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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 31

Extended operation in non - self - governing Territories

    A person may take an action described in a provision of Part   3 without an approval under Part   9 for the purposes of the provision if:

  (a)   the action is taken in a Territory (the action Territory ) that is not a self - governing Territory; and

  (b)   an Act providing for the government of the action Territory provides that some or all of the law of a State or self - governing Territory is in force in the action Territory as a law of the Territory; and

  (c)   the action is one of a class of actions declared by a bilateral agreement between the Commonwealth and the State or self - governing Territory not to require approval under Part   9 for the purposes of the provision of Part   3 (because the action is approved or taken in accordance with a bilaterally accredited management arrangement or a bilaterally accredited authorisation process); and

  (d)   the bilateral agreement specifies that the provision of the agreement making the declaration has effect in relation to actions in the action Territory; and

  (e)   the provision of the bilateral agreement making the declaration is in operation in relation to the action; and

  (f)   either of the following applies:

  (i)   in the case of a bilaterally accredited management arrangement--the management arrangement is in force under a law of the State or self - governing Territory identified in or under the bilateral agreement;

  (ii)   in the case of a bilaterally accredited authorisation process--the authorisation process is set out in a law of the State or self - governing Territory, and the law and the authorisation process are identified in or under the bilateral agreement; and

  (g)   the action is taken in accordance with the bilaterally accredited management arrangement or bilaterally accredited authorisation process.

Note:   Division   3 of Part   5 explains how the operation of a bilateral agreement may be ended or suspended.



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