Bill
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015
lapsed, as at 2016-04-17. Environment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Environment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-08-20
- second reading — 2015-08-20
- second reading — 2015-09-09
- second reading — 2015-09-10
- second reading — 2015-09-10
- third reading — 2015-09-10
- introduced — 2015-09-14
- second reading — 2015-09-14
- other — 2016-04-17
Divisions
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2015-09-10, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 77, noes 49
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015 - Third Reading - Pass the bill — 2015-09-10, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 77, noes 49
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-08-20.
The bill would change who can challenge environmental decisions under the EPBC Act by adopting the standing test from the ADJR Act.
It would extend the meaning of 'person aggrieved' in the EPBC Act to match the broader standing provisions of the ADJR Act.
The change would apply to applications made under the ADJR Act from the day after Royal Assent, regardless of when the decision or conduct occurred.
- Extends the meaning of 'person aggrieved' in the EPBC Act.
- Aligns the EPBC Act's standing provisions with those of the ADJR Act.
- Applies the new standing test to applications made the day after Royal Assent.
Persons who seek judicial review of decisions under the EPBC Act.
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