22Refund of fees for applications for permits

22  Refund of fees for applications for permits Application of this item (1) This item applies if, before the commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:  (a) a person had made an application for a permit under Division 2 of Part 6 of the Endangered Species Protection Act 1992 accompanied by the prescribed fee; and  (b) the Director of National Parks and Wildlife had not decided whether to issue, or to refuse to issue, the permit. Applicant entitled to refund (2) The Commonwealth must pay the person an amount equal to the prescribed fee. This item is not an appropriation (3) To avoid doubt, this item does not appropriate money. Schedule 3—Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974: repeal etc. Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974 Administrative Procedures means the administrative procedures approved by the Governor‑General by order under the EPIP Act. EPIP Act means the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974. EPIP activity means an activity:  (a) described in subsection 5(1) of the EPIP Act; and  (b) proposed before the commencement of the new Act to be undertaken; and  (c) for which a proponent was designated under the Administrative Procedures before the commencement of the new Act. 3  Continued application of EPIP Act to some EPIP activities The EPIP Act, and all the instruments (including regulations and Administrative Procedures) made under it and in force immediately before the commencement of the new Act, continue to apply in relation to an EPIP activity described in item 3, 4, 5 or 8 of Schedule 1 to this Act, as if:  (a) the EPIP Act had not been repealed; and  (b) the EPIP Act were administered by the Minister administering Part 3 of the new Act. 4  Subsection 11(2) 5  Subsection 3(1) (definition of Environment Protection Act) 6  Subsection 22(2) Omit “or subsection 25(2)”. 7  Subsection 22(4) Omit “or subsection 25(5)”. 8  Subsection 23(1) Omit “and to section 25”. 9  Subsection 23(4) Omit “or subsection 25(2)”. 10  Subsection 24(3) Omit “or subsection 25(5)”. 11  Section 25 12  At the end of paragraph 26(3)(a) 13  Paragraphs 26(3)(b) and (c) Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:  (b) the Commission has decided not to enter the place in the Register, after complying with subsection 23(3). 14  Section 28 15  Section 29 16  Subsection 43(1)  (1) The annual report on the Commission under section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 must also include a description of the condition of the national estate at the end of the period to which the report relates. 17  Application The amendment made by item 16 applies only to a report for a period that starts after the commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. 18  Section 44 Biological Control Act 1984 19  At the end of paragraph 19(1)(e) 20  Paragraph 19(1)(g) 21  Subsections 19(1A) and (2) Omit “, (f) or (g)”, substitute “or (f)”. 22  At the end of paragraph 28(1)(e)