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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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea administrative law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Australia ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2015 → hasTitle → Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2015 ⓘ