Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

This section applies to a decision by each of the following kinds of person (government body):

the Commonwealth;

a Commonwealth agency;

a State;

a self‑governing Territory;

an agency of a State or self‑governing Territory;

an authority established by a law applying in a Territory that is not a self‑governing Territory.

A decision by a government body to grant a governmental authorisation (however described) for another person to take an action is not an action.

To avoid doubt, a decision by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth agency to grant a governmental authorisation under one of the following Acts is not an action:

the Customs Act 1901;

the Export Control Act 2020;

the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991;

the Fisheries Management Act 1991;

the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975;

the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006;

the Biosecurity Act 2015;

the Competition and Consumer Act 2010;

the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021.