Part 2BBilaterally accredited management plans

## Part 2B—Bilaterally accredited management plans > Note: Under section 45 of the Act, the Minister may enter into a bilateral agreement with a State or self‑governing Territory in relation to 1 or more of the following:  protecting the environment;  promoting the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of natural resources;  ensuring an efficient, timely and effective process for environmental assessment and approval of actions;  minimising duplication in the environmental assessment and approval process through Commonwealth accreditation of the processes of the State or Territory (or vice versa). > Note: Such an agreement may declare that actions in a specified class of actions approved in accordance with a management plan accredited in accordance with subsection 46(3) of the Act do not require approval under Part 9 of the Act for the purposes of a specified provision of Part 3 (see the Act, subsection 46(1)).