Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Restoration Charge Imposition) Bill 2025

Summary

Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Samuel Review), the bill imposes charges relating to actions taken under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, including certain approvals containing conditions requiring the payment of a restoration contribution charge, the registration of priority actions in a bioregional plan, and the grant of national interest and Part 13 exemptions.