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STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 54I

Definitions for pt 4A

54I Definitions for pt 4A

In this part—

"accepted submissions" , for a coordinated project or amendment application, means either or both of the following—

(a) all of the properly made submissions received about the project or application;
(b) any other submissions about the project or the application accepted by the Coordinator-General;
to the extent the submissions relate to an environmental matter protected by a specified provision or another provision of the Commonwealth Act, part 3 .

"action" see the Commonwealth Environment Act , sections 523 , 524 and 524A .

"assessment report" see section 54W (4) .

"bilateral agreement" means the bilateral agreement mentioned in section 54H (1) (a) as in force from time to time.

"bilaterally accredited authorisation process" see the Commonwealth Environment Act , section 46 (2A) .

"bilateral project declaration" see section 54J (1) .

"coordinated project declaration" means a declaration made by the Coordinator-General as mentioned under section 26 (1) (a) or (b) .

"environmental approval" means—
(a) an approval issued under section 54Y that approves the undertaking of a coordinated project for each environmental matter protected by a specified provision stated in the approval; or
(b) if that approval is amended as mentioned in section 54ZE —the amended approval issued under that section.

"environmental law" means a law of the Commonwealth or a State about the protection of the environment or the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

"environmental matter protected" means a matter protected by a provision of the Commonwealth Environment Act , part 3 , as mentioned in section 34 of that Act.

"environmental record" , of a proponent or proposed new proponent of a coordinated project, means—
(a) any proceedings under an environmental law to which the proponent has been a party; and
(b) if the proponent is a corporation—the proponent’s environmental policies and planning framework; and
(c) if the proponent is a corporation that is the subsidiary of another corporation (the
"parent corporation" )—
(i) any proceedings under an environmental law to which the parent corporation has been a party; and
(ii) the parent corporation’s environmental policies and planning framework.

"impact" see the Commonwealth Environment Act , section 527E .

"information requirement notice" see section 54S (2) .

"protected matters report" means a report about the likely impacts of a coordinated project on each environmental matter protected by a specified provision.

"reinstatement request" see section 54ZJA (2) .

"specified provision" means a provision of the Commonwealth Environment Act specified in the bilateral agreement as a provision for which the agreement declares an action does not require approval under the Commonwealth Environment Act , part 9 .

"within the scope of the bilateral agreement" , for a coordinated project, see section 54H (3) .



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