Lawful authority
7 Lawful authority
In this section —
biodiversity conservation conditions means conditions or requirements relating to the conservation or protection of biodiversity or biodiversity components;
relevant authorisation means a licence, permit, approval, consent, registration, exemption or other authority issued, granted, conferred or given under —
this Act; or
the CALM Act; or
the Environmental Protection Act 1986; or
the Fish Resources Management Act 1994; or
the Pearling Act 1990; or
an enactment prescribed for the purposes of this definition.
For the purposes of this Act, but without limiting what may constitute lawful authority, there is lawful authority for an act if —
it is —
an act that is authorised by a relevant authorisation or is otherwise authorised or required under a State agreement; or
an act that is a likely consequence of an act referred to in subparagraph (i);
and
all biodiversity conservation conditions that apply to or in relation to it are complied with, whether those conditions are imposed under the relevant authorisation or State agreement referred to in paragraph (a)(i) or imposed in some other way.
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