Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00514:section:7:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00514
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 4/8)
Character Range: 33122–35864

or 92.
eligible person means any of the following:
 (a) an individual;
 (b) a body corporate;
 (c) a trust;
 (d) a corporation sole;
 (e) a body politic;
 (f) a local governing body.
eligible voluntary action means:
 (a) making an application; or
 (b) giving information in connection with an application; or
 (c) withdrawing an application; or
 (d) giving a notice (including an electronic notice); or
 (e) making a submission; or
 (f) making a request; or
 (g) giving information in connection with a request;
to the Regulator, where the application, information, notice, submission or request is permitted, but not required, to be made, given or withdrawn, as the case may be, under this Act.
engage in conduct means:
 (a) do an act; or
 (b) omit to perform an act.
environmental offsetting measure includes, but is not limited to, a measure to offset or compensate for the impacts of an action or project (however described) on the environment that is:
 (a) required as a condition of an approval, licence or permit (however described) under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (b) directly financed from a fund into which money is paid as a condition of an environmental approval, licence or permit (however described) under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (c) undertaken as required or agreed to under a penalty or enforceable undertaking imposed or accepted under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
environmental offsetting purpose means the purpose of meeting an environmental offsetting requirement (however described) under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory including through an environmental offsetting measure.
excluded biodiversity project: see section 33.
exclusive possession native title area means a native title area, where the native title confers a right of exclusive possession over the area.
executive officer of a corporation means:
 (a) a director of the corporation; or
 (b) the chief executive officer (however described) of the corporation; or
 (c) the chief financial officer (however described) of the corporation; or
 (d) the secretary of the corporation.
Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.
fit and proper person has a meaning affected by sections 97, 98, 99 and 99A.
freehold land rights land means land, where:
 (a) a freehold estate exists over the land, and the grant of the freehold estate took place under a law of a State or a Territory that makes provision for the grant of such things only to, or for the benefit of, Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders; or
 (b) a freehold estate exists over the land, and the grant of the freehold estate took place under a law of the Commonwealth that makes provision