This legislation has been repealed.
(1) The Chief Executive is to institute arrangements for the accreditation of suitably qualified and experienced persons to prepare species impact statements for the purposes of this Act.
(2) An applicant for accreditation must furnish the Chief Executive with such information as the Chief Executive requires to effectively determine the application and must be accompanied by the fee fixed by the Chief Executive for the consideration of the application.
(3) An accreditation is to be for the period specified by the Chief Executive in the instrument of accreditation, and the accreditation (or any renewal of it) may be given subject to the conditions and restrictions (if any) specified in the instrument of accreditation.
(3A) Without limiting subsection (3), an accreditation is to include conditions that require a species impact statement to be prepared in accordance with survey standards approved from time to time by the Chief Executive by order published in the Gazette.
(4) The Chief Executive may vary conditions or restrictions (if any) attaching to an accreditation and may suspend or cancel an accreditation.