Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following definition after the definition of applicable land :

conservation covenant means a conservation covenant within the meaning of Part 5 of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 ;

(b) by inserting the following definition after the definition of Crown land :

fire management work means burning off vegetation and constructing firebreaks and access tracks where –

(a) the sole purpose of the work is to reduce fire hazards or control wildfires; and

(b) trees affected by the work are not harvested or cleared for any other purpose; and

(c) reasonable precautions are taken to avoid harming natural and cultural forest values, including forest cover and regeneration;

(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of State forest :

vegetation management agreement means an agreement that an owner of land enters into with an instrumentality or agency of the Crown for the purposes of managing native vegetation on that land;

(d) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (d) in the definition of vulnerable land :

(e) consists of, or contains, an endangered, vulnerable or rare forest community of the kind specified in Schedule 1 ; or