In this Part –

affected permit holder means the holder of a permit who is required by a condition of that permit to register an offset in the offsets register;

approval guidelines means guidelines issued under section 142 , as those guidelines are amended or substituted from time to time;

authorised operator means a person authorised by the owner of a dam to operate part, or all, of the dam or any infrastructure of the dam;

dam operating notice means a notice issued under section 164ZC ;

Division 3 permit means a permit issued under section 158 ;

Division 4 permit means a permit taken under section 161 to have been issued;

EPA Board means the Board of the Environment Protection Authority established under section 13 of the EMPC Act;

holder of a permit means a person who holds a Division 3 permit or a Division 4 permit;

notice of offset means a notice of offset referred to in section 164T ;

offset means any activity, mitigation measure, or action, that –

(a) may result from dam works or is a kind of activity, mitigation measure, or action, that is prescribed; and

(b) is taken to compensate for adverse impact that endures beyond the duration of the permit to which the activity, mitigation measure or action relates;

offsets register means the register of offsets established and maintained under section 164P ;

permit means a Division 3 permit or a Division 4 permit;

permit application means an application for a Division 3 permit;

registered offset means –

(a) an offset that is entered on the offsets register; and

(b) any condition in relation to the offset that is entered under section 164R(3) on the offsets register.