Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:clause:1_524
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 524
Character Range: 1397252–1398412

524  Things that are not actions
 (1) This section applies to a decision by each of the following kinds of person (government body):
 (a) the Commonwealth;
 (b) a Commonwealth agency;
 (c) a State;
 (d) a self‑governing Territory;
 (e) an agency of a State or self‑governing Territory;
 (f) an authority established by a law applying in a Territory that is not a self‑governing Territory.
 (2) A decision by a government body to grant a governmental authorisation (however described) for another person to take an action is not an action.
 (3) To avoid doubt, a decision by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth agency to grant a governmental authorisation under one of the following Acts is not an action:
 (a) the Customs Act 1901;
 (b) the Export Control Act 2020;
 (c) the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991;
 (d) the Fisheries Management Act 1991;
 (e) the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975;
 (f) the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006;
 (g) the Biosecurity Act 2015;
 (h) the Competition and Consumer Act 2010;
 (i) the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021.
This subsection does not limit this section.