Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting items 2 and 3 and substituting the following:

2. Gas distribution infrastructure work on land (other than a road) 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
3. Gas distribution infrastructure work (other than on a road) 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

(b) by omitting item 5 and substituting the following:

5. Gas distribution infrastructure work (other than on a road) involving or affecting soil and water management issues –	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) on land lying less than 40 metres from a waterway or wetland; or	(a)       ensures that the transport of pollutants that may impact on water quality and aquatic ecology will be minimised; and
(b) on land having a gradient of, or more than, one in four; or	(b)       addresses erosion control practices, sediment control practices and site remediation and revegetation programs; and
(c) under a waterway	(c)       has been approved by the relevant council

(c) by omitting "vegetation ² " from item 6 in the table and substituting "contiguous native vegetation" ;

(d) by omitting "will be" from item 6 in the table and substituting "have been" ;

(e) by omitting "vegetation" from item 7 in the table and substituting "any kind of vegetation" ;

(f) by inserting after item 7 the following:

8. Gas distribution infrastructure work (other than on a road) 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
9. Gas distribution infrastructure work (other than on a road) 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 and will be carried out in accordance with a weed and vegetation disease management plan, being a plan that has been –
	(a) prepared by a suitably qualified person; and
	(b) approved by the relevant council

(g) by omitting the following items:

[ Note 1: If the land lies 40 metres or more from a waterway or wetland, or has a gradient of less than one in four, gas distribution infrastructure work of this kind does not require a planning permit anyway (but may be subject to other controls) ]

[ Note 2: Gas distribution infrastructure work involving the clearing of less than 500m 2 of vegetation does not require a planning permit anyway (but may be subject to other controls) ]

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 24 December 2003

These regulations are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Schedule to the Gas Infrastructure (Planning Permit Exemption) Regulations 2003 ; that Schedule –

(a) prescribes the kind of gas infrastructure development work that, if it meets specified criteria, does not need a planning permit under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ; and

(b) specifies those criteria.