Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

For the purposes of this Act, an event or circumstance is an impact of an action taken by a person if:

the event or circumstance is a direct consequence of the action; or

for an event or circumstance that is an indirect consequence of the action—subject to subsection (2), the action is a substantial cause of that event or circumstance.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), if:

a person (the primary person) takes an action (the primary action); and

as a consequence of the primary action, another person (the secondary person) takes another action (the secondary action); and

the secondary action is not taken at the direction or request of the primary person; and

an event or circumstance is a consequence of the secondary action;

the primary action facilitates, to a major extent, the secondary action; and

the secondary action is:

within the contemplation of the primary person; or

a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the primary action; and

the event or circumstance is:

within the contemplation of the primary person; or

a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the secondary action.