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📜 Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2020

Assented toLABill 18116 April 2020

The Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2020 amends the Environmental Protection Act 1986 to streamline regulatory processes, improve efficiency in environmental impact assessment and clearing provisions, modernise enforcement, and introduce environmental protection covenants.

Impact

Businesses, government agencies, and the community will be affected by changes to environmental assessment, clearing regulations, and enforcement. The changes aim to reduce duplication, improve transparency, and enhance environmental protection.

Key Changes

["Streamlines environmental impact assessment processes under Part IV.", "Introduces cost recovery provisions for Part IV assessments.", "Amends Part V Division 2 to improve clearing provisions.", "Introduces environmental protection covenants.", "Modernises defences, investigation, and enforcement powers."]

Parliamentary Progress

  1. LA Second Reading MovedLA16 Apr 2020
  2. LA IntroducedLA16 Apr 2020
  3. LA Third ReadingLA28 May 2020
  4. LA Second Reading AgreedLA28 May 2020
  5. LA Consideration in DetailLA28 May 2020
  6. LC Second Reading MovedLC9 June 2020
  7. LC Second Reading AgreedLC3 Nov 2020
  8. LC Third ReadingLC11 Nov 2020
  9. LC AmendedLC12 Nov 2020
  10. Royal Assent19 Nov 2020
Affected Sectors
environmentminingplanningresourceslocal_government

Penalty Provisions2 found

regulatory · criminal
110QRegulatoryfine

Penalty for non-payment of levy

“110Q. Penalty for non-payment”

110SCriminalfine

Evading levy

“110S. Evading levy”

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