MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994

Schedule 4

              environmental evaluation means an environmental audit or
              investigation.
              environmental harm see section 14.
              environmental investigation see section 326B(2)(a).
              environmentally relevant activity see section 18.
              environmental management plan, for chapter 3, part 1, see
              section 39.
              environmental management register means the register kept
              by the administering authority under section 540A(1)(d)(i).
              environmental nuisance see section 15.
              environmental offence means—
              (a)    an offence against any of the following provisions—
                     •     section 260
                     •     section 291(3)
                     •     chapter 7, part 2
                     •     section 357(5)
                     •     section 361
                     •     chapter 8; or
              (b)    an offence against a corresponding law, if the act or
                     omission that constitutes the offence would, if it
                     happens in the State, be an offence against a provision
                     mentioned in paragraph (a).
              environmental offset, for chapter 5, part 5, division 6, means
              works or activities carried out to counterbalance the impacts
              of a relevant activity under an environmental authority on the
              natural environment.
              environmental offset condition, for chapter 5, part 5, division
              6, see section 207(1)(c).
              environmental offset trust means the Balance the Earth Trust
              or another trust established to accept and manage amounts to
              fund the undertaking of works or activities to counterbalance


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