by law KP will have seniority over SM1.29 Currently, even if...

by law KP will have seniority over SM

1.29 Currently, even if Commonwealth approval for controlled or other actions isgranted, the proponent may still be required to obtain approval under state orlocal government requirements.

Bilateral agreements - 1.30 Part 5 of EPBC Act contains provisions for the Commonwealth to makebilateral agreements with the states and territories. As discussed earlier in thischapter, this enables the Commonwealth to accredit jurisdictional processes forthe assessment and/or approval of certain actions that would be otherwisemade through the EPBC framework. There are two kinds of bilateralagreements:

1 assessment agreements, - where jurisdictional processes are used to assessenvironmental impacts of proposed action, but the approval is made by theMinister under the EPBC Act. This means two decisions–state and federal–are required for approval; and

2 approval agreements, where bilateral accredited management arrangementor authorisation processes under jurisdictional law do not require furtherassessment under the EPBC Act or a decision by a Commonwealthminister. 24