ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 44 Object of this Part

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 44

    The object of this Part   is to provide for agreements between the Commonwealth and a State or self - governing Territory that:

  (a)   protect the environment; and

  (b)   promote the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of natural resources; and

  (c)   ensure an efficient, timely and effective process for environmental assessment and approval of actions; and

  (d)   minimise duplication in the environmental assessment and approval process through Commonwealth accreditation of the processes of the State or Territory (and vice versa).