Biodiversity certification assessment report
6.13 Biodiversity certification assessment report
For the purposes of the biodiversity offsets scheme, a biodiversity certification assessment report is a report prepared by an accredited person in relation to the proposed biodiversity certification of land under Part 8 that—
assesses in accordance with the biodiversity assessment method the biodiversity values of the land proposed for biodiversity certification, and
assesses in accordance with that method the impacts on biodiversity values of the actions to which the biodiversity offsets scheme applies on the land proposed for biodiversity certification, and specifies the number and class of biodiversity credits to be retired to offset those impacts as determined in accordance with that method, and
specifies—
other conservation measures in relation to other land to offset the impacts on biodiversity values, and
the value, in terms of numbers and classes of biodiversity credits, of the measures as determined in accordance with the biodiversity assessment method.
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