Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2015

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The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2015 is an Australian federal law that modified national environmental legislation to facilitate greater use of bilateral agreements with states and territories for environmental approvals and assessments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal statute
amending Act
affects processes for environmental approvals under the EPBC Act
processes for environmental impact assessments under the EPBC Act
amends Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 NERFINISHED
appliesTo Australian states
Australian territories
country Australia
enables greater reliance on state and territory approval processes
greater reliance on state and territory assessment processes
hasTitle Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2015 NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
language English
legalArea administrative law
environmental law
legalSystem common law
legislativeBody Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED
levelOfGovernment federal
mechanism bilateral approval agreements
bilateral assessment agreements
policyContext Commonwealth–state cooperation on environmental regulation
reform of environmental approvals under the EPBC Act
purpose to facilitate greater use of bilateral agreements with states and territories for environmental approvals and assessments
to streamline environmental approval processes
regulates Commonwealth accreditation of state and territory environmental processes
relatedTo Australian environmental approvals regime
intergovernmental environmental agreements in Australia
scope matters of national environmental significance under the EPBC Act
shortTitleContains Bilateral Agreement Implementation
subjectMatter bilateral agreements between Commonwealth and states
biodiversity conservation
environmental impact assessment
environmental protection
typeOfAmendment procedural amendments to approval and assessment arrangements

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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 amendedBy Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2015