

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014
No. , 2014
(Environment)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Referral of controlled actions 3
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 3
Schedule 2—Flexibility in performing assessment of controlled actions 7
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 7
Schedule 3—Accreditation of certain State processes 13
Part 1—Amendments relating to water resources 13
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 13
Part 2—Amendments relating to bilaterally accredited authorisation processes 14
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 14
Schedule 4—Minor amendments of bilateral agreements 16
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 16
Schedule 5—Miscellaneous 19
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 19
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Act 2014 .
This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.