Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 46

    (1)     The construction of a building or the construction or carrying out of works on land is a high impact activity if the construction of the building or the construction or carrying out of the works—

        (a)     would result in significant ground disturbance; and

        (b)     is for, or associated with, the use of the land for any one or more of the following purposes—

              (i)     aquaculture;

              (ii)     a camping and caravan park;

              (iii)     a car park;

              (iv)     a cemetery;

              (v)     a child care centre;

              (vi)     a corrective institution;

              (vii)     a crematorium;

              (viii)     an education centre;

              (ix)     an emergency services facility;

              (x)     a freeway service centre;

              (xi)     a hospital;

              (xii)     an industry;

              (xiii)     intensive animal husbandry;

              (xiv)     a major sports and recreation facility;

              (xv)     a minor sports and recreation facility;

              (xvi)     a motor racing track;

              (xvii)     an office;

              (xviii)     a place of assembly;

              (xix)     a recreational boat facility;

              (xx)     a research centre;

              (xxi)     a residential building;

              (xxii)     a residential village;

              (xxiii)     a retail premises;

              (xxiv)     a retirement village;

              (xxv)     a service station;

              (xxvi)     a transport terminal;

              (xxvii)     a utility installation, other than a telecommunications facility, if—

    (A)     the works are a linear project that is the construction of an overhead power line with a length exceeding one kilometre or for which more than 10 power poles are erected; or

    (B)     the works are a linear project that is the construction of a pipeline with a length exceeding 500 metres; or

    (C)     the works are a linear project with a length exceeding 100 metres (other than the construction of an overhead power line or a pipeline with a pipe diameter not exceeding 150 millimetres); or

    (D)     the works affect an area exceeding 25 square metres;

              (xxviii)     a veterinary centre;

              (xxix)     a warehouse;

              (xxx)     land used to generate electricity, including a wind energy facility.

    (2)     The terms used in subregulation (1)(b) have the same meanings as they have in the VPP.

    (3)     Despite subregulation (1), the construction of a building or the construction or carrying out of works on land is not a high impact activity if it is for, or associated with, a purpose listed under subregulation (1)(b) for which the land was being lawfully used immediately before 28 May 2007.

    (4)     In this regulation, "linear project" has the same meaning as in regulation 81 .