Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:clause:1_527e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 527E
Character Range: 1405886–1407199

527E  Meaning of impact
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, an event or circumstance is an impact of an action taken by a person if:
 (a) the event or circumstance is a direct consequence of the action; or
 (b) for an event or circumstance that is an indirect consequence of the action—subject to subsection (2), the action is a substantial cause of that event or circumstance.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), if:
 (a) a person (the primary person) takes an action (the primary action); and
 (b) as a consequence of the primary action, another person (the secondary person) takes another action (the secondary action); and
 (c) the secondary action is not taken at the direction or request of the primary person; and
 (d) an event or circumstance is a consequence of the secondary action;
then that event or circumstance is an impact of the primary action only if:
 (e) the primary action facilitates, to a major extent, the secondary action; and
 (f) the secondary action is:
 (i) within the contemplation of the primary person; or
 (ii) a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the primary action; and
 (g) the event or circumstance is:
 (i) within the contemplation of the primary person; or
 (ii) a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the secondary action.

Division 2—General list of definitions