Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:section:16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16
Character Range: 68948–70284

16  Requirement for approval of activities with a significant impact on a declared Ramsar wetland
 (1) A person must not take an action that:
 (a) has or will have a significant impact on the ecological character of a declared Ramsar wetland; or
 (b) is likely to have a significant impact on the ecological character of a declared Ramsar wetland.
Civil penalty:
 (a) for an individual—5,000 penalty units;
 (b) for a body corporate—50,000 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an action if:
 (a) an approval of the taking of the action by the person is in operation under Part 9 for the purposes of this section; or
 (b) Part 4 lets the person take the action without an approval under Part 9 for the purposes of this section; or
 (c) there is in force a decision of the Minister under Division 2 of Part 7 that this section is not a controlling provision for the action and, if the decision was made because the Minister believed the action would be taken in a manner specified in the notice of the decision under section 77, the action is taken in that manner; or
 (d) the action is an action described in subsection 160(2) (which describes actions whose authorisation is subject to a special environmental assessment process).
 (3) In this Act:
ecological character has the same meaning as in the Ramsar Convention.