Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 32

                   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 one of a class of actions declared by the Minister under section 33 not to require approval under Part 9 for the purposes of the provision (because the action is approved in accordance with an accredited management arrangement or an accredited authorisation process for the purposes of the declaration); and

                     (b)  the declaration is in operation when the action is taken; and

                     (c)  one of the following applies:

                              (i)  in the case of an accredited management arrangement--the management arrangement is in operation under a law of the Commonwealth identified in or under the declaration;

                             (ii)  in the case of an accredited authorisation process--the authorisation process is set out in a law of the Commonwealth, and the law and the authorisation process are identified in or under the declaration; and

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