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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.88Application of Environmental Offsets Act 2014 to Great Barrier Reef water quality offsets
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### 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.