55Issue of biodiversity certificate

55 Issue of biodiversity certificate

Note: See paragraph 70(2)(h) of the Act and sections 76 and 18 of the BAI.

(1) For paragraph 70(2)(h) of the Act, this section sets matters in respect of which the Regulator must be satisfied before issuing a biodiversity certificate in respect of a replanting project. (2) The Regulator must be satisfied that: (a) the indicators for ecosystem condition mentioned in subsection 54(2) have reached the relevant threshold values; and (b) the relevant persons have verified that the indicators for any culturally significantly entity mentioned in subsection 54(6) have reached the relevant threshold values. (3) If the replanting project includes, or is informed by, Indigenous knowledge or values or Indigenous data in relation to the project’s design or implementation as mentioned in section 29, the Regulator must be satisfied that the project proponent has implemented the project consistently with the consent for the use of that knowledge or those values provided by the relevant Indigenous representatives or relevant Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders for the project area for the purposes of paragraph 29(1)(c). (4) If the project plan was updated to nominate a culturally significant entity for the project after registration, the Regulator must be satisfied that: (a) the requirements in section 45 were met; and (b) the project plan was updated in accordance with section 41.

Schedule 1—Eligible regions

For this instrument, an IBRA subregion is an eligible region if it is listed in following table.

Note: These eligible regions reflect modified landscapes that have historically experienced widespread clearing and thinning of native vegetation. Areas of remnant vegetation have often been degraded by uses such as forestry and agriculture, pressures such as pests and weeds, and can suffer from low levels of ecological connectivity.

The IBRA subregions that are eligible regions