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63Category A biodiversity project reports—information and documents
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63 Category A biodiversity project reports—information and documents
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 103(1)(b) and (f) of the Act, this section specifies the information that is to be set out in, and documents that are to accompany, a category A biodiversity project report about a registered biodiversity project for a reporting period.
(2) The information and documents are the following:
(b) the name of the project proponent for the project or, if there are multiple project proponents, the nominee of the project proponents;
(c) the reporting period;
(d) the activity period (if any) and the permanence period of the project;
(e) the activities that have been undertaken during the reporting period in the project area for the project;
(f) if there is a project plan for the project—the details of the matters mentioned in subsection (3);
(g) if there is no project plan for the project—the details of the matters mentioned in subsection (4);
(h) if an audit report for the project has been given to the Regulator during the reporting period:
(i) the date of the audit report; and
(ii) the type of audit report; and
(iii) the outcome of the audit report;
(i) if a previous audit relating to the project, undertaken during the reporting period, identified a matter to be rectified—an explanation of how that matter has been, is being or is to be rectified;
(j) if, during the reporting period, there has been a change in relation to the activities being, or that are to be, carried out for the purposes of the project (whether the change is in relation to the activities being carried out or how the activities are being carried out), and the change is not of a minor nature—a description of the change and an explanation of how, following the change, the project:
(i) meets the criteria for the approval of the registration of the project under paragraphs 15(4)(a), (b), (c), (e) and (n) of the Act; and
(ii) is being carried out in accordance with the methodology determination (the applicable methodology determination) that covers the project and the project plan (if any) for the project (including by varying the project plan, if necessary);
(k) if, during the reporting period, the registration of the project has been varied under subsection 20(1)—an explanation of how, following the variation, the project:
(i) meets the criteria for the approval of the registration of the project under paragraphs 15(4)(a), (b), (c), (e) and (n) of the Act; and
(ii) is being carried out in accordance with the applicable methodology determination and the project plan (if any) for the project (including by varying the project plan, if necessary);