Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

TREE PROTECTION ACT 2005 (NO. 51 OF 2005) - SECT 12

In this Act:

"damage" a protected tree includes the following:

        (a)     kill or destroy the tree;

        (b)     poison the tree;

        (c)     ringbark the tree (whether partially or completely);

        (d)     fell or remove the tree;

        (e)     cut branches or stems of the tree between branch unions ( lopping );

        (f)     remove branches of the tree to a previously pruned or lopped point ( pollarding );

        (g)     major pruning of the tree;

        (h)     anything else done to or in relation to the tree that—

              (i)     causes it to die; or

              (ii)     significantly reduces its expected life; or

              (iii)     significantly and adversely affects its health, stability or general appearance.