Application of Environmental Offsets Act 2014 to Great Barrier Reef water quality offsets
88 Application of Environmental Offsets Act 2014 to Great Barrier Reef water quality offsets
The Environmental Offsets Act 2014 applies in relation to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset condition and an environmental offsets policy for a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset as if—
a reference in that Act to an environmental offset were a reference to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset; and
a reference in that Act to an environmental offset condition were a reference to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset condition; and
a reference in that Act to a significant residual impact were a reference to a residual impact; and
a reference in that Act to a prescribed activity were a reference to a relevant activity under this section; and
a reference in that Act to a prescribed environmental matter were a reference to a river basin in the Great Barrier Reef catchment; and
a reference in that Act to maintaining the viability of a prescribed environmental matter were, in relation to the prescribed environmental matter mentioned in paragraph (e), a reference to maintaining or improving the quality of the water entering the Great Barrier Reef from a river basin in the Great Barrier Reef catchment.
In this section—
environmental offsets policy see the Environmental Offsets Act 2014, section 12.
relevant activity see section 87(5).
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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