Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting "carriageway) in an area identified in a planning scheme as involving or affecting historic or heritage issues ¹ " from item 1 in the table and substituting "carriageway ¹ ) in an area identified in a planning scheme as involving or affecting historic or heritage issues" ;

(b) by omitting "undertaken" from item 1 in the table and substituting "carried out" ;

(c) by omitting item 2 and substituting the following:

2. Gas distribution infrastructure work on a road (other than its carriageway 1 ) in a sensitive area	It has been established by a survey –
	(a) undertaken in consultation with the responsible Department in relation to the Aboriginal Relics Act 1975 ; and
	(b) involving a desktop assessment and, if required, an on-site survey –
	that no sites or relics of Aboriginal cultural heritage or significance in the area will be disturbed by the work

(d) by omitting item 3 and substituting the following:

3. Gas distribution infrastructure work on a road (other than its carriageway 1 ), being work involving or affecting native vegetation where an on-site or desktop survey conducted by a suitably qualified person (in consultation with the responsible Department in relation to the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 ) has found that threatened species inhabit or depend on the area around the proposed worksite	The work will be carried out in accordance with a species management or recovery plan prepared by a suitably qualified person, being a plan that –
	(a) ensures that impacts on the threatened species are avoided or minimised; and
	(b) has been approved by the relevant council

(e) by omitting item 4 and substituting the following:

4. Gas distribution infrastructure work on a road (other than its carriageway 1 ), being work involving or affecting native vegetation where an on-site survey carried out by a suitably qualified person (in consultation with the responsible Department in relation to the Nature Conservation Act 2002 ) has identified the presence of priority State or bioregional (forest and non-forest) vegetation (or both)	The work will be carried out in accordance with a vegetation management plan prepared by a suitably qualified person, being a plan that –
	(a) ensures that impacts on the priority (forest and non-forest) vegetation are avoided or minimised; and
	(b) has been approved by the relevant council
5. Gas distribution infrastructure work on a road (other than its carriageway 1 ), or under a waterway, being work –	The work will be carried out in accordance with a soil and water management plan prepared by a suitably qualified person with experience in site management, being a plan that –
(a) involving or affecting soil or water management issues; and	(a)       addresses erosion control practices, sediment control practices and site remediation and revegetation programs; and
(b) requiring the disturbance of 250m 2 (or a greater area) of land that is serviced by a kerb and gutter stormwater system	(b)       has been approved by the relevant council
6. Gas distribution infrastructure work on a road (other than its carriageway 1 ), being work of a kind that is not specified in another item of this table	The work is within the scope of the authority conferred by the gas entity's licence

(f) by omitting

[ Note 1: Gas distribution work on the carriageway of a road inside an area specified in item 1, 2 or 3 does not require a planning permit anyway (but may be subject to other controls) ]

and substituting the following item:

[ Note 1: Gas distribution work on the carriageway of a road does not require a planning permit anyway (but may be subject to other controls) ]

(g) by omitting the following item:

[ Note 2: If less than 250m 2 of such land will be disturbed, the work does not require a planning permit anyway (but may be subject to other controls) ]