1Environmental Protection (Bilateral Agreements) Regulations 2021

CrestWestern Australia

Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection (Bilateral Agreements) Regulations 2021

Western Australia

Environmental Protection (Bilateral Agreements) Regulations 2021

Contents

1. Citation 1

2. Commencement 1

3. Terms used 1

4. Application to have matter dealt with as bilateral matter 1

5. Requirements for bilateral application 2

6. Transitional provision for certain clearing permit applications 3

Notes

Compilation table 4

Defined terms

Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection (Bilateral Agreements) Regulations 2021

1. Citation

	These regulations are the *Environmental Protection (Bilateral Agreements) Regulations 2021*.

2. Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2020 section 100 comes into operation.

3. Terms used

In these regulations —

bilateral application means an application referred to in regulation 4(1);

initiating process, for a matter, means an application or other process that initiates consideration of the matter under the Act;

relevant State entity, for a matter, means the State entity who is given the initiating process for the matter.

4. Application to have matter dealt with as bilateral matter

(1) A person may, in respect of a matter, apply to the relevant State entity for the matter to be dealt with under the Act as a bilateral matter if, under a bilateral agreement, the performance of functions in respect of the matter by a State entity will or may have effect for the purposes of the Commonwealth Environment Act.

(2) The person must make a bilateral application in relation to a matter —

(a) if the initiating process for the matter is a referral of a proposal by a person other than the proponent and the proponent receives a requisition under section 38F(2) of the Act — on or before the day on which the compliance period specified in the requisition under that section ends; or