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Environment Protection Act 1997
159Authorised acts and omissions
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159 Authorised acts and omissions A person does not— (a) contravene an environmental authorisation, an environment protection order or a provision of this Act; or (b) breach an environmental protection agreement; if the act or omission that would, apart from this provision, have constituted (whether in whole or in part) the contravention or breach was authorised by or under this Act.