Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

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).