Subject to the permission of the owner of the relevant Information and the confidentiality requirements of the party providing the Information, the parties agree to make available to each other any appropriate and relevant Information for the parties to meet their respective responsibilities relating to this Agreement. The parties that Information will remain the property of the owner and its use will be subject to such licence conditions as may be agreed. The parties agree that Information will not be used or communicated to any other person without the permission of the owner. Aligning assessment processes The parties recognise that there is opportunity to streamline assessment processes even where those assessment processes cannot be accredited. To this end, the parties agree that they will cooperate to align assessment processes as set out in the Administrative Arrangements. Guidance documents The parties commit to cooperate in the development, maintenance, review, and implementation of guidance documents relating to Matters of NES and the operation of this Agreement. For the purposes of this clause 9.5, guidance documents may include: referral / application guidelines in relation to significant impacts on Matters of NES; guidance documents for listed threatened species and ecological communities; and other guidelines, policies or plans relating to Matters of NES prepared by the Commonwealth under the EPBC Act that may relate to the operation of this Agreement. Review Five year reviews A review of the operation and effectiveness of this Agreement must be carried out at least once every five years while this Agreement remains in effect in accordance with section 65 of the EPBC Act. Each review of this Agreement this clause will be carried out jointly by the relevant administrative units of the Commonwealth and Victoria, at their own cost. Each review will include an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of this Agreement against the objects of this Agreement. The Administrative Arrangements clause 9.1 will set out the process that the parties agree to follow in conducting each review. The Commonwealth Minister must publish the report of each review in accordance with the EPBC Regulations and give a copy of the report of each review to Victoria.
Subject to the permission of the owner of the relevant Information and the confidentiality requirements of the party providing the Information, the parties agree to make available to each other any appropriate and relevant Information for the parties to meet their respective responsibilities relating to this Agreement. The parties that Information will remain the property of the owner and its use will be subject to such licence conditions as may be agreed. The parties agree that Information will not be used or communicated to any other person without the permission of the owner. Aligning assessment processes The parties recognise that there is opportunity to streamline assessment processes even where those assessment processes cannot be accredited. To this end, the parties agree that they will cooperate to align assessment processes as set out in the Administrative Arrangements. Guidance documents The parties commit to cooperate in the development, maintenance, review, and implementation of guidance documents relating to Matters of NES and the operation of this Agreement. For the purposes of this clause 9.5, guidance documents may include: referral / application guidelines in relation to significant impacts on Matters of NES; guidance documents for listed threatened species and ecological communities; and other guidelines, policies or plans relating to Matters of NES prepared by the Commonwealth under the EPBC Act that may relate to the operation of this Agreement. Review Five year reviews A review of the operation and effectiveness of this Agreement must be carried out at least once every five years while this Agreement remains in effect in accordance with section 65 of the EPBC Act. Each review of this Agreement this clause will be carried out jointly by the relevant administrative units of the Commonwealth and Victoria, at their own cost. Each review will include an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of this Agreement against the objects of this Agreement. The Administrative Arrangements clause 9.1 will set out the process that the parties agree to follow in conducting each review. The Commonwealth Minister must publish the report of each review in accordance with the EPBC Regulations and give a copy of the report of each review to Victoria.
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