Queensland Numbered Acts

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT (REGROWTH CLEARING MORATORIUM) ACT 2009 No. 6 - SECT 15

(1) The chief executive may grant the exemption only if the chief executive is satisfied--

(a) both--

(i) the development is for a relevant purpose under the Vegetation Management Act, section 22A, other than subsection (2)(j) of that section; and

(ii) granting the exemption is consistent with the purpose of this Act or the Vegetation Management Act; or

(b) the development is--

(i) for a project in the interest of the State; and

(ii) necessary to be carried out in the moratorium period because of exceptional circumstances.

(2) The chief executive may impose a condition on the exemption only if it is consistent with the purpose of this Act or the Vegetation Management Act.