COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Bilateral Agreement between

the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Tasmania

under section 45 of the

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

In accordance with subsection 45(4) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and Division 16.1 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, I, Gregory Hunt, Minister for the Environment, give notice that the Commonwealth of Australia has entered into a bilateral agreement with the State of Tasmania. Copies of the final bilateral agreement, a statement of reasons for entering into the agreement and a report on the comments received on the draft bilateral agreement published under section 49A of the EPBC Act can be viewed at www.environment.gov.au/epbc/bilateral-agreements/tas and are publicly available from:

Regulatory Reform Taskforce

The Department of the Environment

GPO Box 787

CANBERRA ACT 2601

Email: onestopshop@environment.gov.au