South Australia
Native Vegetation (Road Safety and Roadside Fuel Reduction) Amendment Bill 2016
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Native Vegetation Act 1991.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Native Vegetation Act 1991
3	Amendment of section 27—Clearance of native vegetation

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Native Vegetation (Road Safety and Roadside Fuel Reduction) Amendment Act 2016.
2—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Native Vegetation Act 1991
3—Amendment of section 27—Clearance of native vegetation
	(1)	Section 27(1)—after paragraph (c) insert:
	(d)	native vegetation may be cleared without any other restriction under this Act if the clearance occurs in a prescribed roadside area and is reasonably required—
	(i)	for road safety purposes; or
	(ii)	to reduce the fuel load in the area.
	(2)	Section 27(7)—after the definition of fire‑control purposes insert:
prescribed roadside area means the area of land adjacent to a public road bounded by—
	(a)	the edge of the carriageway of the road; and
	(b)	—
	(i)	if the boundary of the property adjacent to the road is not more than 20 metres away from the carriageway of the road—that boundary; or
	(ii)	in any other case—a line running parallel to the edge of the carriageway of the road at a distance of 20 metres.