33Excluded biodiversity projects

33 Excluded biodiversity projects

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a biodiversity project is an excluded biodiversity project if it is a project of a kind specified in the rules. (2) In deciding whether to make rules for the purposes of subsection (1) specifying a particular kind of project, the Minister must have regard to whether there is a material risk that that kind of project will have a material adverse impact on one or more of the following: (a) the availability of water; (b) biodiversity (other than the kinds of biodiversity to be addressed by the project); (c) employment; (d) the local community; (e) if there is a local community of Aboriginal persons, or Torres Strait Islanders, who have a connection to the project area—that community; (f) land access for agricultural production; (g) the environment.