(b) this part has
been accredited by the Commonwealth Minister under the Commonwealth
Environment Act , section 46 (2A) , as the authorisation process for the
purposes of the bilateral agreement.
(2) The purpose of this part is to
provide for a process, to be accredited as mentioned in subsection (1) (b) ,
for coordinated projects that are within the scope of the bilateral agreement
to be—
(a) assessed in relation to their likely impact on particular
environmental matters that are otherwise regulated under the Commonwealth
Environment Act ; and
(b) approved, either with or without conditions to
protect, repair or mitigate damage to the environmental matters, or refused.
(3) For this part, a coordinated project is
"within the scope of the bilateral agreement" if the project—
(a) is an
action within the class of actions specified in the agreement that the
declaration mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (ii) applies to; and