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No. 1) Regulations 2022
Schedule 1—Classes of actions not needing assessment
Schedule 2—Referral information
Schedule 4—Matters to be addressed by draft public environment report and environmental impact statement
Schedule 4A—Import and export of CITES specimens
Schedule 5—Australian World Heritage management principles
Schedule 5A—Management plans for National Heritage places
Schedule 5B—National Heritage management principles
Schedule 6—Australian Ramsar management principles
Schedule 7—Australian Biosphere reserve management principles
Schedule 7A—Management plans for Commonwealth Heritage places
Schedule 7B—Commonwealth Heritage management principles
Schedule 7C—Heritage strategies
Schedule 8—Australian IUCN reserve management principles
Part 1—General administrative principles
Part 2—Principles for each IUCN category
Schedule 9—Routes in Kakadu National Park
Part 1—Transportation routes
Part 2—Pipeline and power line routes
Schedule 10—Infringement notice offences
Schedule 11—Permit fees
Schedule 12—Protected species
     Dictionary
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

Part 1—Preliminary

1.01  Name of Regulations
  These Regulations are the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000.

1.03  Definitions—the dictionary
 (1) The dictionary at the end of these Regulations defines certain words and expressions, and includes references to certain words and expressions that are defined in the Act or elsewhere in these Regulations (signpost definitions).
Example: The signpost definition 'aircraft—see Act, section 528' means that the expression aircraft is defined in section 528 of the Act.
 (2) The dictionary is part of these Regulations.
 (3) A definition in these Regulations applies to each use of the word or expression in these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears.

Part 2—Matters of national environmental significance

Division 2.1—Nuclear action

2.01  Nuclear action (Act s 22(1))
  For paragraph (g) of the definition of nuclear action in subsection 22(1) of the Act, a nuclear action includes establishing, significantly modifying, decommissioning or rehabilitating a facility where radioactive materials at or above the activity level mentioned in regulation 2.02 are, were, or are proposed to be used or stored.

2.02  Nuclear activity level (Act s 22(1))
 (1) For paragraphs (c) and (d) of the definition of nuclear installation in subsection 22(1) of the Act, the activity level is:
 (a) if the installation contains only 1 type of nuclide and all sources of that nuclide are sealed sources—109 times the activity value for the nuclide set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 2018; or
 (b) if the installation contains only 1 type of nuclide and all sources of that nuclide at or above the activity concentration value mentioned for the nuclide in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations 2018 are unsealed sources—106 times the activity value for the nuclide set out in that Part; or
 (c) in any other case—a level for which a mixture