ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 56 Agreements relating to prescribed actions

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 56

    The Minister must not enter into a bilateral agreement containing a provision that:

  (a)   relates to an action prescribed for the purposes of subsection   25(1); and

  (b)   has the effect of giving preference (within the meaning of section   99 of the Constitution) to one State or part of a State over another State or part of a State, in relation to the taking of the action:

  (i)   by a person for the purposes of trade or commerce between Australia and another country or between 2 States; or

  (ii)   by a constitutional corporation.