sec.88Application of Environmental Offsets Act 2014 to Great Barrier Reef water quality offsets

### sec.88 Application of Environmental Offsets Act 2014 to Great Barrier Reef water quality offsets The Environmental Offsets Act 2014 applies in relation to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset condition and an environmental offsets policy for a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset as if— a reference in that Act to an environmental offset were a reference to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset; and a reference in that Act to an environmental offset condition were a reference to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset condition; and a reference in that Act to a significant residual impact were a reference to a residual impact; and a reference in that Act to a prescribed activity were a reference to a relevant activity under this section; and a reference in that Act to a prescribed environmental matter were a reference to a river basin in the Great Barrier Reef catchment; and a reference in that Act to maintaining the viability of a prescribed environmental matter were, in relation to the prescribed environmental matter mentioned in paragraph (e) , a reference to maintaining or improving the quality of the water entering the Great Barrier Reef from a river basin in the Great Barrier Reef catchment. In this section— environmental offsets policy see the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 , section 12 . relevant activity see section 87 (5) . s 88 def submission period amd 2000 No. 64 s 3 (2) sch s 88 prev s 88 ins 2000 No. 64 s 6 sub 2004 No. 48 s 32 om 2009 No. 3 s 459 pres s 88 ins 2009 No. 42 s 6 sub 2019 No. 28 s 8 (sec.88-ssec.1) The Environmental Offsets Act 2014 applies in relation to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset condition and an environmental offsets policy for a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset as if— a reference in that Act to an environmental offset were a reference to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset; and a reference in that Act to an environmental offset condition were a reference to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset condition; and a reference in that Act to a significant residual impact were a reference to a residual impact; and a reference in that Act to a prescribed activity were a reference to a relevant activity under this section; and a reference in that Act to a prescribed environmental matter were a reference to a river basin in the Great Barrier Reef catchment; and a reference in that Act to maintaining the viability of a prescribed environmental matter were, in relation to the prescribed environmental matter mentioned in paragraph (e) , a reference to maintaining or improving the quality of the water entering the Great Barrier Reef from a river basin in the Great Barrier Reef catchment. (sec.88-ssec.2) In this section— environmental offsets policy see the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 , section 12 . relevant activity see section 87 (5) . - (a) a reference in that Act to an environmental offset were a reference to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset; and - (b) a reference in that Act to an environmental offset condition were a reference to a Great Barrier Reef water quality offset condition; and - (c) a reference in that Act to a significant residual impact were a reference to a residual impact; and - (d) a reference in that Act to a prescribed activity were a reference to a relevant activity under this section; and - (e) a reference in that Act to a prescribed environmental matter were a reference to a river basin in the Great Barrier Reef catchment; and - (f) a reference in that Act to maintaining the viability of a prescribed environmental matter were, in relation to the prescribed environmental matter mentioned in paragraph (e) , a reference to maintaining or improving the quality of the water entering the Great Barrier Reef from a river basin in the Great Barrier Reef catchment.