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 In New South Wales, a licence under section 91 licence under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 may also need to be obtained a from the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) if the tree is a threatened species or its part of a threatened population or ecological community.It is an offence (under Part 8A of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974) to harm or pick a threatened species, population or ecological community or damaging its habitat without the defence afforded by an appropriate development consent, approval or licence. The need for such a licence may apply even where such work is exempt from council requirements under a tree preservation order (e.g. removing trees within 3 metres of a dwelling or pruning of less than 10% of a tree's foliage). Similar requirements may apply in other States. There is also Commonwealth legislation that affords protections and requires certain impact assessments regarding species, populations and ecological communities that are listed under the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. |
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