Description: A short description of the legislation.

To protect the environment and ensure actions do not have an “unacceptable impact on the environment, now or in the future”. Take into account the impact of a changing climate when planning, assessing, and executing proposed actions. The Act establishes an Environmental Offsets Framework to promote the avoidance, mitigation, and management of environmental impacts associated with developments/other activities. The Act requires project developers to go through environmental impact assessments and obtain Ministerial approvals for certain proposed actions.

Application to Australian agriculture: Where the legislation is applicable.

In a similar fashion to the EPBC Act, a very limited number of proposed activities/projects from the agriculture sector may trigger/expected to have an "unacceptable impact on the environment", hence triggering the provision of this Act.

Compliance information: Often the evidence of compliance against a piece of legislation is that there is not a breach of the Act. Where appropriate, the developers of this database have listed evidence which could be used to show compliance if a breach was to be found. Many Best Management Practice (BMP) schemes and other certifications in Australian agriculture include this evidence for accreditation.

Source documents: Links to the legislation documents.

• https://legislation.nt.gov.au/en/Legislation/ENVIRONMENT-PROTECTION-ACT-2019