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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2015 canonical | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Australian federal statute
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amending Act ⓘ |
| affects |
processes for environmental approvals under the EPBC Act
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processes for environmental impact assessments under the EPBC Act ⓘ |
| amends | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Australian states
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Australian territories ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| enables |
greater reliance on state and territory approval processes
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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
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environmental law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | federal ⓘ |
| mechanism |
bilateral approval agreements
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bilateral assessment agreements ⓘ |
| policyContext |
Commonwealth–state cooperation on environmental regulation
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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
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to streamline environmental approval processes ⓘ |
| regulates | Commonwealth accreditation of state and territory environmental processes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Australian environmental approvals regime
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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
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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
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2015
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