Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004.

These Regulations implement the Environmental Protection Act 1986 by regulating the clearing of native vegetation. Clearing is defined under the Act as any act which substantially damages native vegetation in an area. It includes any general act that kills, destroys, removes or substantially damages vegetation, and specifically includes severing or ring barking trunks or stems, draining or flooding land, burning, and grazing of stock.
The Regulations specify the kinds of clearing that are prescribed for the purposes of section 51C of the Act and which are not done in environmentally sensitive areas listed in regulation 6.
The Regulations further provide for: clearing permit application fees; record keeping of clearing permits by the CEO; etc. The Regulations contain 3 Schedules on the clearing of low impact or other mineral or petroleum activities, clearing for maintenance in existing transport corridors and infrastructure maintenance activities.