Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014

Portfolio: Environment
Introduced: House of Representatives, 14 May 2014

1.1        The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014 (the bill) seeks to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) to allow for cost recovery for environmental impact assessments, including strategic assessments, under the EPBC Act.

1.2        The bill is accompanied by a statement of compatibility which concludes that the bill 'is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any human rights issues.'[1]

1.3                  The committee considers that the bill does not appear to give rise to human rights concerns.

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