New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 2016 - SECT 6.15

6.15 Certification of biodiversity assessment reports

(1) A biodiversity assessment report cannot be submitted in connection with a relevant application, unless--

(a) the accredited person certifies in the report that the report has been prepared on the basis of the requirements of, and information given under, the biodiversity assessment method as at a specified date (the
"certification date" ), and

(b) the report is submitted within 14 days after the certification date.

(2) In this section--

"certify" , a biodiversity assessment report, means make the certification in the report under subsection (1)(a).

"relevant application" means the following--

(a) an application for planning approval,

(b) an application for vegetation clearing approval,

(c) an application for biodiversity certification,

(d) an application in relation to a biodiversity stewardship agreement.