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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Wildlife Protection) Act 2001
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Wildlife Protection) Act 2001
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43B Actions which are lawful continuations of use of land etc.
(1) A person may take an action described in a provision of Part 3 without an approval under Part 9 for the purposes of the provision if the action is a lawful continuation of a use of land, sea or seabed that was occurring immediately before the commencement of this Act. For this purpose, an enlargement, expansion or intensification of use is not a continuation of a use.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to an action that was specifically authorised under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a self-governing Territory before the commencement of this Act.
Note: Section 43A applies to actions that were specifically authorised under a law before the commencement of this Act.