v) does not apply—enough information to show that the clearing of the land is authorised under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009; and
(b) is approved by the chief executive.
government infrastructure project means a project relating to the provision of infrastructure or utilities by or for the Commonwealth, the State or a local government carried out under an Act, including, for example—
(a) the construction of a facility for telecommunications under the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cwlth); or
(b) the carrying out of works on an easement under the Electricity Act 1994; or
(c) the construction under the Local Government Act 2009 of a road controlled by a local government.