Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) A person must not, in a reserve, cut, fell, pick, remove, uproot or damage any tree, plant or other flora.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A person must not, in a reserve, be in possession of any flora taken from that reserve.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Reg. 30(3) substituted by S.R. No. 16/2015 reg. 5.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to—
(a) a person who cuts or takes away fallen or felled trees—
Reg. 30(3)(a)(i) amended by S.R. No. 128/2018 reg. 21.
(i) in an area set aside by the land manager under regulation 31; or
(ii) while acting under and in accordance with a levee maintenance permit issued under Part 5AA of the Water Act 1989 ; or
(b) a person who cuts, fells, picks, removes, uproots or damages the floral species Phragmites australis , Typha spp. or Leptospermum spp. for the purposes of erecting a blind or hide in accordance with regulation 60.
Reg. 30(4) inserted by S.R. No. 16/2015 reg. 5.
(4) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person in possession of—
Reg. 30(4)(a) amended by S.R. No. 128/2018 reg. 21.
(a) fallen or felled trees in an area set aside by the land manager under regulation 31; or
(b) the floral species Phragmites australis , Typha spp. or Leptospermum spp. taken for the purposes of erecting a blind or hide in accordance with regulation 60.
Note
See also regulation 8 for exemptions for members of a traditional owner group.
Reg. 31 amended by S.R. No. 128/2018 reg. 22.