This legislation has been repealed.
A person must not ringbark, cut down, top, lop, remove, injure, poison, or willfully destroy any tree or indigenous vegetation, or add soil or carry out drainage works around the base of a tree or in bushland, unless authorised to do so by:
(a) a development consent, or
(b) a permit issued by the Council, or
(c) a provision of a tree preservation order made by the Council that does not require consent or such a permit for the activity concerned.