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National Environmental Protection Agency Act 2025
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C2025A00069
01 December 2025
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Object
4 Simplified outline of this Act
5 Definitions
6 Crown to be bound
7 Extension to external Territories
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Part 2—National Environmental Protection Agency
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Division 1—Introduction
8 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—National Environmental Protection Agency
9 Establishment of National Environmental Protection Agency
10 Constitution of NEPA
11 Function of NEPA
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Division 3—The Chief Executive Officer
12 The Chief Executive Officer
13 Functions of the CEO
14 Independence of the CEO
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Part 3—Responsibilities in relation to functions
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Division 1—Introduction
15 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Statement of expectations and statement of intent
16 Minister’s statement of expectations
17 Statement of intent
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Division 3—Registers
18 Registers
19 Definition of registrable decision
20 Register of registrable decisions
21 Registers of prescribed matters
22 Suspension of registers
23 Certain information not required to be published on registers
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Part 4—Information and confidentiality
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Division 1—Introduction
24 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Information gathering
25 CEO may request information, advice or documents
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Division 3—Use and disclosure of relevant information
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Subdivision A—Authorised disclosures by the CEO
26 Disclosure of relevant information to Commonwealth entities
27 Disclosure of relevant information to State or Territory government body
28 Disclosure for the purposes of law enforcement
29 Disclosure to reduce serious risk to human health
30 Disclosure to reduce serious risk to the environment
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Subdivision B—Authorised use and disclosure by entrusted persons
31 Use and disclosure for the purposes of an Act
32 Use and disclosure for the administration or governance of NEPA
33 Use and disclosure for the purposes of an Act administered by the Minister
34 Use and disclosure for the purposes of assisting the Head of Environment Information Australia
35 Use or disclosure for the purposes of international obligations
36 Publicly available information
37 Person to whom information relates
38 Use and disclosure with consent
39 Person who provided information
40 Summaries or statistics
41 Disclosure to a court, tribunal etc.
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Subdivision C—Civil penalties
42 Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information—entrusted person
43 Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information—official of a Commonwealth entity
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Part 5—Appointment of the CEO and engagement of staff etc.
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Division 1—Introduction
44 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Appointment of the CEO etc.
45 Appointment of the CEO
46 Acting appointments
47 Terms and conditions
48 Remuneration
49 Leave of absence
50 Other paid work
51 Resignation
52 Termination of appointment
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Division 3—Staff
53 Staff
54 Persons assisting NEPA
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Division 4—Advisory group
55 CEO may establish advisory group
56 CEO may publish advice
57 CEO must consider advice
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Part 6—Miscellaneous
58 Simplified outline of this Part
59 Delegation by the CEO
60 Annual report
61 Periodic reviews of the administration of NEPA
62 Enforcement of civil penalty provisions
63 Rules