New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 2016 - SECT 6.13

6.13 Biodiversity certification assessment report

For the purposes of the biodiversity offsets scheme, a
"biodiversity certification assessment report" is a report prepared by an accredited person in relation to the proposed biodiversity certification of land under Part 8 that--

(a) assesses in accordance with the biodiversity assessment method the biodiversity values of the land proposed for biodiversity certification, and

(b) assesses in accordance with that method the impacts on biodiversity values of the actions to which the biodiversity offsets scheme applies on the land proposed for biodiversity certification, and specifies the number and class of biodiversity credits to be retired to offset those impacts as determined in accordance with that method, and

(c) specifies--

(i) other conservation measures in relation to other land to offset the impacts on biodiversity values, and

(ii) the value, in terms of numbers and classes of biodiversity credits, of the measures as determined in accordance with the biodiversity assessment method.