Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

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Term(s)	Definition	Defined in Legislation	See Section(s)
accredited authorisation process	has the meaning given by subsection 33(2A).	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 33 Making declaration that actions do not need approval under Part 9 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
accredited management arrangement	has the meaning given by subsection 33(2).	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 33 Making declaration that actions do not need approval under Part 9 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
acquisition of property	has the meaning given by subsection 519(2).	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 519 Compensation for acquisition of property Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
action	has the meaning given by Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part 23.	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
action management plan	, in relation to an action, means a plan for managing the impacts of the action on a matter protected by a provision of Part 3, such as a plan for conserving habitat of a species.	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
agency	of a State or selfgoverning Territory means: (a) a Minister of the State or Territory; or (b) a body corporate established for a public purpose by a law of the State or Territory; or	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
aggravated offence	: (a) in Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 13has the meaning given by section 196F; and (b) in Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 13has the meaning given by section 211F; and	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 196F Aggravated offence—member of listed threatened species that is a dugong or turtle Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 254F Aggravated offence—member of listed marine species that is a dugong or turtle Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
aircraft	means an apparatus that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air.	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
animal	means any member, alive or dead, of the kingdom (other than a human being).	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
animal reproductive material	means: (a) an embryo, an egg or sperm of an animal; or (b) any other part, or product, of an animal from which another animal could be produced.	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
Antarctic	means the area south of 60 south latitude, including all ice shelves in the area.	Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980	Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980 - 3 Interpretation
Apia Convention	means the Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific, done at Apia, Western Samoa, on 12 June 1976, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
approved conservation advice	has the meaning given by subsection 266B(2).	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 266B Approved conservation advice for listed threatened species and listed threatened ecological communities Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
approved officer	means: (a) an authorised officer (other than a person who is an authorised officer because of subsection 397(3)); or (b) a detention officer;	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 397 Inspectors ex officio
article	includes a substance or a mixture of substances.	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
artificially propagated	, in relation to a plant or plant reproductive material, has the meaning given by section 527C.	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 527C Artificial propagation Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
assess	an action includes the impacts that the action: (a) has or will have; or (b) is likely to have.	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions
assessment period	has the meaning given by subsection 194C(1).	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 324F Definitions Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 341F Definitions Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 194B Definitions Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 194C Meaning of assessment period
assessment report	has the meaning given by subsection 130(2).	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 130 Timing of decision on approval
Australian aircraft	has the meaning given by subsection 5(5).	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 5 Application of Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - 528 Definitions