Section 62 and other Wet Tropics Management Plan guidelines (codes of practice)

The Wet Tropics Management Plan 1998 sets out principles and criteria for deciding permit applications. Section 62 of the Plan allows the Authority to approve guidelines and information which help to assess permit applications and inform permit applicants. These guidelines may sometimes be used as part of the conditions for issuing a permit.

Approved guidelines are listed below. Please note that some of these guidelines are presented as abridged field guides.

• Guideline 1: Minor and Inconsequential Impact

• Guideline 2: Definition of a Rainforest

• Guideline 3: Consulting Aboriginal People Particularly Concerned with Land in the Wet Tropics Area

• Guideline 4: Maintenance of Electricity Corridors in Queensland's parks and forests - Code of Practice: 

• Guideline 5: Seed Collecting in Wet Tropics World Heritage Area

• Guideline 6: Community Consultation re Assessment of Permit Applications

• Guideline 7a: Water Infrastructure Code of Practice [5MB]

• Guideline 7b: Water Infrastructure Code of Practice  - Field Guide  (Booklets also available from the Authority upon request)

• Guideline 8: Use of Motor Vehicles on Presentation (Restricted) and Management Roads in Wet Tropics World Heritage Area

• Guideline 9a: Roads in Rainforest - Best Practice Guidelines for Planning, Design and Management [9MB]

• Guideline 9b: Roads in Rainforest - Science Behind the Guidelines [3MB]

• Guideline 9c: Roads in Rainforest  - Field Guide Road maintenance code of practice [8MB]