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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.