Progress Report 2007-2008 - Department of Environment and ...

Agency Main legislation Purpose Tenure categories
to which
legislation applies
Department of
Environment and Climate
Change NSW
Department of Urban
Affairs and Planning
Department of Urban
Affairs and Planning
Department of
Environment and Climate
Change NSW
Department of
Environment and Climate
Change NSW
Department of
Environment and Climate
Change NSW
Department of
Environment and Climate
Change NSW
Department of Aboriginal
Affairs
Department of Land and
Water Conservation
National Native Title
Tribunal
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Wilderness Act 1987 To identify, protect and control use of
wilderness.
Environmental Planning and
Assessment Act 1979
Environmental Planning and
Assessment Regulations 2000
Plantations and Reafforestation
Act 2001
Forestry Restructuring and
Nature Conservation Act 1995
Forestry Restructuring and
Nature Conservation Amendment
Act 1999 No 50
Forestry and National Park
Estate Act 1998
Native Vegetation Act 2003
Native Vegetation Regulation
2005
Soil Conservation Act 1938
No 10
Requires assessment of the environmental
and other effects of activities that are not
conducted under an integrated forestry
operations approval issued under the
Forestry and National Parks Estate Act
1998.
To provide for accreditation and regulation
of timber plantations (accredited
plantations must be managed in
accordance with a Code of Practice).
An Act to provide for the payment of
expenditure on forest industry restructuring,
nature conservation and certain other
environmental initiatives from the
Environmental Trust, and for other
purposes.
To provide for Forest Agreements and
Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals
for licensing State Forest forestry
operations for a 20-year period.
To regulate the clearing of native
vegetation (including trees) on private and
some Crown lands, by requiring consent or
compliance with a Regional Vegetation
Management Plan or Code of Practice.
To protect soil from activities that may
cause erosion.
Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 To establish the Aboriginal Land Council
System and provide for the vesting of
claimable Crown lands or freehold lands in
the NSW Aboriginal Land Council or Local
Aboriginal Land Councils.
Native Title (NSW) Act 1994 To confirm certain Native Title rights and
ensure NSW law is consistent with the
Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).
Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) To acknowledge native title and provide
mechanisms to protect native title interests
NSW Heritage Office Heritage Act 1977 To identify and conserve environmental
heritage.
NSW Fisheries Fisheries Management Act 1994 To protect fish habitat, threatened fish
species and to maintain fish passage.
Department of
Agriculture
Noxious Weeds Act 1993 To provide for categorisation of noxious
weeds and specify the extent of control
required for each category by private and
public landholders.
NSW Rural Fire Services Rural Fires Act 1997 To co-ordinate prevention and suppression
of bushfires.
Wilderness Act applies to
many land tenures but is
reported on here in respect
of lands reserved under the
NPW Act.
PWG managed lands (a
Group within the DECC)
NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS